diff --git a/tokio-executor/Cargo.toml b/tokio-executor/Cargo.toml
index f9089b1e5..de25bbce4 100644
--- a/tokio-executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ threadpool = [
   "crossbeam-queue",
   "crossbeam-utils",
   "futures-core-preview",
-  "futures-util-preview",
   "num_cpus",
   "lazy_static",
   "slab",
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ threadpool = [
 tokio-sync = { version = "=0.2.0-alpha.2", optional = true, path = "../tokio-sync" }
 
 tracing = { version = "0.1.5", optional = true }
+futures-util-preview = { version = "=0.3.0-alpha.18", features = ["channel"] }
 
 # current-thread dependencies
 crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.3.8", optional = true }
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ crossbeam-deque = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
 crossbeam-queue = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 crossbeam-utils = { version = "0.6.4", optional = true }
 futures-core-preview = { version = "=0.3.0-alpha.18", optional = true }
-futures-util-preview = { version = "=0.3.0-alpha.18", optional = true }
 num_cpus = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 lazy_static = { version = "1", optional = true }
 slab = { version = "0.4.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/tokio-executor/src/executor.rs b/tokio-executor/src/executor.rs
index 3ca07f5f2..3df6bbc23 100644
--- a/tokio-executor/src/executor.rs
+++ b/tokio-executor/src/executor.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::SpawnError;
+use futures_util::future::{FutureExt, RemoteHandle};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 
@@ -123,6 +124,48 @@ pub trait Executor {
     }
 }
 
+impl dyn Executor {
+    /// Spawns a future object to run on this executor, returning a result of
+    /// its `RemoteHandle`.
+    ///
+    /// `future` is passed to the executor, which will begin running it. The
+    /// future may run on the current thread or another thread at the discretion
+    /// of the `Executor` implementation.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Implementations are encouraged to avoid panics. However, panics are
+    /// permitted and the caller should check the implementation specific
+    /// documentation for more details on possible panics.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use tokio_executor::Executor;
+    /// use futures_util::future::FutureExt;
+    ///
+    /// # fn docs(my_executor: &'static mut (dyn Executor + 'static)) {
+    /// let handle = my_executor.spawn_with_handle(Box::pin(async {
+    ///     println!("running on the executor");
+    /// })).unwrap();
+    ///
+    /// handle.map(|_| println!("the future has completed"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn spawn_with_handle<Fut>(
+        &mut self,
+        future: Fut,
+    ) -> Result<RemoteHandle<Fut::Output>, SpawnError>
+    where
+        Fut: Future + Send + 'static,
+        Fut::Output: Send,
+    {
+        let (future, handle) = future.remote_handle();
+        self.spawn(Box::pin(future))?;
+        Ok(handle)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<E: Executor + ?Sized> Executor for Box<E> {
     fn spawn(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/tokio-executor/src/lib.rs b/tokio-executor/src/lib.rs
index bfdd0fe62..906d86890 100644
--- a/tokio-executor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-executor/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,3 +81,4 @@ pub use crate::error::SpawnError;
 pub use crate::executor::Executor;
 pub use crate::global::{spawn, with_default, DefaultExecutor};
 pub use crate::typed::TypedExecutor;
+pub use futures_util::future::RemoteHandle;