diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43ed850..1dc8967 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ Thread result: 3
 Effil allows to transmit data between threads (Lua interpreter states) using `effil.channel`, `effil.table` or directly as parameters of `effil.thread`.
  - Primitive types are transmitted 'as is' by copy: `nil`, `boolean`, `number`, `string`
  - Functions are dumped using [`lua_dump`](#https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#lua_dump). Upvalues are captured according to [the rules](#functions-upvalues).
+    - C functions (for which `lua_iscfunction` returns true) are transmitted just by a pointer using `lua_tocfunction` (in original lua_State) and lua_pushcfunction (in new lua_State).  
+    **caution**: in LuaJIT standard functions like tonumber are not real C function, so `lua_iscfunction` returns true but `lua_tocfunction` returns nullptr. Due to that we don't find way to transmit it between lua_States.
  - **Userdata and Lua threads (coroutines)** are not supported.
  - Tables are serialized to `effil.table` recursively. So, any Lua table becomes `effil.table`. Table serialization may take a lot of time for big table. Thus, it's better to put data directly to `effil.table` avoiding a table serialization. Let's consider 2 examples:
 ```Lua
diff --git a/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp b/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp
index fca5a1d..c8a4a0d 100644
--- a/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class FunctionHolder : public GCObjectHolder<Function> {
 public:
     template <typename SolType>
     FunctionHolder(const SolType& luaObject) : GCObjectHolder<Function>(luaObject) {}
-    FunctionHolder(GCHandle handle) : GCObjectHolder(handle) {}
 
     sol::object unpack(sol::this_state state) const final {
         return GC::instance().get<Function>(handle_).loadFunction(state);
@@ -119,6 +118,29 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+class CFunctionHolder : public BaseHolder {
+public:
+    CFunctionHolder(sol::state_view state, int stack_index)
+        : BaseHolder()
+    {
+        cfunction_ = lua_tocfunction(state, stack_index);
+        REQUIRE(cfunction_ != nullptr) << "can't get C function pointer";
+    }
+
+    sol::object unpack(sol::this_state state) const final {
+        lua_pushcfunction(state, cfunction_);
+        return sol::stack::pop<sol::object>(state);
+    }
+
+    bool rawCompare(const BaseHolder* other) const override {
+        const auto cfh = dynamic_cast<const CFunctionHolder*>(other);
+        return cfh && cfh->cfunction_ == cfunction_;
+    }
+
+private:
+    lua_CFunction cfunction_;
+};
+
 void dumpTable(SharedTable& target, const sol::table& luaTable, SolTableToShared& visited);
 
 StoredObject makeStoredObject(const sol::object& luaObject, SolTableToShared& visited) {
@@ -186,6 +208,11 @@ StoredObject fromSolObject(const SolObject& luaObject, SolTableToShared& visited
             else
                 throw Exception() << "Unable to store userdata object";
         case sol::type::function: {
+            {
+                auto poper = sol::stack::push_pop(luaObject);
+                if (lua_iscfunction(luaObject.lua_state(), -1))
+                    return std::make_unique<CFunctionHolder>(luaObject.lua_state(), -1);
+            }
             Function func = GC::instance().create<Function>(luaObject, visited);
             return std::make_unique<FunctionHolder>(func.handle());
         }
diff --git a/tests/lua/function.lua b/tests/lua/function.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bacadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lua/function.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+require "bootstrap-tests"
+
+test.func.tear_down = default_tear_down
+
+test.func.check_truly_c_functions_p = function(func)
+    test.equal(type(func), "function")
+
+    local t = effil.table()
+    local ret, _ = pcall(function() t["func"] = func end)
+    test.equal(ret, true)
+end
+
+test.func.check_truly_c_functions_p(coroutine.create)
+test.func.check_truly_c_functions_p(effil.size)
+
+test.func.check_tosting_c_functions = function()
+    local t = effil.table()
+
+    if jit then
+        -- in LuaJIT it's not real C function
+        local ret, msg = pcall(function() t["tostring"] = tostring end)
+        test.equal(ret, false)
+        test.equal(msg, "effil.table: can't get C function pointer")
+    else
+        t["tostring"] = tostring
+
+        if LUA_VERSION > 51 then
+            test.equal(t["tostring"], tostring)
+        else
+            test.not_equal(t["tostring"], tostring)
+        end -- LUA_VERSION > 51
+
+        test.equal(t["tostring"](123), tostring(123))
+        test.equal(effil.thread(function() return t["tostring"](123) end)():get(), tostring(123))
+
+        local foo = tostring
+        test.equal(foo, tostring)
+        test.equal(foo(123), tostring(123))
+        test.equal(effil.thread(function() return foo(123) end)():get(), tostring(123))
+    end -- jit
+end
+
+
diff --git a/tests/lua/run_tests b/tests/lua/run_tests
index 06d9808..db0ad42 100755
--- a/tests/lua/run_tests
+++ b/tests/lua/run_tests
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env lua
 
-print("Using " .. _VERSION)
+if jit then
+    print("Using LuaJIT")
+else
+    print("Using " .. _VERSION)
+end
 
 local scripts_path = arg[0]:gsub("[\\/]run_tests", "")
 local src_path = scripts_path .. "/../.."
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ require "metatable"
 require "type_mismatch"
 require "upvalues"
 require "dump_table"
+require "function"
 
 if os.getenv("STRESS") then
     require "channel-stress"