diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..add055a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/channel.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+use std::io;
+use std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError;
+
+use futures::{Future, Poll};
+use futures_io::IoFuture;
+use mio::channel;
+
+use {ReadinessStream, LoopHandle};
+
+/// The transmission half of a channel used for sending messages to a receiver.
+///
+/// A `Sender` can be `clone`d to have multiple threads or instances sending
+/// messages to one receiver.
+///
+/// This type is created by the `LoopHandle::channel` method.
+pub struct Sender<T> {
+    tx: channel::Sender<T>,
+}
+
+/// The receiving half of a channel used for processing messages sent by a
+/// `Sender`.
+///
+/// A `Receiver` cannot be cloned and is not `Sync`, so only one thread can
+/// receive messages at a time.
+///
+/// This type is created by the `LoopHandle::channel` method.
+pub struct Receiver<T> {
+    rx: ReadinessStream<channel::Receiver<T>>,
+}
+
+impl LoopHandle {
+    /// Creates a new in-memory channel used for sending data across `Send +
+    /// 'static` boundaries, frequently threads.
+    ///
+    /// This type can be used to conveniently send messages between futures.
+    /// Unlike the futures crate `channel` method and types, the returned tx/rx
+    /// pair is a multi-producer single-consumer (mpsc) channel *with no
+    /// backpressure*. Currently it's left up to the application to implement a
+    /// mechanism, if necessary, to avoid messages piling up.
+    ///
+    /// The returned `Sender` can be used to send messages that are processed by
+    /// the returned `Receiver`. The `Sender` can be cloned to send messages
+    /// from multiple sources simultaneously.
+    pub fn channel<T>(self) -> (Sender<T>, IoFuture<Receiver<T>>)
+        where T: Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let (tx, rx) = channel::channel();
+        let rx = ReadinessStream::new(self, rx).map(|rx| Receiver { rx: rx });
+        (Sender { tx: tx }, rx.boxed())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Sender<T> {
+    /// Sends a message to the corresponding receiver of this sender.
+    ///
+    /// The message provided will be enqueued on the channel immediately, and
+    /// this function will return immediately. Keep in mind that the
+    /// underlying channel has infinite capacity, and this may not always be
+    /// desired.
+    ///
+    /// If an I/O error happens while sending the message, or if the receiver
+    /// has gone away, then an error will be returned. Note that I/O errors here
+    /// are generally quite abnormal.
+    pub fn send(&self, t: T) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.tx.send(t).map_err(|e| {
+            match e {
+                channel::SendError::Io(e) => e,
+                channel::SendError::Disconnected(_) => {
+                    io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                                   "channel has been disconnected")
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Clone for Sender<T> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Sender<T> {
+        Sender { tx: self.tx.clone() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Receiver<T> {
+    /// Attempts to receive a message sent on this channel.
+    ///
+    /// This method will attempt to dequeue any messages sent on this channel
+    /// from any corresponding sender. If no message is available, but senders
+    /// are still detected, then `Poll::NotReady` is returned and the current
+    /// future task is scheduled to receive a notification when a message is
+    /// available.
+    ///
+    /// If an I/O error happens or if all senders have gone away (the channel is
+    /// disconnected) then `Poll::Err` will be returned.
+    pub fn recv(&self) -> Poll<T, io::Error> {
+        match self.rx.get_ref().try_recv() {
+            Ok(t) => Poll::Ok(t),
+            Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => {
+                self.rx.need_read();
+                Poll::NotReady
+            }
+            Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
+                Poll::Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                                         "channel has been disconnected"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 77b381cba..449dc6004 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,18 +16,21 @@ extern crate scoped_tls;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 
-mod readiness_stream;
-mod event_loop;
-mod tcp;
-mod udp;
-mod timeout;
-mod timer_wheel;
 #[path = "../../src/slot.rs"]
 mod slot;
 #[path = "../../src/lock.rs"]
 mod lock;
-mod mpsc_queue;
 
+mod channel;
+mod event_loop;
+mod mpsc_queue;
+mod readiness_stream;
+mod tcp;
+mod timeout;
+mod timer_wheel;
+mod udp;
+
+pub use channel::{Sender, Receiver};
 pub use event_loop::{Loop, LoopPin, LoopHandle, AddSource, AddTimeout};
 pub use event_loop::{LoopData, AddLoopData, TimeoutToken, IoToken};
 pub use readiness_stream::ReadinessStream;
diff --git a/src/readiness_stream.rs b/src/readiness_stream.rs
index c67d5cec7..a2e44e7a7 100644
--- a/src/readiness_stream.rs
+++ b/src/readiness_stream.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ impl<E> ReadinessStream<E>
             handle: loop_handle,
         }
     }
+}
 
+impl<E> ReadinessStream<E> {
     /// Tests to see if this source is ready to be read from or not.
     ///
     /// If this stream is not ready for a read then `NotReady` will be returned