diff --git a/async.c b/async.c
index acd3627..ef8b409 100644
--- a/async.c
+++ b/async.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
 #include "block/raw-aio.h"
+#include "trace/generated-tracers.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
 
 /***********************************************************/
 /* bottom halves (can be seen as timers which expire ASAP) */
@@ -255,6 +257,8 @@ aio_ctx_finalize(GSource     *source)
     }
 #endif
 
+    qemu_bh_delete(ctx->schedule_bh);
+
     qemu_lockcnt_lock(&ctx->list_lock);
     assert(!qemu_lockcnt_count(&ctx->list_lock));
     while (ctx->first_bh) {
@@ -335,6 +339,28 @@ static void event_notifier_dummy_cb(EventNotifier *e)
 {
 }
 
+static void schedule_bh_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    AioContext *ctx = opaque;
+    QSLIST_HEAD(, Coroutine) straight, reversed;
+
+    QSLIST_MOVE_ATOMIC(&reversed, &ctx->scheduled_coroutines);
+    QSLIST_INIT(&straight);
+
+    while (!QSLIST_EMPTY(&reversed)) {
+        Coroutine *co = QSLIST_FIRST(&reversed);
+        QSLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&reversed, co_scheduled_next);
+        QSLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&straight, co, co_scheduled_next);
+    }
+
+    while (!QSLIST_EMPTY(&straight)) {
+        Coroutine *co = QSLIST_FIRST(&straight);
+        QSLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&straight, co_scheduled_next);
+        trace_aio_schedule_bh_cb(ctx, co);
+        qemu_coroutine_enter(co, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
 AioContext *aio_context_new(Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -354,6 +380,10 @@ AioContext *aio_context_new(Error **errp)
     }
     g_source_set_can_recurse(&ctx->source, true);
     qemu_lockcnt_init(&ctx->list_lock);
+
+    ctx->schedule_bh = aio_bh_new(ctx, schedule_bh_cb, ctx);
+    QSLIST_INIT(&ctx->scheduled_coroutines);
+
     aio_set_event_notifier(ctx, &ctx->notifier,
                            false,
                            (EventNotifierHandler *)
@@ -371,6 +401,14 @@ fail:
     return NULL;
 }
 
+void aio_co_schedule(AioContext *ctx, Coroutine *co)
+{
+    trace_aio_co_schedule(ctx, co);
+    QSLIST_INSERT_HEAD_ATOMIC(&ctx->scheduled_coroutines,
+                              co, co_scheduled_next);
+    qemu_bh_schedule(ctx->schedule_bh);
+}
+
 void aio_context_ref(AioContext *ctx)
 {
     g_source_ref(&ctx->source);
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 8f55d1a..0a344c3 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef struct AioHandler AioHandler;
 typedef void QEMUBHFunc(void *opaque);
 typedef void IOHandler(void *opaque);
 
+struct Coroutine;
 struct ThreadPool;
 struct LinuxAioState;
 
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ struct AioContext {
     bool notified;
     EventNotifier notifier;
 
+    QSLIST_HEAD(, Coroutine) scheduled_coroutines;
+    QEMUBH *schedule_bh;
+
     /* Thread pool for performing work and receiving completion callbacks.
      * Has its own locking.
      */
@@ -441,6 +445,11 @@ static inline bool aio_node_check(AioContext *ctx, bool is_external)
 }
 
 /**
+ * aio_co_schedule
+ */
+void aio_co_schedule(AioContext *ctx, struct Coroutine *co);
+
+/**
  * @ctx: the aio context
  *
  * Return whether we are running in the I/O thread that manages @ctx.
diff --git a/include/qemu/coroutine_int.h b/include/qemu/coroutine_int.h
index 581a7f5..c0e9aa1 100644
--- a/include/qemu/coroutine_int.h
+++ b/include/qemu/coroutine_int.h
@@ -38,11 +38,19 @@ struct Coroutine {
     CoroutineEntry *entry;
     void *entry_arg;
     Coroutine *caller;
+
+    /* Only used when the coroutine has terminated.  */
     QSLIST_ENTRY(Coroutine) pool_next;
 
-    /* Coroutines that should be woken up when we yield or terminate */
+    /* Coroutines that should be woken up when we yield or terminate.
+     * Only used when the coroutine is running.
+     */
     QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(, Coroutine) co_queue_wakeup;
+
+    /* Only used when the coroutine is sleeping.  */
+    AioContext *ctx;
     QSIMPLEQ_ENTRY(Coroutine) co_queue_next;
+    QSLIST_ENTRY(Coroutine) co_scheduled_next;
 };
 
 Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_new(void);
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index f60df75..b90b870 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ check-unit-y += tests/test-visitor-serialization$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-iov$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-test-iov-y = util/iov.c
 check-unit-y += tests/test-aio$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-test-aio-y = async-posix.c
+gcov-files-test-aio-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += aio-win32.c
+gcov-files-test-aio-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += aio-posix.c
+check-unit-y += tests/test-aio-multithread$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-test-aio-multithread-y = $(gcov-files-test-aio-y)
+gcov-files-test-aio-multithread-y += util/qemu-coroutine.c tests/iothread.c
 check-unit-y += tests/test-throttle$(EXESUF)
-gcov-files-test-aio-$(CONFIG_WIN32) = aio-win32.c
-gcov-files-test-aio-$(CONFIG_POSIX) = aio-posix.c
 check-unit-y += tests/test-thread-pool$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-test-thread-pool-y = thread-pool.c
 gcov-files-test-hbitmap-y = util/hbitmap.c
@@ -400,7 +404,7 @@ test-qapi-obj-y = tests/test-qapi-visit.o tests/test-qapi-types.o \
 	$(test-qom-obj-y)
 test-crypto-obj-y = $(crypto-obj-y) $(test-qom-obj-y)
 test-io-obj-y = $(io-obj-y) $(test-crypto-obj-y)
-test-block-obj-y = $(block-obj-y) $(test-io-obj-y)
+test-block-obj-y = $(block-obj-y) $(test-io-obj-y) tests/iothread.o
 
