diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/main-ci.yml
index 3eb3fb8..9b0b457 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main-ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           command: test
           args: --all --no-default-features --features async-std-runtime,all-transport
+      - name: Test smol version
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --all --no-default-features --features smol-runtime,all-transport
 
   fmt:
     name: Formatting
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf82a17..514273e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ repository = "https://github.com/zeromq/zmq.rs"
 rust-version = "1.62.0"
 
 [features]
-default = ["tokio-runtime", "all-transport"]
+default = ["smol-runtime", "tcp-transport"]
 tokio-runtime = ["tokio", "tokio-util"]
 async-std-runtime = ["async-std"]
+smol-runtime = ["smol", "async-std", "async-net", "async-io"]
 all-transport = ["ipc-transport", "tcp-transport"]
 ipc-transport = []
 tcp-transport = []
 
 [dependencies]
+async-io = { version = "2.3.2", optional = true }
+async-net = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1"
 futures-channel = { version = "0.3", features = ["sink"] }
 futures-io = "0.3"
@@ -26,13 +29,17 @@ async-trait = "0.1"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 rand = "0.8"
 bytes = "1"
+smol = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"], optional = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["compat"], optional = true }
 num-traits = "0.2"
 dashmap = "5"
 crossbeam-queue = "0.3"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
-regex = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "unicode-perl"] }
+regex = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
+    "std",
+    "unicode-perl",
+] }
 once_cell = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 asynchronous-codec = "0.7"
diff --git a/benches/req_rep.rs b/benches/req_rep.rs
index e03dae7..e330bb6 100644
--- a/benches/req_rep.rs
+++ b/benches/req_rep.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
     type Runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime;
     #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
     type Runtime = ();
+    #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+    type Runtime = ();
 
     #[cfg(feature = "tokio-runtime")]
     let mut rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
     #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
     let mut rt = ();
+    #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+    let mut rt = ();
 
     const N_MSG: u32 = 512;
 
@@ -48,6 +52,8 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
         let (req, rep) = rt.block_on(setup(endpoint));
         #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
         let (req, rep) = async_std::task::block_on(setup(endpoint));
+        #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+        let (req, rep) = smol::block_on(setup(endpoint));
 
         let (mut req, mut rep) = (Some(req), Some(rep));
 
@@ -57,6 +63,8 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
                 rt.block_on(iter_fn(&mut req, &mut rep));
                 #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
                 async_std::task::block_on(iter_fn(&mut req, &mut rep));
+                #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+                smol::block_on(iter_fn(&mut req, &mut rep));
             })
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/async_rt/mod.rs b/src/async_rt/mod.rs
index ac897c0..76cea7a 100644
--- a/src/async_rt/mod.rs
+++ b/src/async_rt/mod.rs
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ pub use tokio::{main, test};
 extern crate async_std;
 #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
 pub use async_std::{main, test};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+extern crate smol;
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+pub use async_std::{main, test};
diff --git a/src/async_rt/task/join_handle.rs b/src/async_rt/task/join_handle.rs
index 693ac31..48cd663 100644
--- a/src/async_rt/task/join_handle.rs
+++ b/src/async_rt/task/join_handle.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
 use async_std::task as rt_task;
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+use smol::Task as SmolTask;
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio-runtime")]
 use tokio::task as rt_task;
 
+pub struct JoinHandle<T>(pub(crate) JoinHandleImpl<T>);
+
 use super::JoinError;
 
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
-pub struct JoinHandle<T>(rt_task::JoinHandle<T>);
-impl<T> Future for JoinHandle<T> {
-    type Output = Result<T, JoinError>;
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+type JoinHandleImpl<T> = SmolTask<T>;
 
-    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        // In async-std, the program aborts on panic so results arent returned. To
-        // unify with tokio, we simply make an `Ok` result.
-        let result = rt_task::JoinHandle::poll(Pin::new(&mut self.0), cx);
-        #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
-        return result.map(Ok);
-        #[cfg(feature = "tokio-runtime")]
-        return result.map_err(|e| e.into());
+impl<T> JoinHandle<T> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(handle: JoinHandleImpl<T>) -> Self {
+        JoinHandle(handle)
     }
 }
-impl<T> From<rt_task::JoinHandle<T>> for JoinHandle<T> {
-    fn from(h: rt_task::JoinHandle<T>) -> Self {
-        Self(h)
+
+impl<T> Future for JoinHandle<T> {
+    type Output = Result<T, ()>;
+
+    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        Pin::new(&mut self.0).poll(cx)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/async_rt/task/mod.rs b/src/async_rt/task/mod.rs
index bc001e4..05c573a 100644
--- a/src/async_rt/task/mod.rs
+++ b/src/async_rt/task/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ pub use join_handle::JoinHandle;
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::future::Future;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+use smol::Task;
+
 #[track_caller]
 pub fn spawn<T>(task: T) -> JoinHandle<T::Output>
 where
@@ -15,6 +18,8 @@ where
     let result = tokio::task::spawn(task).into();
     #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
     let result = async_std::task::spawn(task).into();
+    #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+    let result = JoinHandle::new(Task::spawn(task).into());
 
     result
 }
@@ -54,7 +59,9 @@ pub async fn sleep(duration: std::time::Duration) {
     #[cfg(feature = "tokio-runtime")]
     ::tokio::time::sleep(duration).await;
     #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
-    ::async_std::task::sleep(duration).await
+    ::async_std::task::sleep(duration).await;
+    #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+    ::async_io::Timer::after(duration).await;
 }
 
 pub async fn timeout<F, T>(
@@ -68,6 +75,8 @@ where
     let result = ::tokio::time::timeout(duration, f).await?;
     #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
     let result = ::async_std::future::timeout(duration, f).await?;
+    #[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+    let result = ::smol::future::timeout(duration, f).await?;
 
     Ok(result)
 }
diff --git a/src/transport/mod.rs b/src/transport/mod.rs
index d8c67e4..500774c 100644
--- a/src/transport/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transport/mod.rs
@@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ where
     let (read, write) = stream.split();
     FramedIo::new(Box::new(read), Box::new(write))
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+fn make_framed<T>(stream: T) -> FramedIo
+where
+    T: smol::io::AsyncRead + smol::io::AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    use futures_util::AsyncReadExt;
+    let (read, write) = stream.split();
+    FramedIo::new(Box::new(read), Box::new(write))
+}
diff --git a/src/transport/tcp.rs b/src/transport/tcp.rs
index e676e58..b192040 100644
--- a/src/transport/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/transport/tcp.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
 #[cfg(feature = "async-std-runtime")]
 use async_std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "smol-runtime")]
+use async_net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+
 use super::make_framed;
 use super::AcceptStopHandle;
 use crate::async_rt;