diff --git a/quinn/Cargo.toml b/quinn/Cargo.toml
index 77da91df7..88fc2a439 100644
--- a/quinn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quinn/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ tls-rustls = ["rustls", "proto/tls-rustls", "ring"]
 ring = ["proto/ring"]
 runtime-tokio = ["tokio/time", "tokio/rt", "tokio/net"]
 runtime-async-std = ["async-io", "async-std"]
+runtime-smol = ["async-io", "smol"]
+
 # Write logs via the `log` crate when no `tracing` subscriber exists
 log = ["tracing/log", "proto/log", "udp/log"]
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ rustc-hash = "1.1"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 proto = { package = "quinn-proto", path = "../quinn-proto", version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 rustls = { version = "0.21.0", default-features = false, features = ["quic"], optional = true }
+smol = { version = "2", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.21"
 tracing = "0.1.10"
 tokio = { version = "1.28.1", features = ["sync"] }
diff --git a/quinn/src/lib.rs b/quinn/src/lib.rs
index 05221548a..f1d8db5cb 100644
--- a/quinn/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quinn/src/lib.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ pub use crate::endpoint::{Accept, Endpoint};
 pub use crate::recv_stream::{ReadError, ReadExactError, ReadToEndError, RecvStream};
 #[cfg(feature = "runtime-async-std")]
 pub use crate::runtime::AsyncStdRuntime;
+#[cfg(feature = "runtime-smol")]
+pub use crate::runtime::SmolRuntime;
 #[cfg(feature = "runtime-tokio")]
 pub use crate::runtime::TokioRuntime;
 pub use crate::runtime::{default_runtime, AsyncTimer, AsyncUdpSocket, Runtime};
diff --git a/quinn/src/runtime.rs b/quinn/src/runtime.rs
index d4d5bd3f8..03bc2f175 100644
--- a/quinn/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/quinn/src/runtime.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ pub trait AsyncUdpSocket: Send + Sync + Debug + 'static {
 ///
 /// If `runtime-tokio` is enabled and this function is called from within a Tokio runtime context,
 /// then `TokioRuntime` is returned. Otherwise, if `runtime-async-std` is enabled, `AsyncStdRuntime`
-/// is returned. Otherwise, `None` is returned.
+/// is returned. Otherwise, if `runtime-smol` is enabled, `SmolRuntime` is returned.
+/// Otherwise, `None` is returned.
 pub fn default_runtime() -> Option<Arc<dyn Runtime>> {
     #[cfg(feature = "runtime-tokio")]
     {
@@ -84,7 +85,12 @@ pub fn default_runtime() -> Option<Arc<dyn Runtime>> {
         return Some(Arc::new(AsyncStdRuntime));
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "runtime-async-std"))]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "runtime-smol", not(feature = "runtime-async-std")))]
+    {
+        return Some(Arc::new(SmolRuntime));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(any(feature = "runtime-async-std", feature = "runtime-smol")))]
     None
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ mod tokio;
 #[cfg(feature = "runtime-tokio")]
 pub use self::tokio::TokioRuntime;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "runtime-async-std")]
-mod async_std;
-#[cfg(feature = "runtime-async-std")]
-pub use self::async_std::AsyncStdRuntime;
+#[cfg(feature = "async-io")]
+mod async_io;
+#[cfg(feature = "async-io")]
+pub use self::async_io::*;
diff --git a/quinn/src/runtime/async_std.rs b/quinn/src/runtime/async_io.rs
similarity index 54%
rename from quinn/src/runtime/async_std.rs
rename to quinn/src/runtime/async_io.rs
index ddff8fef1..5fd0bcfcb 100644
--- a/quinn/src/runtime/async_std.rs
+++ b/quinn/src/runtime/async_io.rs
@@ -11,24 +11,61 @@ use async_io::{Async, Timer};
 
 use super::{AsyncTimer, AsyncUdpSocket, Runtime};
 
-/// A Quinn runtime for async-std
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct AsyncStdRuntime;
+#[cfg(feature = "smol")]
+pub use self::smol::SmolRuntime;
 
-impl Runtime for AsyncStdRuntime {
-    fn new_timer(&self, t: Instant) -> Pin<Box<dyn AsyncTimer>> {
-        Box::pin(Timer::at(t))
-    }
+#[cfg(feature = "smol")]
+mod smol {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A Quinn runtime for smol
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    pub struct SmolRuntime;
+
+    impl Runtime for SmolRuntime {
+        fn new_timer(&self, t: Instant) -> Pin<Box<dyn AsyncTimer>> {
+            Box::pin(Timer::at(t))
+        }
+
+        fn spawn(&self, future: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>) {
+            ::smol::spawn(future).detach();
+        }
 
-    fn spawn(&self, future: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>) {
-        async_std::task::spawn(future);
+        fn wrap_udp_socket(
+            &self,
+            sock: std::net::UdpSocket,
+        ) -> io::Result<Arc<dyn AsyncUdpSocket>> {
+            Ok(Arc::new(UdpSocket::new(sock)?))
+        }
     }
+}
 
-    fn wrap_udp_socket(&self, sock: std::net::UdpSocket) -> io::Result<Arc<dyn AsyncUdpSocket>> {
-        Ok(Arc::new(UdpSocket {
-            inner: udp::UdpSocketState::new((&sock).into())?,
-            io: Async::new(sock)?,
-        }))
+#[cfg(feature = "async-std")]
+pub use self::async_std::AsyncStdRuntime;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "async-std")]
+mod async_std {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A Quinn runtime for async-std
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    pub struct AsyncStdRuntime;
+
+    impl Runtime for AsyncStdRuntime {
+        fn new_timer(&self, t: Instant) -> Pin<Box<dyn AsyncTimer>> {
+            Box::pin(Timer::at(t))
+        }
+
+        fn spawn(&self, future: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>) {
+            ::async_std::task::spawn(future);
+        }
+
+        fn wrap_udp_socket(
+            &self,
+            sock: std::net::UdpSocket,
+        ) -> io::Result<Arc<dyn AsyncUdpSocket>> {
+            Ok(Arc::new(UdpSocket::new(sock)?))
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +85,15 @@ struct UdpSocket {
     inner: udp::UdpSocketState,
 }
 
+impl UdpSocket {
+    fn new(sock: std::net::UdpSocket) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: udp::UdpSocketState::new((&sock).into())?,
+            io: Async::new(sock)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsyncUdpSocket for UdpSocket {
     fn poll_send(&self, cx: &mut Context, transmits: &[udp::Transmit]) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
         loop {