diff --git a/Sources/NIOCore/EventLoop+SerialExecutor.swift b/Sources/NIOCore/EventLoop+SerialExecutor.swift
index b3d0434133..2fc92f1f1a 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOCore/EventLoop+SerialExecutor.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOCore/EventLoop+SerialExecutor.swift
@@ -36,13 +36,25 @@ extension NIOSerialEventLoopExecutor {
 
     @inlinable
     public func asUnownedSerialExecutor() -> UnownedSerialExecutor {
-        UnownedSerialExecutor(ordinary: self)
+        UnownedSerialExecutor(complexEquality: self)
     }
 
     @inlinable
     public var executor: any SerialExecutor {
         self
     }
+
+    @available(macOS 14.0, iOS 17.0, watchOS 10.0, tvOS 17.0, *)
+    @inlinable
+    public func isSameExclusiveExecutionContext(other: Self) -> Bool {
+        other === self
+    }
+
+    @available(macOS 15.0, iOS 18.0, watchOS 11.0, tvOS 18.0, *)
+    @inlinable
+    public func checkIsolated() {
+        self.preconditionInEventLoop()
+    }
 }
 
 /// A type that wraps a NIO ``EventLoop`` into a `SerialExecutor`
diff --git a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SerialExecutorTests.swift b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SerialExecutorTests.swift
index 5e02989606..8df2ed6be0 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SerialExecutorTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SerialExecutorTests.swift
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import XCTest
 actor EventLoopBoundActor {
     nonisolated let unownedExecutor: UnownedSerialExecutor
 
+    var counter: Int = 0
+
     init(loop: EventLoop) {
         self.unownedExecutor = loop.executor.asUnownedSerialExecutor()
     }
@@ -34,6 +36,14 @@ actor EventLoopBoundActor {
         loop.assertNotInEventLoop()
         XCTAssertFalse(loop.inEventLoop)
     }
+
+    #if compiler(>=6.0)
+    nonisolated func assumeInLoop() -> Int {
+        self.assumeIsolated { actor in
+            actor.counter
+        }
+    }
+    #endif
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -69,4 +79,20 @@ final class SerialExecutorTests: XCTestCase {
 
         try await self._testBasicExecutorFitsOnEventLoop(loop1: loop1, loop2: loop2)
     }
+
+    func testAssumeIsolation() async throws {
+        #if compiler(<6.0)
+        throw XCTSkip("Custom executors are only supported in 5.9")
+        #else
+
+        let group = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup(numberOfThreads: 1)
+        let el = group.next()
+
+        let testActor = EventLoopBoundActor(loop: el)
+        let result = try await el.submit {
+            testActor.assumeInLoop()
+        }.get()
+        XCTAssertEqual(result, 0)
+        #endif
+    }
 }