diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java
index ddfd80c..14de333 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java
@@ -241,34 +241,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @author markdavis
-     *
-     */
-    // TODO(junit): resolve
-//    public static void main(String[] args) {
-//        //generateConstants(); if (true) return;
-//
-//        // Ticket #12034 deadlock on multi-threaded static init of MeasureUnit.
-//        // The code below reliably deadlocks with ICU 56.
-//        // The test is here in main() rather than in a test function so it can be made to run
-//        // before anything else.
-//        Thread thread = new Thread()  {
-//            @Override
-//            public void run() {
-//                @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-//                Set<String> measureUnitTypes = MeasureUnit.getAvailableTypes();
-//            }
-//        };
-//        thread.start();
-//        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-//        Currency cur = Currency.getInstance(ULocale.ENGLISH);
-//        try {thread.join();} catch(InterruptedException e) {};
-//        // System.out.println("Done with MeasureUnit thread test.");
-//
-//        new MeasureUnitTest().run(args);
-//    }
-
 /*
     @Test
     public void testZZZ() {
diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitThreadTest.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitThreadTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78f1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitThreadTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// © 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others.
+// License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#License
+
+package com.ibm.icu.dev.test.format;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.ibm.icu.dev.test.TestFmwk;
+import com.ibm.icu.util.Currency;
+import com.ibm.icu.util.MeasureUnit;
+import com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale;
+
+public class MeasureUnitThreadTest extends TestFmwk {
+
+    @Test
+    public void MUThreadTest() {
+        // Ticket #12034 deadlock on multi-threaded static init of MeasureUnit.
+        // The code below reliably deadlocks with ICU 56.
+        // The test is here in its own file so it can be made to run independent of anything else.
+        Thread thread = new Thread()  {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                MeasureUnit.getAvailableTypes();
+            }
+        };
+        thread.start();
+        Currency.getInstance(ULocale.ENGLISH);
+        try {thread.join();} catch(InterruptedException e) {};
+    }
+}
+