diff --git a/docs/src/literate-howto/threaded_assembly.jl b/docs/src/literate-howto/threaded_assembly.jl
index 8f47cccc75..8cbcca0c3c 100644
--- a/docs/src/literate-howto/threaded_assembly.jl
+++ b/docs/src/literate-howto/threaded_assembly.jl
@@ -171,13 +171,12 @@ end
 # purpose. Finally, for the assembler we call `start_assemble` to create a new assembler but
 # note that we set `fillzero = false` because we don't want to risk that a task that starts
 # a bit later will zero out data that another task have already assembled.
-function ScratchData(dh::DofHandler, K::SparseMatrixCSC, f::Vector, cellvalues::CellValues)
-    cell_cache = CellCache(dh)
-    n = ndofs_per_cell(dh)
-    Ke = zeros(n, n)
-    fe = zeros(n)
-    asm = start_assemble(K, f; fillzero = false)
-    return ScratchData(cell_cache, copy(cellvalues), Ke, fe, asm)
+function Ferrite.task_local(scratch::ScratchData)
+    ScratchData(
+        task_local(scratch.cell_cache), task_local(scratch.cellvalues),
+        task_local(scratch.Ke), task_local(scratch.fe),
+        task_local(scratch.assembler)
+    )
 end
 nothing # hide
 
@@ -221,11 +220,15 @@ function assemble_global!(
         K::SparseMatrixCSC, f::Vector, dh::DofHandler, colors,
         cellvalues_template::CellValues; ntasks = Threads.nthreads()
     )
-    ## Zero-out existing data in K and f
-    _ = start_assemble(K, f)
     ## Body force and material stiffness
     b = Vec{3}((0.0, 0.0, -1.0))
     C = create_material_stiffness()
+    ## Scratch data
+    scratch_template = ScratchData(
+        CellCache(dh), cellvalues_template,
+        zeros(ndofs_per_cell(dh), ndofs_per_cell(dh)), zeros(ndofs_per_cell(dh)),
+        start_assemble(K, f)
+    )
     ## Loop over the colors
     for color in colors
         ## Dynamic scheduler spawning `ntasks` tasks where each task will process a chunk of
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ function assemble_global!(
             ## Tell the @tasks loop to use the scheduler defined above
             @set scheduler = scheduler
             ## Obtain a task local scratch and unpack it
-            @local scratch = ScratchData(dh, K, f, cellvalues_template)
+            @local scratch = task_local(scratch_template)
             (; cell_cache, cellvalues, Ke, fe, assembler) = scratch
             ## Reinitialize the cell cache and then the cellvalues
             reinit!(cell_cache, cellidx)
@@ -258,7 +261,7 @@ nothing # hide
 #     ```julia
 #     # using TaskLocalValues
 #     scratches = TaskLocalValue() do
-#         ScratchData(dh, K, f, cellvalues)
+#         task_local(scratch_template)
 #     end
 #     OhMyThreads.tforeach(color; scheduler) do cellidx
 #         # Obtain a task local scratch and unpack it
diff --git a/src/FEValues/CellValues.jl b/src/FEValues/CellValues.jl
index 0403814b94..7b9516b84d 100644
--- a/src/FEValues/CellValues.jl
+++ b/src/FEValues/CellValues.jl
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ end
 function Base.copy(cv::CellValues)
     return CellValues(copy(cv.fun_values), copy(cv.geo_mapping), copy(cv.qr), _copy_or_nothing(cv.detJdV))
 end
+function task_local(cv::CellValues)
+    return CellValues(
+        task_local(cv.fun_values), task_local(cv.geo_mapping), task_local(cv.qr),
+        task_local(cv.detJdV)
+    )
+end
 
 # Access geometry values
 @propagate_inbounds getngeobasefunctions(cv::CellValues) = getngeobasefunctions(cv.geo_mapping)
diff --git a/src/FEValues/FunctionValues.jl b/src/FEValues/FunctionValues.jl
index 67cdf5ad44..46664fe200 100644
--- a/src/FEValues/FunctionValues.jl
+++ b/src/FEValues/FunctionValues.jl
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ function Base.copy(v::FunctionValues)
     d2Ndξ2_copy = _copy_or_nothing(v.d2Ndξ2)
     return FunctionValues(copy(v.ip), Nx_copy, Nξ_copy, dNdx_copy, dNdξ_copy, d2Ndx2_copy, d2Ndξ2_copy)
 end
+function task_local(v::FunctionValues)
+    Nξ = task_local(v.Nξ)
+    Nx = v.Nξ === v.Nx ? Nξ : task_local(v.Nx) # Preserve aliasing
+    return FunctionValues(
+        task_local(v.ip), Nx, Nξ, task_local(v.dNdx), task_local(v.dNdξ),
+        task_local(v.d2Ndx2), task_local(v.d2Ndξ2)
+    )
+end
 
