diff --git a/ext/-test-/postponed_job/postponed_job.c b/ext/-test-/postponed_job/postponed_job.c
index 4426fc3104ccf5..41f0eea2c3b235 100644
--- a/ext/-test-/postponed_job/postponed_job.c
+++ b/ext/-test-/postponed_job/postponed_job.c
@@ -138,14 +138,54 @@ pjob_preregister_calls_with_last_argument(VALUE self)
     return ary;
 }
 
+/* internal (vm_trace.c); exported for this test */
+void rb_postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor(unsigned int h, VALUE ractor);
+
+static rb_postponed_job_handle_t pjob_for_ractor_handle = POSTPONED_JOB_HANDLE_INVALID;
+
+static void
+pjob_for_ractor_callback(void *data)
+{
+    VALUE ary = (VALUE)data;
+    Check_Type(ary, T_ARRAY);
+
+    /* record which Ractor executed the job */
+    rb_ary_push(ary, rb_funcall(rb_path2class("Ractor"), rb_intern("current"), 0));
+}
+
+static VALUE
+pjob_preregister_for_ractor(VALUE self, VALUE ary)
+{
+    pjob_for_ractor_handle = rb_postponed_job_preregister(0, pjob_for_ractor_callback, (void *)ary);
+    if (pjob_for_ractor_handle == POSTPONED_JOB_HANDLE_INVALID) {
+        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "preregister failed");
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
+static VALUE
+pjob_trigger_for_ractor(VALUE self, VALUE ractor)
+{
+    if (pjob_for_ractor_handle == POSTPONED_JOB_HANDLE_INVALID) {
+        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "not preregistered");
+    }
+    rb_postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor(pjob_for_ractor_handle, ractor);
+    return self;
+}
+
 void
 Init_postponed_job(VALUE self)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_RB_EXT_RACTOR_SAFE
+    rb_ext_ractor_safe(true);
+#endif
     VALUE mBug = rb_define_module("Bug");
     rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_call_direct", pjob_call_direct, 1);
     rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_preregister_and_call_with_sleep", pjob_preregister_and_call_with_sleep, 1);
     rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_preregister_and_call_without_sleep", pjob_preregister_and_call_without_sleep, 1);
     rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_preregister_multiple_times", pjob_preregister_multiple_times, 0);
     rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_preregister_calls_with_last_argument", pjob_preregister_calls_with_last_argument, 0);
+    rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_preregister_for_ractor", pjob_preregister_for_ractor, 1);
+    rb_define_module_function(mBug, "postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor", pjob_trigger_for_ractor, 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/ractor_core.h b/ractor_core.h
index c692ebbbbfc638..032e578603a398 100644
--- a/ractor_core.h
+++ b/ractor_core.h
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ struct rb_ractor_struct {
         rb_thread_t *main;
     } threads;
 
+    /* Postponed jobs targeted at this Ractor
+     * (rb_postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor): bits index the VM-wide
+     * preregistration table; any of this Ractor's threads drains them
+     * in rb_postponed_job_flush. */
+    rb_atomic_t postponed_job_triggered_bits;
+
     VALUE thgroup_default;
 
     VALUE name;
diff --git a/test/-ext-/postponed_job/test_postponed_job.rb b/test/-ext-/postponed_job/test_postponed_job.rb
index 01d6015de15be7..06fdb310f81223 100644
--- a/test/-ext-/postponed_job/test_postponed_job.rb
+++ b/test/-ext-/postponed_job/test_postponed_job.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@
 require '-test-/postponed_job'
 
 class TestPostponed_job < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_trigger_for_ractor
+    omit 'Ractor not defined' unless defined?(Ractor)
+    assert_separately([], __FILE__, __LINE__, <<-'RUBY')
+      require '-test-/postponed_job'
+      Warning[:experimental] = false
+
+      executed_in = []
+      Bug.postponed_job_preregister_for_ractor(executed_in)
+
+      # trigger from a sub-Ractor, targeting the main Ractor
+      r = Ractor.new(Ractor.current) do |main|
+        Bug.postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor(main)
+        :done
+      end
+      assert_equal :done, r.value
+
+      # main picks the job up at one of its next interrupt checks
+      50.times do
+        break unless executed_in.empty?
+        sleep 0.02
+      end
+      assert_equal [Ractor.current], executed_in
+    RUBY
+  end
+
   def test_preregister_and_trigger
     assert_separately([], __FILE__, __LINE__, <<-'RUBY')
       require '-test-/postponed_job'
diff --git a/vm_core.h b/vm_core.h
index 25d34db954c05b..04bf0f81fbf442 100644
--- a/vm_core.h
+++ b/vm_core.h
@@ -2419,6 +2419,7 @@ extern void rb_resume_coverages(void);
 extern void rb_suspend_coverages(void);
 
 void rb_postponed_job_flush(rb_vm_t *vm);
+void rb_postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor(unsigned int h, VALUE running_ractor);
 
