diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/__init__.py b/gunicorn/workers/__init__.py
index 6c769f83..43ddc9db 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/__init__.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 SUPPORTED_WORKERS={
         "sync": "gunicorn.workers.sync.SyncWorker",
         "eventlet": "gunicorn.workers.geventlet.EventletWorker",
+        "gaiohttp": "gunicorn.workers.gaiohttp.AiohttpWorker",
         "gevent": "gunicorn.workers.ggevent.GeventWorker",
         "gevent_wsgi": "gunicorn.workers.ggevent.GeventPyWSGIWorker",
         "gevent_pywsgi": "gunicorn.workers.ggevent.GeventPyWSGIWorker",
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/gaiohttp.py b/gunicorn/workers/gaiohttp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb109591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/gaiohttp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -
+#
+# This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license.
+# See the NOTICE for more information.
+__all__ = ['AiohttpWorker']
+
+import asyncio
+import functools
+import os
+import gunicorn.workers.base as base
+
+try:
+    from aiohttp.wsgi import WSGIServerHttpProtocol
+except ImportError:
+    raise RuntimeError("You need aiohttp installed to use this worker.")
+
+
+class AiohttpWorker(base.Worker):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):  # pragma: no cover
+        super().__init__(*args, **kw)
+
+        self.servers = []
+        self.connections = {}
+
+    def init_process(self):
+        # create new event_loop after fork
+        asyncio.get_event_loop().close()
+
+        self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
+
+        super().init_process()
+
+    def run(self):
+        self._runner = asyncio.async(self._run(), loop=self.loop)
+
+        try:
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(self._runner)
+        finally:
+            self.loop.close()
+
+    def wrap_protocol(self, proto):
+        proto.connection_made = _wrp(
+            proto, proto.connection_made, self.connections)
+        proto.connection_lost = _wrp(
+            proto, proto.connection_lost, self.connections, False)
+        return proto
+
+    def factory(self, wsgi, host, port):
+        proto = WSGIServerHttpProtocol(
+            wsgi, loop=self.loop,
+            log=self.log,
+            debug=self.cfg.debug,
+            keep_alive=self.cfg.keepalive,
+            access_log=self.log.access_log,
+            access_log_format=self.cfg.access_log_format)
+        return self.wrap_protocol(proto)
+
+    def get_factory(self, sock, host, port):
+        return functools.partial(self.factory, self.wsgi, host, port)
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def close(self):
+        try:
+            if hasattr(self.wsgi, 'close'):
+                yield from self.wsgi.close()
+        except:
+            self.log.exception('Process shutdown exception')
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def _run(self):
+        for sock in self.sockets:
+            factory = self.get_factory(sock.sock, *sock.cfg_addr)
+            self.servers.append(
+                (yield from self.loop.create_server(factory, sock=sock.sock)))
+
+        # If our parent changed then we shut down.
+        pid = os.getpid()
+        try:
+            while self.alive or self.connections:
+                self.notify()
+
+                if (self.alive and
+                        pid == os.getpid() and self.ppid != os.getppid()):
+                    self.log.info("Parent changed, shutting down: %s", self)
+                    self.alive = False
+
+                # stop accepting requests
+                if not self.alive:
+                    if self.servers:
+                        self.log.info(
+                            "Stopping server: %s, connections: %s",
+                            pid, len(self.connections))
+                        for server in self.servers:
+                            server.close()
+                        self.servers.clear()
+
+                    # prepare connections for closing
+                    for conn in self.connections.values():
+                        if hasattr(conn, 'closing'):
+                            conn.closing()
+
+                yield from asyncio.sleep(1.0, loop=self.loop)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+
+        if self.servers:
+            for server in self.servers:
+                server.close()
+
+        yield from self.close()
+
+
+class _wrp:
+
+    def __init__(self, proto, meth, tracking, add=True):
+        self._proto = proto
+        self._id = id(proto)
+        self._meth = meth
+        self._tracking = tracking
+        self._add = add
+
+    def __call__(self, *args):
+        if self._add:
+            self._tracking[self._id] = self._proto
+        elif self._id in self._tracking:
+            del self._tracking[self._id]
+
+        conn = self._meth(*args)
+        return conn