diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ec492b23..80d4765f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 members = [
     ".",
     "sqlx-core",
+    "sqlx-rt",
     "sqlx-macros",
     "sqlx-test",
     "sqlx-cli",
diff --git a/sqlx-rt/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-rt/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c90a9d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlx-rt/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "sqlx-rt"
+version = "0.1.0-pre"
+repository = "https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[features]
+runtime-actix = [ "actix-rt", "actix-threadpool", "tokio", "tokio-native-tls" ]
+runtime-async-std = [ "async-std", "async-native-tls" ]
+runtime-tokio = [ "tokio", "tokio-native-tls" ]
+
+[dependencies]
+async-native-tls = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
+actix-rt = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
+actix-threadpool = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true }
+async-std = { version = "1.6.0", features = [ "unstable" ], optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "0.2.17", optional = true, features = [ "blocking", "fs", "tcp", "uds", "macros", "rt-core", "rt-threaded", "time", "dns", "io-util" ] }
+tokio-native-tls = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
+native-tls = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/sqlx-rt/src/lib.rs b/sqlx-rt/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..072fb181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlx-rt/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#[cfg(not(any(
+    feature = "runtime-actix",
+    feature = "runtime-async-std",
+    feature = "runtime-tokio",
+)))]
+compile_error!(
+    "one of 'runtime-actix', 'runtime-async-std' or 'runtime-tokio' features must be enabled"
+);
+
+#[cfg(any(
+    all(feature = "runtime-actix", feature = "runtime-async-std"),
+    all(feature = "runtime-actix", feature = "runtime-tokio"),
+    all(feature = "runtime-async-std", feature = "runtime-tokio"),
+))]
+compile_error!(
+    "only one of 'runtime-actix', 'runtime-async-std' or 'runtime-tokio' features can be enabled"
+);
+
+pub use native_tls;
+
+//
+// Actix *OR* Tokio
+//
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    not(feature = "runtime-async-std"),
+    any(feature = "runtime-tokio", feature = "runtime-actix"),
+))]
+pub use tokio::{
+    self, fs, io::AsyncRead, io::AsyncReadExt, io::AsyncWrite, io::AsyncWriteExt, net::TcpStream,
+    task::yield_now,
+};
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    unix,
+    not(feature = "runtime-async-std"),
+    any(feature = "runtime-tokio", feature = "runtime-actix"),
+))]
+pub use tokio::net::UnixStream;
+
+//
+// tokio
+//
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    feature = "runtime-tokio",
+    not(any(feature = "runtime-actix", feature = "runtime-async-std",))
+))]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! blocking {
+    ($($expr:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::tokio::task::block_in_place(move || { $($expr)* })
+    };
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio-native-tls", not(feature = "async-native-tls")))]
+pub use tokio_native_tls::{TlsConnector, TlsStream};
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio-native-tls", not(feature = "async-native-tls")))]
+pub use native_tls::Error as TlsError;
+
+//
+// actix
+//
+
+#[cfg(feature = "runtime-actix")]
+pub use {actix_rt, actix_threadpool};
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    feature = "runtime-actix",
+    not(any(feature = "runtime-tokio", feature = "runtime-async-std",))
+))]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! blocking {
+    ($($expr:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::actix_threadpool::run(move || { $($expr)* }).await.map_err(|err| match err {
+            $crate::actix_threadpool::BlockingError::Error(e) => e,
+            $crate::actix_threadpool::BlockingError::Canceled => panic!("{}", err)
+        })
+    };
+}
+
+//
+// async-std
+//
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    feature = "runtime-async-std",
+    not(any(feature = "runtime-actix", feature = "runtime-tokio",))
+))]
+pub use async_std::{
+    self, fs, io::prelude::ReadExt as AsyncReadExt, io::prelude::WriteExt as AsyncWriteExt,
+    io::Read as AsyncRead, io::Write as AsyncWrite, net::TcpStream, task::spawn, task::yield_now,
+};
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    feature = "runtime-async-std",
+    not(any(feature = "runtime-actix", feature = "runtime-tokio",))
+))]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! blocking {
+    ($($expr:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::async_std::task::spawn_blocking(move || { $($expr)* }).await
+    };
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    unix,
+    feature = "runtime-async-std",
+    not(any(feature = "runtime-actix", feature = "runtime-tokio",))
+))]
+pub use async_std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "async-native-tls", not(feature = "tokio-native-tls")))]
+pub use async_native_tls::{Error as TlsError, TlsConnector, TlsStream};