Class.forName("com.google.appengine.api.ThreadManager")
              .getMethod("currentRequestThreadFactory")
              .invoke(null);
    } catch (IllegalAccessException | ClassNotFoundException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't invoke ThreadManager.currentRequestThreadFactory", e);
    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
      throw Throwables.propagate(e.getCause());
    }