 tests/check-qint$(EXESUF): tests/check-qint.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/check-qstring$(EXESUF): tests/check-qstring.o $(test-util-obj-y)
@@ -412,6 +416,7 @@ tests/check-qom-interface$(EXESUF): tests/check-qom-interface.o $(test-qom-obj-y
 tests/check-qom-proplist$(EXESUF): tests/check-qom-proplist.o $(test-qom-obj-y)
 tests/test-coroutine$(EXESUF): tests/test-coroutine.o $(test-block-obj-y)
 tests/test-aio$(EXESUF): tests/test-aio.o $(test-block-obj-y)
+tests/test-aio-multithread$(EXESUF): tests/test-aio-multithread.o $(test-block-obj-y)
 tests/test-throttle$(EXESUF): tests/test-throttle.o $(test-block-obj-y)
 tests/test-blockjob-txn$(EXESUF): tests/test-blockjob-txn.o $(test-block-obj-y) $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-thread-pool$(EXESUF): tests/test-thread-pool.o $(test-block-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/iothread.c b/tests/iothread.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00ab316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/iothread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Event loop thread implementation for unit tests
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc., 2013, 2016
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Stefan Hajnoczi   <stefanha@redhat.com>
+ *  Paolo Bonzini     <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qemu/rcu.h"
+#include "iothread.h"
+
+struct IOThread {
+    AioContext *ctx;
+
+    QemuThread thread;
+    QemuMutex init_done_lock;
+    QemuCond init_done_cond;    /* is thread initialization done? */
+    bool stopping;
+};
+
+static __thread IOThread *my_iothread;
+
+bool aio_context_in_iothread(AioContext *ctx)
+{
+    return ctx == (my_iothread ? my_iothread->ctx : qemu_get_aio_context());
+}
+
+static void *iothread_run(void *opaque)
+{
+    IOThread *iothread = opaque;
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+
+    my_iothread = iothread;
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&iothread->init_done_lock);
+    iothread->ctx = aio_context_new(&error_abort);
+    qemu_cond_signal(&iothread->init_done_cond);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&iothread->init_done_lock);
+
+    while (!atomic_read(&iothread->stopping)) {
+        aio_poll(iothread->ctx, true);
+    }
+
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void iothread_join(IOThread *iothread)
+{
+    iothread->stopping = true;
+    aio_notify(iothread->ctx);
+    qemu_thread_join(&iothread->thread);
+    qemu_cond_destroy(&iothread->init_done_cond);
+    qemu_mutex_destroy(&iothread->init_done_lock);
+    aio_context_unref(iothread->ctx);
+    g_free(iothread);
+}
+
+IOThread *iothread_new(void)
+{
+    IOThread *iothread = g_new0(IOThread, 1);
+
+    qemu_mutex_init(&iothread->init_done_lock);
+    qemu_cond_init(&iothread->init_done_cond);
+    qemu_thread_create(&iothread->thread, NULL, iothread_run,
+                       iothread, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+
+    /* Wait for initialization to complete */
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&iothread->init_done_lock);
+    while (iothread->ctx == NULL) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(&iothread->init_done_cond,
+                       &iothread->init_done_lock);
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&iothread->init_done_lock);
+    return iothread;
+}
+
+AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread)
+{
+    return iothread->ctx;
+}
diff --git a/tests/iothread.h b/tests/iothread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4877cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/iothread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Event loop thread implementation for unit tests
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc., 2013, 2016
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Stefan Hajnoczi   <stefanha@redhat.com>
+ *  Paolo Bonzini     <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef TEST_IOTHREAD_H
+#define TEST_IOTHREAD_H
+
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qemu/thread.h"
+
+typedef struct IOThread IOThread;
+
+IOThread *iothread_new(void);
+void iothread_join(IOThread *iothread);
+AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/test-aio-multithread.c b/tests/test-aio-multithread.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94fecf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-aio-multithread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/*
+ * AioContext multithreading tests
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2016
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Paolo Bonzini    <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <glib.h>
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine.h"
+#include "qemu/thread.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "iothread.h"
+
+/* AioContext management */
+
+#define NUM_CONTEXTS 5
+
+static IOThread *threads[NUM_CONTEXTS];
+static AioContext *ctx[NUM_CONTEXTS];
+static __thread int id = -1;
+
+static QemuEvent done_event;
+
+/* Callbacks run a function synchronously on a remote iothread. */
+
+typedef struct CtxRunData {
+    QEMUBH *bh;
+    QEMUBHFunc *cb;
+    void *arg;
+} CtxRunData;
+
+static void ctx_run_bh_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    CtxRunData *data = opaque;
+    QEMUBHFunc *cb = data->cb;
+    void *arg = data->arg;
+    qemu_bh_delete(data->bh);
+    g_free(data);
+
+    cb(arg);
+    qemu_event_set(&done_event);
+}
+
+static void ctx_run(int i, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+{
+    CtxRunData *data = g_new(CtxRunData, 1);
+    QEMUBH *bh = aio_bh_new(ctx[i], ctx_run_bh_cb, data);
+
+    data->bh = bh;
+    data->cb = cb;
+    data->arg = opaque;
+
+    qemu_event_reset(&done_event);
+    qemu_bh_schedule(bh);
+    qemu_event_wait(&done_event);
+}
+
+/* Starting the iothreads. */
+
+static void set_id_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    int *i = opaque;
+
+    id = *i;
+}
+
+static void create_aio_contexts(void)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        threads[i] = iothread_new();
+        ctx[i] = iothread_get_aio_context(threads[i]);
+    }
+
+    qemu_event_init(&done_event, false);
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        ctx_run(i, set_id_cb, &i);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Stopping the iothreads. */
+
+static void join_aio_contexts(void)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        aio_context_ref(ctx[i]);
+    }
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        iothread_join(threads[i]);
+    }
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        aio_context_unref(ctx[i]);
+    }
+    qemu_event_destroy(&done_event);
+}
+
+/* Basic test for the stuff above. */
+
+static void test_lifecycle(void)
+{
+    create_aio_contexts();
+    join_aio_contexts();
+}
+
+/* aio_co_schedule test.  */
+
+static Coroutine *to_schedule[NUM_CONTEXTS];
+
+static bool now_stopping;
+
+static int count_retry;
+static int count_here;
+static int count_other;
+
+static bool schedule_next(int n)
+{
+    Coroutine *co;
+
+    co = atomic_xchg(&to_schedule[n], NULL);
+    if (!co) {
+        atomic_inc(&count_retry);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (n == id) {
+        atomic_inc(&count_here);
+    } else {
+        atomic_inc(&count_other);
+    }
+
+    aio_co_schedule(ctx[n], co);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void finish_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    schedule_next(id);
+}
+
+static void test_multi_co_schedule_entry(void *opaque)
+{
+    g_assert(to_schedule[id] == NULL);
+    atomic_mb_set(&to_schedule[id], qemu_coroutine_self());
+
+    while (!atomic_mb_read(&now_stopping)) {
+        int n;
+
+        n = g_test_rand_int_range(0, NUM_CONTEXTS);
+        schedule_next(n);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+
+        g_assert(to_schedule[id] == NULL);
+        atomic_mb_set(&to_schedule[id], qemu_coroutine_self());
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void test_multi_co_schedule(int seconds)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    count_here = count_other = count_retry = 0;
+    now_stopping = false;
+
+    create_aio_contexts();
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        Coroutine *co1 = qemu_coroutine_create(test_multi_co_schedule_entry);
+        aio_co_schedule(ctx[i], co1);
+    }
+
+    g_usleep(seconds * 1000000);
+
+    atomic_mb_set(&now_stopping, true);
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
+        ctx_run(i, finish_cb, NULL);
+        to_schedule[i] = NULL;
+    }
+
+    join_aio_contexts();
+    g_test_message("scheduled %d, queued %d, retry %d, total %d\n",
+                  count_other, count_here, count_retry,
+                  count_here + count_other + count_retry);
+}
+
+static void test_multi_co_schedule_1(void)
+{
+    test_multi_co_schedule(1);
+}
+
+static void test_multi_co_schedule_10(void)
+{
+    test_multi_co_schedule(10);
+}
+
+/* End of tests.  */
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    init_clocks();
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+    g_test_add_func("/aio/multi/lifecycle", test_lifecycle);
+    if (g_test_quick()) {
+        g_test_add_func("/aio/multi/schedule", test_multi_co_schedule_1);
+    } else {
+        g_test_add_func("/aio/multi/schedule", test_multi_co_schedule_10);
+    }
+    return g_test_run();
+}
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 922e70b..78b042c 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -972,6 +972,10 @@ xen_map_cache_return(void* ptr) "%p"
 # hw/i386/xen/xen_platform.c
 xen_platform_log(char *s) "xen platform: %s"
 
+# async.c
+aio_co_schedule(void *ctx, void *co) "ctx %p co %p"
+aio_schedule_bh_cb(void *ctx, void *co) "ctx %p co %p"
+
 # qemu-coroutine.c
 qemu_coroutine_enter(void *from, void *to, void *opaque) "from %p to %p opaque %p"
 qemu_coroutine_yield(void *from, void *to) "from %p to %p"
