diff --git a/ipyparallel/_async.py b/ipyparallel/_async.py
index bbf05dce..489f53ca 100644
--- a/ipyparallel/_async.py
+++ b/ipyparallel/_async.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 
+from ipyparallel.util import _OutputProducingThread as Thread
+
 
 def _asyncio_run(coro):
     """Like asyncio.run, but works when there's no event loop"""
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ def _in_thread(self, async_f, *args, **kwargs):
         """Run an async function in a background thread"""
         if self._async_thread is None:
             self._loop_started = threading.Event()
-            self._async_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._thread_main, daemon=True)
+            self._async_thread = Thread(target=self._thread_main, daemon=True)
             self._async_thread.start()
             self._loop_started.wait(timeout=5)
 
diff --git a/ipyparallel/client/client.py b/ipyparallel/client/client.py
index 7675c32b..893b5169 100644
--- a/ipyparallel/client/client.py
+++ b/ipyparallel/client/client.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from getpass import getpass
 from pprint import pprint
-from threading import Event, Thread, current_thread
+from threading import Event, current_thread
 
 import jupyter_client.session
 import zmq
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import ipyparallel as ipp
 from ipyparallel import error, serialize, util
 from ipyparallel.serialize import PrePickled, Reference
+from ipyparallel.util import _OutputProducingThread as Thread
 
 from .asyncresult import AsyncHubResult, AsyncResult
 from .futures import MessageFuture, multi_future
diff --git a/ipyparallel/cluster/launcher.py b/ipyparallel/cluster/launcher.py
index 23fa5ebe..325858e8 100644
--- a/ipyparallel/cluster/launcher.py
+++ b/ipyparallel/cluster/launcher.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from traitlets.config.configurable import LoggingConfigurable
 
 from ..traitlets import entry_points
+from ..util import _OutputProducingThread as Thread
 from ..util import shlex_join
 from ._winhpcjob import IPControllerJob, IPControllerTask, IPEngineSetJob, IPEngineTask
 from .shellcmd import ShellCommandSend
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ def _start_waiting(self):
         # ensure self.loop is accessed on the main thread before waiting
         self.loop
         self._stop_waiting = threading.Event()
-        self._wait_thread = threading.Thread(
+        self._wait_thread = Thread(
             target=self._wait, daemon=True, name=f"wait(pid={self.pid})"
         )
         self._wait_thread.start()
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ def _stream_file(self, path):
                     time.sleep(0.1)
 
     def _start_streaming(self):
-        self._stream_thread = t = threading.Thread(
+        self._stream_thread = t = Thread(
             target=partial(self._stream_file, self.output_file),
             name=f"Stream Output {self.identifier}",
             daemon=True,
@@ -1352,7 +1353,7 @@ def _start_waiting(self):
         # ensure self.loop is accessed on the main thread before waiting
         self.loop
         self._stop_waiting = threading.Event()
-        self._wait_thread = threading.Thread(
+        self._wait_thread = Thread(
             target=self._wait,
             daemon=True,
             name=f"wait(host={self.location}, pid={self.pid})",
diff --git a/ipyparallel/util.py b/ipyparallel/util.py
index 2ecbfbd9..8e6fb259 100644
--- a/ipyparallel/util.py
+++ b/ipyparallel/util.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from functools import lru_cache
+from functools import lru_cache, partial
 from signal import SIGABRT, SIGINT, SIGTERM, signal
+from threading import Thread, current_thread
 from types import FunctionType
 
 import traitlets
@@ -804,3 +805,34 @@ def connect(
         socket.setsockopt(zmq.CURVE_SECRETKEY, curve_secretkey)
         socket.setsockopt(zmq.CURVE_PUBLICKEY, curve_publickey)
     return socket.connect(url)
+
+
+def _detach_thread_output(ident=None):
+    """undo thread-parent mapping in ipykernel#1186"""
+    # disable ipykernel's association of thread output with the cell that
+    # spawned the thread.
+    # there should be a public API for this...
+    if ident is None:
+        ident = current_thread().ident
+    for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+        for name in ("_thread_to_parent", "_thread_to_parent_header"):
+            mapping = getattr(stream, name, None)
+            if mapping:
+                mapping.pop(ident, None)
+
+
+class _OutputProducingThread(Thread):
+    """
+    Subclass Thread to workaround bug in ipykernel
+    associating thread output with wrong Cell
+
+    See https://github.com/ipython/ipykernel/issues/1289
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, target, **kwargs):
+        wrapped_target = partial(self._wrapped_target, target)
+        super().__init__(target=wrapped_target, **kwargs)
+
+    def _wrapped_target(self, target, *args, **kwargs):
+        _detach_thread_output(self.ident)
+        return target(*args, **kwargs)