diff --git a/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs b/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs
index e22c5cb..27143f7 100644
--- a/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs
+++ b/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-use crate::task::{spawn, JoinHandle};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Receiver, Sender};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+
+use crate::task::{JoinHandle, Task};
+use crate::utils::abort_on_panic;
 
 /// Spawns a blocking task.
 ///
@@ -35,5 +43,80 @@ where
     F: FnOnce() -> T + Send + 'static,
     T: Send + 'static,
 {
-    spawn(async { f() })
+    let schedule = |task| POOL.sender.send(task).unwrap();
+    let (task, handle) = async_task::spawn(async { f() }, schedule, Task::new(None));
+    task.schedule();
+    JoinHandle::new(handle)
+}
+
+type Runnable = async_task::Task<Task>;
+
+struct Pool {
+    sender: Sender<Runnable>,
+    receiver: Receiver<Runnable>,
+}
+
+/// The number of sleeping worker threads.
+static SLEEPING: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+static POOL: Lazy<Pool> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    // Start a single worker thread waiting for the first task.
+    start_thread();
+
+    let (sender, receiver) = unbounded();
+    Pool { sender, receiver }
+});
+
+fn start_thread() {
+    SLEEPING.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let timeout = Duration::from_secs(1);
+
+    thread::Builder::new()
+        .name("async-std/blocking".to_string())
+        .spawn(move || {
+            loop {
+                let mut task = match POOL.receiver.recv_timeout(timeout) {
+                    Ok(task) => task,
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        // Check whether this is the last sleeping thread.
+                        if SLEEPING.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 1 {
+                            // If so, then restart the thread to make sure there is always at least
+                            // one sleeping thread.
+                            if SLEEPING.compare_and_swap(0, 1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 0 {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        // Stop the thread.
+                        return;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // If there are no sleeping threads, then start one to make sure there is always at
+                // least one sleeping thread.
+                if SLEEPING.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 1 {
+                    start_thread();
+                }
+
+                loop {
+                    // Run the task.
+                    abort_on_panic(|| task.run());
+
+                    // Try taking another task if there are any available.
+                    task = match POOL.receiver.try_recv() {
+                        Ok(task) => task,
+                        Err(_) => break,
+                    };
+                }
+
+                // If there is at least one sleeping thread, stop this thread instead of putting it
+                // to sleep.
+                if SLEEPING.load(Ordering::SeqCst) > 0 {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                SLEEPING.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+            }
+        })
+        .expect("cannot start a blocking thread");
 }