 // ractor.c
 RUBY_EXTERN VALUE rb_eRactorUnsafeError;
diff --git a/vm_trace.c b/vm_trace.c
index 542b1869e08a84..746f43038ab7e0 100644
--- a/vm_trace.c
+++ b/vm_trace.c
@@ -1863,9 +1863,12 @@ rb_vm_postponed_job_atfork(void)
 {
     rb_postponed_job_queues_t *pjq = &postponed_job_queue;
     /* make sure we set the interrupt flag on _this_ thread if we carried any pjobs over
-     * from the other side of the fork */
-    if (pjq->triggered_bitset) {
-        RUBY_VM_SET_POSTPONED_JOB_INTERRUPT(get_valid_ec(GET_VM()));
+     * from the other side of the fork (including jobs that targeted the
+     * forking Ractor, which is the child's main Ractor now; jobs targeted
+     * at any other Ractor die with it) */
+    rb_execution_context_t *ec = get_valid_ec(GET_VM());
+    if (pjq->triggered_bitset || rb_ec_ractor_ptr(ec)->postponed_job_triggered_bits) {
+        RUBY_VM_SET_POSTPONED_JOB_INTERRUPT(ec);
     }
 
 }
@@ -1922,6 +1925,37 @@ rb_postponed_job_trigger(rb_postponed_job_handle_t h)
     RUBY_VM_SET_POSTPONED_JOB_INTERRUPT(get_valid_ec(GET_VM()));
 }
 
+/* Like rb_postponed_job_trigger(), but run the job on running_ractor
+ * instead of the caller's or the main Ractor: set the handle's bit in that
+ * Ractor's mask and post a POSTPONED_JOB interrupt to its running EC (or
+ * its main thread's EC before it starts). Delivery is lazy: the target is
+ * not unblocked, and a job for a Ractor that exits first is discarded.
+ *
+ * rb_postponed_job_trigger() is safe from a signal handler or any thread
+ * because it only touches the VM-global queue and the caller's or main EC.
+ * This one dereferences running_ractor and its EC, so the caller must keep
+ * running_ractor alive and running for the whole call: holding its VALUE
+ * is not enough, and a terminated Ractor is unsafe. The main Ractor is
+ * always safe. */
+void
+rb_postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor(unsigned int h, VALUE running_ractor)
+{
+    VM_ASSERT(rb_ractor_p(running_ractor));
+    rb_ractor_t *r = (rb_ractor_t *)DATA_PTR(running_ractor);
+
+    RUBY_ATOMIC_OR(r->postponed_job_triggered_bits, (((rb_atomic_t)1UL) << h));
+
+    /* The racy running_ec read is benign: whichever of the target's threads
+     * checks interrupts first drains the whole per-Ractor mask. */
+    rb_execution_context_t *target_ec = r->threads.running_ec;
+    if (target_ec == NULL && r->threads.main) {
+        target_ec = r->threads.main->ec;
+    }
+    if (target_ec) {
+        RUBY_VM_SET_POSTPONED_JOB_INTERRUPT(target_ec);
+    }
+}
+
 void
 rb_postponed_job_flush(rb_vm_t *vm)
 {
@@ -1940,6 +1974,9 @@ rb_postponed_job_flush(rb_vm_t *vm)
 
     rb_atomic_t triggered_bits = RUBY_ATOMIC_EXCHANGE(pjq->triggered_bitset, 0);
 
+    /* jobs targeted at this Ractor (rb_postponed_job_trigger_for_ractor) */
+    triggered_bits |= RUBY_ATOMIC_EXCHANGE(rb_ec_ractor_ptr(ec)->postponed_job_triggered_bits, 0);
+
     ec->errinfo = Qnil;
     /* mask POSTPONED_JOB dispatch */
     ec->interrupt_mask |= block_mask;