diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlChecker.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlChecker.java
index 44437f2a463c8..e12d9492350c7 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlChecker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlChecker.java
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ public void waitUntilUnavailable(long timeout, TimeUnit unit, final URL url)
               "Timed out waiting for %s to become unavailable after %d ms",
               url, System.currentTimeMillis() - start),
           e);
-    } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlCheckerTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlCheckerTest.java
index 2d36293df9349..58b74b7983572 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlCheckerTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/net/UrlCheckerTest.java
@@ -102,4 +102,33 @@ public void cleanup() {
     safelyCall(() -> server.stop());
     safelyCall(executorService::shutdownNow);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void waitUntilUnavailablePreservesInterruptStatus() throws Exception {
+    Thread caller = Thread.currentThread();
+    Thread interrupter =
+        new Thread(
+            () -> {
+              try {
+                Thread.sleep(500);
+              } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+              }
+              caller.interrupt();
+            });
+    interrupter.start();
+
+    boolean threw = false;
+    boolean preserved = false;
+    try {
+      urlChecker.waitUntilUnavailable(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS, url);
+    } catch (RuntimeException expected) {
+      threw = true;
+      preserved = Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted();
+      Thread.interrupted();
+    }
+    interrupter.join();
+
+    assertThat(threw).isTrue();
+    assertThat(preserved).isTrue();
+  }
 }