diff --git a/src/anyio/abc/threads.py b/src/anyio/abc/threads.py
index 5d207d77..85bd5ef4 100644
--- a/src/anyio/abc/threads.py
+++ b/src/anyio/abc/threads.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from collections import Coroutine
 from concurrent.futures import Future
-from typing import TypeVar, Callable
+from typing import TypeVar, Callable, overload, Any
 
 T_Retval = TypeVar('T_Retval')
 
@@ -82,7 +82,15 @@ async def _call_func(self, func: Callable, args: tuple, future: Future) -> None:
     def _spawn_task_from_thread(self, func: Callable, args: tuple, future: Future) -> None:
         pass
 
+    @overload
+    def call(self, func: Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, T_Retval]], *args) -> T_Retval:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
     def call(self, func: Callable[..., T_Retval], *args) -> T_Retval:
+        ...
+
+    def call(self, func, *args):
         """
         Call the given function in the event loop thread.