diff --git a/smart-common/src/main/java/org/smartdata/model/PathChecker.java b/smart-common/src/main/java/org/smartdata/model/PathChecker.java
index 2129df744c..6fe52e3088 100644
--- a/smart-common/src/main/java/org/smartdata/model/PathChecker.java
+++ b/smart-common/src/main/java/org/smartdata/model/PathChecker.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 public class PathChecker {
   private static final String IGNORED_PATH_TEMPLATES_DELIMITER = ",";
 
-  private final Matcher patternMatcher;
+  private final ThreadLocal<Matcher> patternMatcherThreadLocal;
   private final List<String> coverDirs;
 
   public PathChecker(SmartConf configuration) {
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ public PathChecker(List<String> ignoredPathPatterns, List<String> coverDirs) {
     ignoredPathPatterns.forEach(patternBuilder::add);
 
     Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternBuilder.toString());
-    this.patternMatcher = pattern.matcher("");
+    this.patternMatcherThreadLocal =
+        ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> pattern.matcher(""));
     this.coverDirs = coverDirs;
   }
 
   public boolean isIgnored(String absolutePath) {
-    patternMatcher.reset(absolutePath);
-    return patternMatcher.find();
+    return patternMatcherThreadLocal.get()
+        .reset(absolutePath)
+        .find();
   }
 
   public boolean isCovered(String absolutePath) {
diff --git a/smart-common/src/test/java/org/smartdata/model/TestPathCheckerThreadSafety.java b/smart-common/src/test/java/org/smartdata/model/TestPathCheckerThreadSafety.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e29bf77fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart-common/src/test/java/org/smartdata/model/TestPathCheckerThreadSafety.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.smartdata.model;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class TestPathCheckerThreadSafety {
+
+  private static final int NUM_WORKERS = 10;
+  private static final int NUM_PATHS = 1000;
+
+  // we need to use paths of different lengths to potentially raise
+  // ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in case of wrong multithreading behavior in Matcher
+  private static final List<String> TEST_PATHS = Arrays.asList(
+      "short_path",
+      "/some_dir/medium_size_path",
+      "/test/dir/another/dir/extraordinary_long_size_path"
+  );
+  private static final String IGNORED_DIR = "/ignored/";
+
+  private ExecutorService executor;
+  private PathChecker pathChecker;
+  private CyclicBarrier startBarrier;
+  private AtomicInteger ignoredPathCounter;
+
+  @Before
+  public void init() throws Exception {
+    executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
+    pathChecker = new PathChecker(
+        Collections.singletonList("/ignored/*"),
+        Collections.emptyList());
+    startBarrier = new CyclicBarrier(NUM_WORKERS);
+    ignoredPathCounter = new AtomicInteger();
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void shutdown() {
+    executor.shutdownNow();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void checkThreadSafety() throws Exception {
+    Random random = new Random();
+
+    CompletableFuture<?>[] futures = IntStream.range(0, NUM_WORKERS)
+        .mapToObj(ignore -> startWorker(random))
+        .toArray(CompletableFuture[]::new);
+
+    CompletableFuture.allOf(futures)
+        .get(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ignoredPathCounter.get(), NUM_WORKERS);
+  }
+
+  private CompletableFuture<?> startWorker(Random random) {
+    List<String> paths = Stream.generate(() -> nextPath(random))
+        .limit(NUM_PATHS)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    int ignoredPathIndex = random.nextInt(NUM_PATHS);
+    paths.set(ignoredPathIndex, IGNORED_DIR + paths.get(ignoredPathIndex));
+
+    return CompletableFuture.runAsync(new Worker(paths), executor);
+  }
+
+  private String nextPath(Random random) {
+    int nextIndex = random.nextInt(TEST_PATHS.size());
+    return TEST_PATHS.get(nextIndex);
+  }
+
+  private class Worker implements Runnable {
+    private final List<String> pathsToCheck;
+
+    private Worker(List<String> pathsToCheck) {
+      this.pathsToCheck = pathsToCheck;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+      try {
+        startBarrier.await(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Error waiting start barrier", e);
+      }
+
+      for (String path: pathsToCheck) {
+        if (pathChecker.isIgnored(path)) {
+          ignoredPathCounter.incrementAndGet();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}