diff --git a/addon/-private/resources/lifecycle.ts b/addon/-private/resources/lifecycle.ts
index 8e8151e10..1c86f1519 100644
--- a/addon/-private/resources/lifecycle.ts
+++ b/addon/-private/resources/lifecycle.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { associateDestroyableChild, registerDestructor } from '@ember/destroyabl
 // @ts-ignore
 import { capabilities as helperCapabilities, setHelperManager } from '@ember/helper';
 
-import type { ArgsWrapper, Cache, LooseArgs } from '../types';
+import type { ArgsWrapper, Cache, LooseArgs, Thunk } from '../types';
 
 export declare interface LifecycleResource<T extends LooseArgs = ArgsWrapper> {
   args: T;
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ export declare interface LifecycleResource<T extends LooseArgs = ArgsWrapper> {
 }
 
 export class LifecycleResource<T extends LooseArgs = ArgsWrapper> {
+  static with<Args extends ArgsWrapper, SubClass extends LifecycleResource<Args>>(
+    /* hack to get inheritence in static methods */
+    this: { new (owner: unknown, args: Args, previous?: SubClass): SubClass },
+    thunk: Thunk
+  ): SubClass {
+    // Lie about the type because `with` must be used with the `@use` decorator
+    return [this, thunk] as unknown as SubClass;
+  }
+
   constructor(owner: unknown, public args: T) {
     setOwner(this, owner);
   }
diff --git a/addon/-private/resources/simple.ts b/addon/-private/resources/simple.ts
index 2452a2f9e..30c256e20 100644
--- a/addon/-private/resources/simple.ts
+++ b/addon/-private/resources/simple.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { associateDestroyableChild, destroy } from '@ember/destroyable';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { capabilities as helperCapabilities, setHelperManager } from '@ember/helper';
 
-import type { ArgsWrapper, Cache, LooseArgs } from '../types';
+import type { ArgsWrapper, Cache, LooseArgs, Thunk } from '../types';
 
 export declare interface Resource<T extends LooseArgs = ArgsWrapper> {
   args: T;
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ export class Resource<T extends LooseArgs = ArgsWrapper> {
 
   static with<Args extends ArgsWrapper, SubClass extends Resource<Args>>(
     /* hack to get inheritence in static methods */
-    this: { new (thunk: () => ArgsWrapper): SubClass },
-    thunk: () => ArgsWrapper
+    this: { new (owner: unknown, args: Args, previous?: SubClass): SubClass },
+    thunk: Thunk
   ): SubClass {
+    // Lie about the type because `with` must be used with the `@use` decorator
     return [this, thunk] as unknown as SubClass;
   }
 
