diff --git a/async.c b/async.c
index f2d47ba96d..90fe906539 100644
--- a/async.c
+++ b/async.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "block/aio.h"
+#include "block/thread-pool.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 
 /***********************************************************/
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ aio_ctx_finalize(GSource     *source)
 {
     AioContext *ctx = (AioContext *) source;
 
+    thread_pool_free(ctx->thread_pool);
     aio_set_event_notifier(ctx, &ctx->notifier, NULL, NULL);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&ctx->notifier);
     g_array_free(ctx->pollfds, TRUE);
@@ -190,6 +192,14 @@ GSource *aio_get_g_source(AioContext *ctx)
     return &ctx->source;
 }
 
+ThreadPool *aio_get_thread_pool(AioContext *ctx)
+{
+    if (!ctx->thread_pool) {
+        ctx->thread_pool = thread_pool_new(ctx);
+    }
+    return ctx->thread_pool;
+}
+
 void aio_notify(AioContext *ctx)
 {
     event_notifier_set(&ctx->notifier);
@@ -200,6 +210,7 @@ AioContext *aio_context_new(void)
     AioContext *ctx;
     ctx = (AioContext *) g_source_new(&aio_source_funcs, sizeof(AioContext));
     ctx->pollfds = g_array_new(FALSE, FALSE, sizeof(GPollFD));
+    ctx->thread_pool = NULL;
     event_notifier_init(&ctx->notifier, false);
     aio_set_event_notifier(ctx, &ctx->notifier, 
                            (EventNotifierHandler *)
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 5b54d383fc..183679374f 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ typedef struct AioContext {
 
     /* GPollFDs for aio_poll() */
     GArray *pollfds;
+
+    /* Thread pool for performing work and receiving completion callbacks */
+    struct ThreadPool *thread_pool;
 } AioContext;
 
 /* Returns 1 if there are still outstanding AIO requests; 0 otherwise */
@@ -223,6 +226,9 @@ void aio_set_event_notifier(AioContext *ctx,
  */
 GSource *aio_get_g_source(AioContext *ctx);
 
+/* Return the ThreadPool bound to this AioContext */
+struct ThreadPool *aio_get_thread_pool(AioContext *ctx);
+
 /* Functions to operate on the main QEMU AioContext.  */
 
 bool qemu_aio_wait(void);