diff --git a/src/ScopedValues.jl b/src/ScopedValues.jl
index a188d01..87c1c39 100644
--- a/src/ScopedValues.jl
+++ b/src/ScopedValues.jl
@@ -156,4 +156,6 @@ end
 
 end # isdefined
 
+include("reducers.jl")
+
 end # module ScopedValues
diff --git a/src/reducers.jl b/src/reducers.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e276b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+mutable struct Reducer{T, Op, Init}
+    @atomic value::T
+    const op::Op
+    const init::Init
+end
+Reducer(op::Op, init::Init) where {Op, Init} = Reducer(init(), op, init)
+
+Base.getindex(r::Reducer) = r.value
+function Base.setindex!(r::Reducer{T, Op}, val::T) where {T, Op}
+    _, new = @atomic r.value r.op val
+    new
+end
+
+split(r::Reducer{T, Op, Init}) where {T, Op, Init} = Reducer(r.init()::T, r.op, r.init)
+function join!(r::Reducer{T, Op, Init}, other_r::Reducer{T, Op, Init}) where {T, Op, Init}
+    r[] = other_r[]
+end
+
+function split(f, val::ScopedValue{<:Reducer})
+    reducer = split(val[])
+    @scoped val => reducer begin
+        f()
+    end
+    join!(val[], reducer)
+end
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diff --git a/test/reducers.jl b/test/reducers.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eafabcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/reducers.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import Base.Threads: @spawn
+import ScopedValues: Reducer, split, join!
+
+function splitting_reduce(op::Op, arr::Array{T}, initf=()->zero(T); grainsize=16) where {T, Op}
+    if length(arr) <= grainsize
+        return reduce(op, arr; init=initf()::T)
+    end
+    reducer = ScopedValue(Reducer(op, initf))
+
+    function reduce_impl(arr, range, grainsize)
+        if length(range) <= grainsize
+            reducer[][] = reduce(op, view(arr, range); init=initf()::T)
+            return
+        end
+        midpoint = length(range) ÷ 2
+        range_a = first(range):(first(range)+midpoint)
+        range_b = (first(range)+midpoint+1):last(range)
+
+        @sync begin
+            @spawn split(reducer) do 
+                reduce_impl(arr, range_a, grainsize)
+            end
+            reduce_impl(arr, range_b, grainsize)
+        end
+    end
+    reduce_impl(arr, 1:length(arr), grainsize)
+    return reducer[][]
+end
+
+@test splitting_reduce(+, ones(1024)) == 1024
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diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7a0e912..a6ba8cc 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -120,3 +120,5 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+include("reducers.jl")
+