 getnbasefunctions(funvals::FunctionValues) = size(funvals.Nx, 1)
 @propagate_inbounds shape_value(funvals::FunctionValues, q_point::Int, base_func::Int) = funvals.Nx[base_func, q_point]
diff --git a/src/FEValues/GeometryMapping.jl b/src/FEValues/GeometryMapping.jl
index b5cede1a58..c722d6cf80 100644
--- a/src/FEValues/GeometryMapping.jl
+++ b/src/FEValues/GeometryMapping.jl
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ end
 function Base.copy(v::GeometryMapping)
     return GeometryMapping(copy(v.ip), copy(v.M), _copy_or_nothing(v.dMdξ), _copy_or_nothing(v.d2Mdξ2))
 end
+function task_local(v::GeometryMapping)
+    return GeometryMapping(
+        task_local(v.ip), task_local(v.M), task_local(v.dMdξ), task_local(v.d2Mdξ2)
+    )
+end
 
 getngeobasefunctions(geo_mapping::GeometryMapping) = size(geo_mapping.M, 1)
 @propagate_inbounds geometric_value(geo_mapping::GeometryMapping, q_point::Int, base_func::Int) = geo_mapping.M[base_func, q_point]
diff --git a/src/Ferrite.jl b/src/Ferrite.jl
index 2738904d83..8a378688dc 100644
--- a/src/Ferrite.jl
+++ b/src/Ferrite.jl
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ using .CollectionsOfViews:
 
 include("exports.jl")
 
+# Task based multithreading support
+include("multithreading.jl")
 
 """
     AbstractRefShape{refdim}
diff --git a/src/Quadrature/quadrature.jl b/src/Quadrature/quadrature.jl
index bb32acdb2d..9b725682b8 100644
--- a/src/Quadrature/quadrature.jl
+++ b/src/Quadrature/quadrature.jl
@@ -313,3 +313,4 @@ getrefshape(::QuadratureRule{RefShape}) where RefShape = RefShape
 
 # TODO: This is used in copy(::(Cell|Face)Values), but it it useful to get an actual copy?
 Base.copy(qr::Union{QuadratureRule, FacetQuadratureRule}) = qr
+task_local(qr::Union{QuadratureRule, FacetQuadratureRule}) = copy(qr)
diff --git a/src/assembler.jl b/src/assembler.jl
index e79521dc4b..21ef875115 100644
--- a/src/assembler.jl
+++ b/src/assembler.jl
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ matrix_handle(a::AbstractCSCAssembler) = a.K
 matrix_handle(a::SymmetricCSCAssembler) = a.K.data
 vector_handle(a::AbstractCSCAssembler) = a.f
 
+function task_local(asm::CSCAssembler)
+    return CSCAssembler(asm.K, asm.f, task_local(asm.permutation), task_local(asm.sorteddofs))
+end
+function task_local(asm::SymmetricCSCAssembler)
+    return SymmetricCSCAssembler(asm.K, asm.f, task_local(asm.permutation), task_local(asm.sorteddofs))
+end
+
+
 """
     start_assemble(K::AbstractSparseMatrixCSC;            fillzero::Bool=true) -> CSCAssembler
     start_assemble(K::AbstractSparseMatrixCSC, f::Vector; fillzero::Bool=true) -> CSCAssembler
diff --git a/src/exports.jl b/src/exports.jl
index c49b24eba0..9a237cae6c 100644
--- a/src/exports.jl
+++ b/src/exports.jl
@@ -184,4 +184,7 @@ export
     evaluate_at_points,
     PointIterator,
     PointLocation,
-    PointValues
+    PointValues,
+
+# Misc
+    task_local
diff --git a/src/multithreading.jl b/src/multithreading.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e075b4d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/multithreading.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+function task_local end
+
+"""
+    task_local(A)
+
+Duplicate `A` for a new task.
+"""
+task_local(::Any)
+
+# Vector/Matrix (e.g. local matrix and vector)
+task_local(A::Array) = copy(A)
+
+# To help with struct fields which are Union{X, Nothing}
+task_local(::Nothing) = nothing