diff --git a/browser/components/extensions/test/browser/browser_ext_getViews.js b/browser/components/extensions/test/browser/browser_ext_getViews.js
index efbda4f8bf4a..0143d3694cbd 100644
--- a/browser/components/extensions/test/browser/browser_ext_getViews.js
+++ b/browser/components/extensions/test/browser/browser_ext_getViews.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function genericChecker() {
         "tab": 0,
         "popup": 0,
       };
+      let background;
       for (let i = 0; i < views.length; i++) {
         let view = views[i];
         browser.test.assertTrue(view.kind in counts, "view type is valid");
@@ -27,9 +28,17 @@ function genericChecker() {
         if (view.kind == "background") {
           browser.test.assertTrue(view === browser.extension.getBackgroundPage(),
                                   "background page is correct");
+          background = view;
         }
       }
-      browser.test.sendMessage("counts", counts);
+      if (background) {
+        browser.runtime.getBackgroundPage().then(view => {
+          browser.test.assertEq(background, view, "runtime.getBackgroundPage() is correct");
+          browser.test.sendMessage("counts", counts);
+        });
+      } else {
+        browser.test.sendMessage("counts", counts);
+      }
     } else if (msg == kind + "-open-tab") {
       browser.tabs.create({windowId: args[0], url: browser.runtime.getURL("tab.html")});
     } else if (msg == kind + "-close-tab") {
diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionUtils.jsm b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionUtils.jsm
index 067de45b0180..2374fdc297cd 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionUtils.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionUtils.jsm
@@ -212,30 +212,41 @@ class BaseContext {
    *     callback. May resolve to a `SpreadArgs` instance, in which case
    *     each element will be used as a separate argument.
    *
+   *     Unless the promise object belongs to the cloneScope global, its
+   *     resolution value is cloned into cloneScope prior to calling the
+   *     `callback` function or resolving the wrapped promise.
+   *
    * @param {function} [callback] The callback function to wrap
    *
    * @returns {Promise|undefined} If callback is null, a promise object
    *     belonging to the target scope. Otherwise, undefined.
    */
   wrapPromise(promise, callback = null) {
+    // Note: `promise instanceof this.cloneScope.Promise` returns true
+    // here even for promises that do not belong to the content scope.
+    let runSafe = runSafeSync.bind(null, this);
+    if (promise.constructor === this.cloneScope.Promise) {
+      runSafe = runSafeSyncWithoutClone;
+    }
+
     if (callback) {
       promise.then(
         args => {
           if (args instanceof SpreadArgs) {
-            runSafeSync(this, callback, ...args);
+            runSafe(callback, ...args);
           } else {
-            runSafeSync(this, callback, args);
+            runSafe(callback, args);
           }
         },
         error => {
           this.withLastError(error, () => {
-            runSafeSync(this, callback);
+            runSafeSyncWithoutClone(callback);
           });
         });
     } else {
       return new this.cloneScope.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         promise.then(
-          value => { runSafeSync(this, resolve, value); },
+          value => { runSafe(resolve, value); },
           value => {
             if (!(value instanceof this.cloneScope.Error)) {
               value = new this.cloneScope.Error(value.message);
diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/ext-backgroundPage.js b/toolkit/components/extensions/ext-backgroundPage.js
index a6b2c8a95d82..c3895a1c32bc 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/ext-backgroundPage.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/ext-backgroundPage.js
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ extensions.registerSchemaAPI("extension", null, (extension, context) => {
     },
 
     runtime: {
-      getBackgroundPage: function(callback) {
-        runSafe(context, callback, backgroundPagesMap.get(extension).contentWindow);
+      getBackgroundPage() {
+        return context.cloneScope.Promise.resolve(backgroundPagesMap.get(extension).contentWindow);
       },
     },
   };
diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/schemas/runtime.json b/toolkit/components/extensions/schemas/runtime.json
index 3bb4294c0270..0c8f3e1e9b7c 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/schemas/runtime.json
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/schemas/runtime.json
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         "name": "getBackgroundPage",
         "type": "function",
         "description": "Retrieves the JavaScript 'window' object for the background page running inside the current extension/app. If the background page is an event page, the system will ensure it is loaded before calling the callback. If there is no background page, an error is set.",
+        "async": "callback",
         "parameters": [
           {
             "type": "function",