diff --git a/librz/analysis/similarity.c b/librz/analysis/similarity.c
index bb722955672..36914f5aec1 100644
--- a/librz/analysis/similarity.c
+++ b/librz/analysis/similarity.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ typedef struct match_ui_info_t {
 static bool shared_context_init(SharedContext *context, RzAnalysis *analysis_a, RzAnalysis *analysis_b, RzList /*<void *>*/ *list_a, RzList /*<void *>*/ *list_b, AllocateBuffer alloc_cb) {
 	RzThreadLock *lock_a = rz_th_lock_new(true);
 	RzThreadLock *lock_b = analysis_a == analysis_b ? lock_a : rz_th_lock_new(true);
-	RzThreadQueue *queue = rz_th_queue_new2(rz_list_clone(list_a));
+	RzThreadQueue *queue = rz_th_queue_from_list(list_a, NULL);
 	RzThreadQueue *matches = rz_th_queue_new(RZ_THREAD_QUEUE_UNLIMITED, NULL);
 	RzThreadQueue *unmatch = rz_th_queue_new(RZ_THREAD_QUEUE_UNLIMITED, NULL);
 	RzAtomicBool *loop = rz_atomic_bool_new(true);
diff --git a/librz/include/rz_th.h b/librz/include/rz_th.h
index 070afbc7f17..913667092c6 100644
--- a/librz/include/rz_th.h
+++ b/librz/include/rz_th.h
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ RZ_API bool rz_th_pool_wait(RZ_NONNULL RzThreadPool *pool);
 RZ_API size_t rz_th_pool_size(RZ_NONNULL RzThreadPool *pool);
 
 RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_new(size_t max_size, RZ_NULLABLE RzListFree qfree);
-RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_new2(RZ_NONNULL RZ_OWN RzList /*<void *>*/ *list);
+RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_from_list(RZ_NONNULL RZ_BORROW RzList /*<void *>*/ *list, RZ_NULLABLE RzListFree qfree);
+RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_from_pvector(RZ_NONNULL RZ_BORROW RzPVector /*<void *>*/ *vector, RZ_NULLABLE RzListFree qfree);
 RZ_API void rz_th_queue_free(RZ_NULLABLE RzThreadQueue *queue);
 RZ_API bool rz_th_queue_push(RZ_NONNULL RzThreadQueue *queue, RZ_NONNULL void *user, bool tail);
 RZ_API RZ_OWN void *rz_th_queue_pop(RZ_NONNULL RzThreadQueue *queue, bool tail);
diff --git a/librz/util/thread_queue.c b/librz/util/thread_queue.c
index b56d6436cdc..2248cf5f274 100644
--- a/librz/util/thread_queue.c
+++ b/librz/util/thread_queue.c
@@ -50,19 +50,25 @@ RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_new(size_t max_size, RZ_NULLABLE RzList
 /**
  * \brief  Allocates and initializes a new fifo queue using a user-defined list
  *
- * \param  list  Pointer to the list that will be owned by the queue.
+ * \param  list  Pointer to the list that will be used to initialize the queue.
  *
  * \return On success returns a valid pointer, otherwise NULL
  */
-RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_new2(RZ_NONNULL RZ_OWN RzList /*<void *>*/ *list) {
+RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_from_list(RZ_NONNULL RZ_BORROW RzList /*<void *>*/ *list, RZ_NULLABLE RzListFree qfree) {
 	rz_return_val_if_fail(list, NULL);
 	RzThreadQueue *queue = RZ_NEW0(RzThreadQueue);
 	if (!queue) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	queue->list = rz_list_clone(list);
+	if (!queue->list) {
+		free(queue);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	queue->list->free = qfree;
 	queue->max_size = rz_list_length(list);
-	queue->list = list;
 	queue->lock = rz_th_lock_new(false);
 	queue->cond = rz_th_cond_new();
 	if (!queue->list || !queue->lock || !queue->cond) {
@@ -73,6 +79,36 @@ RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_new2(RZ_NONNULL RZ_OWN RzList /*<void *
 	return queue;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief  Allocates and initializes a new fifo queue using a user-defined vector
+ *
+ * \param  vector  Pointer to the vector that will be used to initialize the queue.
+ * \param  qfree   Pointer to a custom free function to free the queue if not empty.
+ *
+ * \return On success returns a valid pointer, otherwise NULL
+ */
+RZ_API RZ_OWN RzThreadQueue *rz_th_queue_from_pvector(RZ_NONNULL RZ_BORROW RzPVector /*<void *>*/ *vector, RZ_NULLABLE RzListFree qfree) {
+	rz_return_val_if_fail(vector, NULL);
+	RzThreadQueue *queue = rz_th_queue_new(rz_pvector_len(vector), qfree);
+	if (!queue) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	void **it;
+	rz_pvector_foreach (vector, it) {
+		void *value = *it;
+		if (!value) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!rz_list_append(queue->list, value)) {
+			rz_th_queue_free(queue);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return queue;
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief  Frees a RzThreadQueue structure
  *