diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b04a8c8..62a994a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /pkg/
 /spec/reports/
 /tmp/
+/Gemfile.lock
 
 # rspec failure tracking
 .rspec_status
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8ae182e..122455d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ gemspec
 
 gem "pg"
 
+group :development, :test do
+	gem 'activerecord'
+end
+
 group :development do
 	gem 'pry'
 end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres.rb b/lib/async/postgres.rb
index 14b5a19..c704694 100644
--- a/lib/async/postgres.rb
+++ b/lib/async/postgres.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 require_relative "postgres/version"
 require_relative "postgres/connection"
 require_relative "postgres/pool"
+require_relative "postgres/replace_connection_handler" if defined?(Rails)
 
 require 'pg'
 
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/condition.rb b/lib/async/postgres/condition.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a50a2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/condition.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+module Async
+	module Postgres
+		class Condition
+			def initialize
+				@waiters = []
+			end
+
+			# @param timeout [Number, NilClass]
+			# @raise Async::TimeoutError
+			def wait(timeout = nil)
+				fiber = Fiber.current
+				@waiters.push(fiber)
+
+				Async::Task.current.with_timeout(timeout) do |timer|
+					begin
+						Async::Task.yield
+						timer.cancel
+					rescue Async::TimeoutError => e
+						@waiters.delete(fiber)
+						raise e
+					end
+				end if timeout
+			end
+
+			# @param immediate [Boolean]
+			def signal(immediate = true)
+				return if @waiters.empty?
+				fiber = @waiters.shift
+				signal unless fiber.alive?
+
+				if immediate
+					fiber.resume
+				else
+					Async::Task.current.reactor << fiber
+				end
+
+				nil
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/connection_handler.rb b/lib/async/postgres/connection_handler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5377db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/connection_handler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require_relative 'connection_pool'
+
+module Async
+	module Postgres
+		class ConnectionHandler < ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionHandler
+			def establish_connection(config)
+				resolver = ConnectionSpecification::Resolver.new(Base.configurations)
+				spec = resolver.spec(config)
+
+				remove_connection(spec.name)
+
+				message_bus = ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrumenter
+				payload = {
+					connection_id: object_id
+				}
+				if spec
+					payload[:spec_name] = spec.name
+					payload[:config] = spec.config
+				end
+
+				message_bus.instrument("!connection.active_record", payload) do
+					owner_to_pool[spec.name] = Async::Postgres::ConnectionPool.new(spec)
+				end
+
+				owner_to_pool[spec.name]
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/connection_pool.rb b/lib/async/postgres/connection_pool.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d97c053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/connection_pool.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require_relative 'queue'
+
+module Async
+	module Postgres
+		class ConnectionPool < ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionPool
+			def initialize(*)
+				super
+				@available = Async::Postgres::Queue.new(self)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/patch_reactor.rb b/lib/async/postgres/patch_reactor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fb7058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/patch_reactor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'async/reactor'
+
+module Async
+	class Reactor < Node
+		attr_accessor :postgres_pools
+	end
+end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/pool.rb b/lib/async/postgres/pool.rb
index b98abe1..e33cbf1 100644
--- a/lib/async/postgres/pool.rb
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/pool.rb
@@ -18,50 +18,12 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
-require 'async/reactor'
-
 module Async
-	class Reactor < Node
-		attr_accessor :postgres_pools
-	end
-	
 	module Postgres
-		class Proxy
-			def initialize(connection_string, task: Task.current)
-				@connection_string = connection_string
-				
-				pools = task.reactor.postgres_pools ||= {}
-				
-				@pool = pools[@connection_string] ||= Pool.new do
-					Connection.new(@connection_string)
-				end
-			end
-			
-			def close
-				@pool.close
-			end
-			
-			def async_exec(*args)
-				@pool.acquire do |connection|
-					connection.async_exec(*args)
-				end
-			end
-			
-			def respond_to?(*args)
-				@pool.acquire do |connection|
-					connection.respond_to?(*args)
-				end
-			end
-			
-			def method_missing(*args, &block)
-				@pool.acquire do |connection|
-					connection.send(*args, &block)
-				end
-			end
-		end
-		
-		# This pool doesn't impose a maximum number of open resources, but it WILL block if there are no available resources and trying to allocate another one fails.
 		class Pool
+			# This pool doesn't impose a maximum number of open resources, but it WILL block
+			# if there are no available resources and trying to allocate another one fails.
+
 			def initialize(&block)
 				@available = []
 				@waiting = []
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/proxy.rb b/lib/async/postgres/proxy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eab2ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/proxy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require_relative 'patch_reactor'
+require_relative 'pool'
+
+module Async
+	module Postgres
+		class Proxy
+			def initialize(connection_string, task: Task.current)
+				@connection_string = connection_string
+
+				pools = task.reactor.postgres_pools ||= {}
+
+				@pool = pools[@connection_string] ||= Pool.new do
+					Connection.new(@connection_string)
+				end
+			end
+
+			def close
+				@pool.close
+			end
+
+			def async_exec(*args)
+				@pool.acquire do |connection|
+					connection.async_exec(*args)
+				end
+			end
+
+			def respond_to?(*args)
+				@pool.acquire do |connection|
+					connection.respond_to?(*args)
+				end
+			end
+
+			def method_missing(*args, &block)
+				@pool.acquire do |connection|
+					connection.send(*args, &block)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/queue.rb b/lib/async/postgres/queue.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..232aa41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/queue.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require_relative 'condition'
+
+module Async
+	module Postgres
+		class Queue < ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionPool::ConnectionLeasingQueue
+			def initialize(*)
+				super
+				@cond = Async::Postgres::Condition.new
+			end
+
+			def wait_poll(timeout)
+				@num_waiting += 1
+				t0 = Time.now
+
+				ActiveSupport::Dependencies.interlock.permit_concurrent_loads do
+					@cond.wait(timeout)
+				end
+				return remove
+			rescue Async::TimeoutError => _
+				elapsed = Time.now - t0
+				msg = "could not obtain a connection from the pool within %0.3f seconds (waited %0.3f seconds); all pooled connections were in use" %
+					[timeout, elapsed]
+				raise ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError, msg
+			ensure
+				@num_waiting -= 1
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
diff --git a/lib/async/postgres/replace_connection_handler.rb b/lib/async/postgres/replace_connection_handler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..670a996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/async/postgres/replace_connection_handler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require 'active_record'
+require_relative 'connection_handler'
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.default_connection_handler = Async::Postgres::ConnectionHandler.new