diff --git a/addon/-private/use.ts b/addon/-private/use.ts
index a64ee79dd..0f2ee2b19 100644
--- a/addon/-private/use.ts
+++ b/addon/-private/use.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,113 @@
-export function use(target: object, key: string, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor): any {
-  return;
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+
+// typed-ember has not publihsed types for this yet
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-ignore
+import { getValue } from '@glimmer/tracking/primitives/cache';
+import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
+// typed-ember has not publihsed types for this yet
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-ignore
+import { invokeHelper } from '@ember/helper';
+
+import { FUNCTION_TO_RUN, FunctionRunner, INITIAL_VALUE } from './resources/function-runner';
+import { normalizeThunk } from './utils';
+
+import type { Resource } from './resources/simple';
+import type { Thunk } from './types';
+
+interface Class<T = unknown> {
+  new (...args: unknown[]): T;
+}
+
+interface Descriptor {
+  initializer: () => [Class, Thunk];
+}
+
+/**
+ * works with
+ * - resources (both Resource and LifecycleResource)
+ * - functions
+ */
+export function use(prototype: object, key: string, descriptor?: Descriptor): void {
+  if (!descriptor) return;
+
+  assert(`@use can only be used with string-keys`, typeof key === 'string');
+
+  let resources = new WeakMap<object, { resource: unknown; type: 'class' | 'function' }>();
+  let { initializer } = descriptor;
+
+  // https://github.com/pzuraq/ember-could-get-used-to-this/blob/master/addon/index.js
+  return {
+    get() {
+      let wrapper = resources.get(this as object);
+
+      if (!wrapper) {
+        let initialized = initializer.call(this);
+
+        if (Array.isArray(initialized)) {
+          assert(
+            `@use ${key} was given unexpected value. Make sure usage is '@use ${key} = MyResource.with(() => ...)'`,
+
+            initialized.length === 2 && typeof initialized[1] === 'function'
+          );
+
+          let [Klass, thunk] = initialized;
+
+          let resource = invokeHelper(this, Klass, () => {
+            return normalizeThunk(thunk);
+          });
+
+          wrapper = { resource, type: 'class' };
+          resources.set(this as object, wrapper);
+
+        } else if (typeof initialized === 'function') {
+          let klass = class AnonymousFunctionRunner extends FunctionRunner<unknown, unknown[]> {
+            [INITIAL_VALUE] = undefined;
+            [FUNCTION_TO_RUN] = initialized;
+          };
+
+          let resource = invokeHelper(this, klass, () => {
+            return normalizeThunk();
+          });
+
+          wrapper = { resource, type: 'function' };
+          resources.set(this as object, wrapper);
+        }
+      }
+
+      assert(`Resource could not be created`, wrapper);
+
+      switch (wrapper.type) {
+        case 'function':
+          return getValue(wrapper.resource).value;
+        case 'class':
+          return getValue(wrapper.resource);
+
+        default:
+          assert('Resource value could not be extracted', false);
+      }
+    },
+  } as unknown as void /* Thanks TS. */;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Class:
+ *   typeof klass.prototype === 'object'
+ *   typeof klass === 'function'
+ *   klass instanceof Object === true
+ *   Symbol.hasInstance in klass === true
+ * Function:
+ *   typeof fun.prototype === 'object';
+ *   typeof fun === 'function';
+ *   fun instanceof Object === true
+ *   Symbol.hasInstance in fun === true
+ * Object:
+ *   typeof obj.prototype === 'undefined'
+ *   typeof obj === 'object'
+ *
+ */
+function isClass(klass?: any) {
+  return typeof klass === 'function' && /^class\s/.test(Function.prototype.toString.call(klass));
 }
diff --git a/addon/-private/utils.ts b/addon/-private/utils.ts
index 0b5962088..b9fcdc7c6 100644
--- a/addon/-private/utils.ts
+++ b/addon/-private/utils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import type { ArgsWrapper, Thunk } from './types';
 
 export const DEFAULT_THUNK = () => [];
 
-export function normalizeThunk(thunk: Thunk): ArgsWrapper {
+export function normalizeThunk(thunk?: Thunk): ArgsWrapper {
+  if (!thunk) {
+    return { named: {}, positional: [] };
+  }
+
   let args = thunk();
 
   if (Array.isArray(args)) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/use-test.ts b/tests/unit/use-test.ts
index f1e0830c8..201175aaf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/use-test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/use-test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { settled } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
 
-import { Resource, use } from 'ember-resources';
+import { timeout } from 'ember-concurrency';
+import { LifecycleResource, Resource, use } from 'ember-resources';
 
-import type { ArgsWrapper, Positional } from 'ember-resources';
+import type { Positional } from 'ember-resources';
 
 module('@use', function (hooks) {
   setupTest(hooks);
@@ -43,7 +44,84 @@ module('@use', function (hooks) {
       assert.equal(instance.data.doubled, 6);
     });
   });
-  module('LifecycleResource', function () {});
+  module('LifecycleResource', function () {
+    test('it works', async function (assert) {
+      class MyResource<Args extends Positional<[number]>> extends LifecycleResource<Args> {
+        doubled = 0;
+
+        setup() {
+          this.update();
+        }
+
+        update() {
+          this.doubled = this.args.positional[0] * 2;
+        }
+      }
+
+      class Test {
+        @tracked num = 1;
+
+        @use data = MyResource.with(() => [this.num]);
+      }
+
+      let instance = new Test();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data.doubled, 2);
+
+      instance.num = 3;
+      await settled();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data.doubled, 6);
+    });
+  });
   module('Task', function () {});
-  module('Function', function () {});
+  module('Function', function () {
+    test('it works with sync functions', async function (assert) {
+      class Test {
+        @tracked num = 1;
+
+        // How to make TS happy about this?
+        @use data = () => {
+          return this.num * 2;
+        };
+      }
+
+      let instance = new Test();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data, undefined);
+      await settled();
+      assert.equal(instance.data, 2);
+
+      instance.num = 3;
+      await settled();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data, 6);
+    });
+
+    test('it works with async functions', async function (assert) {
+      class Test {
+        @tracked num = 1;
+
+        // How to make TS happy about this?
+        @use data = async () => {
+          await timeout(100);
+
+          return this.num * 2;
+        };
+      }
+
+      let instance = new Test();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data, undefined);
+      await timeout(100);
+      await settled();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data, 2);
+
+      instance.num = 3;
+      await settled();
+
+      assert.equal(instance.data, 6);
+    });
+  });
 });