diff --git a/examples/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/examples/RxScalaDemo.scala b/examples/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/examples/RxScalaDemo.scala
index 6ea92f42..48d8ef21 100644
--- a/examples/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/examples/RxScalaDemo.scala
+++ b/examples/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/examples/RxScalaDemo.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package rx.lang.scala.examples
 
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 import rx.lang.scala.subjects.SerializedSubject
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import scala.collection.mutable
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
 import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationLong
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 import scala.language.postfixOps
 import scala.language.implicitConversions
 
@@ -1358,6 +1360,25 @@ class RxScalaDemo extends JUnitSuite {
     subscription.unsubscribe()
   }
 
+  def sayHelloFromExecutionContext(ec: ExecutionContext): Unit = {
+    val scheduler = ExecutionContextScheduler(ec)
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
+    Observable.just("Hello").subscribeOn(scheduler).subscribe(
+      v => println(s"$v from ${Thread.currentThread.getName}"),
+      e => e.printStackTrace(),
+      () => latch.countDown()
+    )
+    latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+  }
+
+  @Test def executionContextSchedulerExample(): Unit = {
+    sayHelloFromExecutionContext(scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global)
+  }
+
+  @Test def executionContextSchedulerExample2(): Unit = {
+    sayHelloFromExecutionContext(ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(Executors.newCachedThreadPool()))
+  }
+
   def createAHotObservable: Observable[String] = {
     var first = true
     Observable[String] {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/rx/lang/scala/schedulers/ExecutionContextScheduler.scala b/src/main/scala/rx/lang/scala/schedulers/ExecutionContextScheduler.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9657c975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/rx/lang/scala/schedulers/ExecutionContextScheduler.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package rx.lang.scala.schedulers
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor
+import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, ExecutionContextExecutor}
+import rx.lang.scala.Scheduler
+
+object ExecutionContextScheduler {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a [[rx.lang.scala.Scheduler]] that executes work on the specified `ExecutionContext`.
+   */
+  def apply(executor: ExecutionContext): ExecutionContextScheduler = {
+    val jExecutor = if (executor.isInstanceOf[ExecutionContextExecutor]) {
+      executor.asInstanceOf[ExecutionContextExecutor]
+    } else {
+      new Executor {
+        override def execute(command: Runnable): Unit = executor.execute(command)
+      }
+    }
+    new ExecutionContextScheduler(rx.schedulers.Schedulers.from(jExecutor))
+  }
+}
+
+class ExecutionContextScheduler private[scala](val asJavaScheduler: rx.Scheduler) extends Scheduler
diff --git a/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/schedulers/ExecutionContextSchedulerTest.scala b/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/schedulers/ExecutionContextSchedulerTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e7d7b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/rx/lang/scala/schedulers/ExecutionContextSchedulerTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2013 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package rx.lang.scala.schedulers
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
+import java.util.concurrent.{CountDownLatch, Executors, ThreadFactory, TimeUnit}
+
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.language.postfixOps
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuite
+
+class ExecutionContextSchedulerTest extends JUnitSuite {
+
+  private val prefix = "ExecutionContextSchedulerTest"
+  private val threadFactory = new ThreadFactory {
+
+    private val id = new AtomicLong(0)
+
+    override def newThread(r: Runnable): Thread = {
+      val t = new Thread(r, prefix + id.incrementAndGet())
+      t.setDaemon(true)
+      t
+    }
+  }
+  private val scheduler = ExecutionContextScheduler(ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(Executors.newCachedThreadPool(threadFactory)))
+
+  @Test
+  def testSchedule(): Unit = {
+    val worker = scheduler.createWorker
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
+    @volatile var threadName: String = null
+    worker.schedule {
+      threadName = Thread.currentThread.getName
+      latch.countDown()
+    }
+    latch.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    assert(threadName.startsWith(prefix))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def testScheduleWithDelay(): Unit = {
+    val worker = scheduler.createWorker
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
+    @volatile var threadName: String = null
+    worker.schedule(1 millisecond) {
+      threadName = Thread.currentThread.getName
+      latch.countDown()
+    }
+    latch.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    assert(threadName.startsWith(prefix))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def testSchedulePeriodically(): Unit = {
+    val worker = scheduler.createWorker
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
+    @volatile var threadName: String = null
+    val subscription = worker.schedulePeriodically(1 millisecond, 1 millisecond) {
+      threadName = Thread.currentThread.getName
+      latch.countDown()
+    }
+    latch.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    assert(threadName.startsWith(prefix))
+    subscription.unsubscribe()
+  }
+}