diff --git a/ptpython/contrib/gevent_eventloop.py b/ptpython/contrib/gevent_eventloop.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e56de2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ptpython/contrib/gevent_eventloop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+from prompt_toolkit.eventloop.base import EventLoop, INPUT_TIMEOUT
+from prompt_toolkit.terminal.vt100_input import InputStream
+from prompt_toolkit.eventloop.posix_utils import PosixStdinReader
+from prompt_toolkit.eventloop.posix import call_on_sigwinch, DummyContext, in_main_thread
+from prompt_toolkit.eventloop.select import fd_to_int
+from gevent import select
+import time
+import os
+
+class GeventEventLoop(EventLoop):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(EventLoop, self).__init__()
+        self.readers = dict()
+        self._running = True
+        self._schedule_pipe_read,self._schedule_pipe_write = os.pipe()
+        self._calls_from_executor = list()
+        self._callbacks = None
+        self._winch_callback_done = True
+
+    def run(self, stdin, callbacks):
+        inputstream = InputStream(callbacks.feed_key)
+        stdin_reader = PosixStdinReader(stdin.fileno())
+        self._callbacks = callbacks
+
+        if in_main_thread():
+            ctx = call_on_sigwinch(self.received_winch)
+        else:
+            ctx = DummyContext()
+        
+        select_timeout = INPUT_TIMEOUT
+        with ctx:
+            while self._running:
+              r, _, _ = select.select([stdin.fileno(),self._schedule_pipe_read],
+                                      [], [],select_timeout)
+              if stdin.fileno() in r:
+                  select_timeout = INPUT_TIMEOUT
+                  data = stdin_reader.read()
+                  inputstream.feed(data)
+                  if stdin_reader.closed:
+                      break
+              elif self._schedule_pipe_read in r:
+                  os.read(self._schedule_pipe_read,8192)
+                  while True:
+                      try:
+                          task = self._calls_from_executor.pop(0)
+                      except IndexError:
+                          break
+                      else:
+                          task()
+              else:
+                  # timeout
+                  inputstream.flush()
+                  callbacks.input_timeout()
+                  select_timeout = None
+
+        self._callbacks = None
+
+    def received_winch(self):
+        def process_winch():
+            if self._callbacks:
+                self._callbacks.terminal_size_changed()
+            self._winch_callback_done = True
+
+        if self._winch_callback_done:
+            self._winch_callback_done = False
+            self.call_from_executor(process_winch)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """
+        Stop the `run` call. (Normally called by
+        :class:`~prompt_toolkit.interface.CommandLineInterface`, when a result
+        is available, or Abort/Quit has been called.)
+        """
+        self._running = False
+        try:
+            os.write(self._schedule_pipe_write,'x')
+        except (AttributeError, IndexError, OSError):
+            pass
+
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Clean up of resources. Eventloop cannot be reused a second time after
+        this call.
+        """
+        self.stop()
+        for reader in self.readers.values():
+            reader.kill()
+        self.readers = dict()
+        self._callbacks = None
+
+    def add_reader(self, fd, callback):
+        """
+        Start watching the file descriptor for read availability and then call
+        the callback.
+        """
+        fd = fd_to_int(fd)
+        self.readers[fd] = gevent.get_hub().loop.io(fd, 1)
+        self.readers[fd].start(callback)
+
+    def remove_reader(self, fd):
+        """
+        Stop watching the file descriptor for read availability.
+        """
+        fd = fd_to_int(fd)
+        task = self.readers.pop(fd,None)
+        if task is not None:
+            task.kill()
+        
+    def run_in_executor(self, callback):
+        """
+        Run a long running function in a background thread. (This is
+        recommended for code that could block the event loop.)
+        Similar to Twisted's ``deferToThread``.
+        """
+        self.call_from_executor(callback)
+
+    def call_from_executor(self, callback, _max_postpone_until=None):
+        """
+        Call this function in the main event loop. Similar to Twisted's
+        ``callFromThread``.
+
+        :param _max_postpone_until: `None` or `datetime` instance. For interal
+            use. If the eventloop is saturated, consider this task to be low
+            priority and postpone maximum until this timestamp. (For instance,
+            repaint is done using low priority.)
+        """
+        if _max_postpone_until is None:
+            def start_executor():
+                gevent.spawn(callback)
+            self._calls_from_executor.append(start_executor)
+        else:
+            def postpone():
+                sleep_time = _max_postpone_until - time.time()
+                if sleep_time > 0:
+                    gevent.sleep(sleep_time)
+                callback()
+            self._calls_from_executor.append(postpone)
+        try:
+            os.write(self._schedule_pipe_write,'x')
+        except (AttributeError, IndexError, OSError):
+            pass
diff --git a/ptpython/repl.py b/ptpython/repl.py
index f2cd983d..336658be 100644
--- a/ptpython/repl.py
+++ b/ptpython/repl.py
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ def enter_to_continue():
 
 def embed(globals=None, locals=None, configure=None,
           vi_mode=False, history_filename=None, title=None,
-          startup_paths=None, patch_stdout=False, return_asyncio_coroutine=False):
+          startup_paths=None, patch_stdout=False, return_asyncio_coroutine=False,
+          gevent=False):
     """
     Call this to embed  Python shell at the current point in your program.
     It's similar to `IPython.embed` and `bpython.embed`. ::
@@ -285,6 +286,9 @@ def get_locals():
     # Create eventloop.
     if return_asyncio_coroutine:
         eventloop = create_asyncio_eventloop()
+    elif gevent:
+        from .contrib.gevent_eventloop import GeventEventLoop
+        eventloop = GeventEventLoop()
     else:
         eventloop = create_eventloop()