diff --git a/libasync/src/smoltcp/tcp_stream.rs b/libasync/src/smoltcp/tcp_stream.rs
index 9fb6b60..8c1d136 100644
--- a/libasync/src/smoltcp/tcp_stream.rs
+++ b/libasync/src/smoltcp/tcp_stream.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use smoltcp::{
 use crate::task;
 use super::Sockets;
 
+
 /// References a smoltcp TcpSocket
 pub struct TcpStream {
     handle: SocketHandle,
@@ -281,6 +282,87 @@ impl Drop for TcpStream {
     }
 }
 
+// copied from artiq/runtime/sched.rs with modifications for async polling
+pub struct TcpListener {
+    handle: SocketHandle,
+    buffer_size: usize,
+    endpoint: IpEndpoint,
+}
+
+impl TcpListener {
+    fn new_socket_handle(buffer_size: usize) -> SocketHandle {
+        fn uninit_vec<T>(size: usize) -> Vec<T> {
+            let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(size);
+            unsafe {
+                result.set_len(size);
+            }
+            result
+        }
+        let rx_buffer = TcpSocketBuffer::new(uninit_vec(rx_bufsize));
+        let tx_buffer = TcpSocketBuffer::new(uninit_vec(tx_bufsize));
+        let socket = TcpSocket::new(rx_buffer, tx_buffer);
+        let handle = Sockets::instance().sockets.borrow_mut()
+            .add(socket);
+        handle
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(buffer_size: usize) -> TcpListener {
+        TcpListener {
+            handle: Self::new_socket_handle(buffer_size),
+            buffer_size,
+            endpoint: IpEndpoint::default(),
+        }
+    } 
+
+    fn with_lower<F, R>(&self, f: F) -> R
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(SocketRef<TcpSocket>) -> R,
+    {
+        let mut sockets = Sockets::instance().sockets.borrow_mut();
+        let mut socket_ref = sockets.get::<TcpSocket>(self.handle);
+        f(socket_ref)
+    }
+
+    pub fn can_accept(&self) -> bool {
+        self.with_lower(|s| s.is_active())
+    }
+
+    pub fn listen<T: Into<IpEndpoint>>(&self, endpoint: T) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let endpoint = endpoint.into();
+        self.with_lower(|s| s.listen(endpoint))
+            .map(|| {
+                self.endpoint.set(endpoint)
+                ()
+            })
+            .map_err(|err| err.into())
+    }
+
+    pub async fn accept(&self) -> Result<TcpStream, Error> {
+        let handle = self.handle.get();
+
+        let stream = TcpStream { handle };
+
+        poll_stream!(&stream, (), |socket| {
+            if socket.state() != TcpState::Listen {
+                Poll::Ready(())
+            } else {
+                Poll::Pending
+            }
+        }).await;
+
+        self.handle.set(Self::new_lower(self.buffer_size.get()));
+        match self.listen(self.endpoint.get()) {
+            Ok(()) => (),
+            _ => unreachable!()
+        }
+        Ok(stream)
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(&self) {
+        self.with_lower(|mut s| s.close())
+    }
+}
+
 fn socket_is_handhshaking(socket: &SocketRef<TcpSocket>) -> bool {
     match socket.state() {
         TcpState::SynSent | TcpState::SynReceived =>