diff --git a/chronos/asyncloop.nim b/chronos/asyncloop.nim
index ee8b9d9..d7a98ea 100644
--- a/chronos/asyncloop.nim
+++ b/chronos/asyncloop.nim
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ type
   PDispatcherBase = ref object of RootRef
     timers*: HeapQueue[TimerCallback]
     callbacks*: Deque[AsyncCallback]
+    idlers*: Deque[AsyncCallback]
     trackers*: Table[string, TrackerBase]
 
 proc `<`(a, b: TimerCallback): bool =
@@ -235,17 +236,18 @@ template processTimersGetTimeout(loop, timeout: untyped) =
       break
 
     loop.callbacks.addLast(loop.timers.pop().function)
+
   if loop.timers.len > 0:
     timeout = (lastFinish - curTime).getAsyncTimestamp()
 
   if timeout == 0:
-    if len(loop.callbacks) == 0:
+    if (len(loop.callbacks) == 0) and (len(loop.idlers) == 0):
       when defined(windows):
         timeout = INFINITE
       else:
         timeout = -1
   else:
-    if len(loop.callbacks) != 0:
+    if (len(loop.callbacks) != 0) or (len(loop.idlers) != 0):
       timeout = 0
 
 template processTimers(loop: untyped) =
@@ -259,6 +261,10 @@ template processTimers(loop: untyped) =
       break
     loop.callbacks.addLast(loop.timers.pop().function)
 
+template processIdlers(loop: untyped) =
+  if len(loop.idlers) > 0:
+    loop.callbacks.addLast(loop.idlers.popFirst())
+
 template processCallbacks(loop: untyped) =
   var count = len(loop.callbacks)
   for i in 0..<count:
@@ -359,23 +365,25 @@ when defined(windows) or defined(nimdoc):
 
   proc newDispatcher*(): PDispatcher =
     ## Creates a new Dispatcher instance.
-    new result
-    result.ioPort = createIoCompletionPort(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, 0, 1)
+    var res = PDispatcher()
+    res.ioPort = createIoCompletionPort(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, 0, 1)
     when declared(initHashSet):
       # After 0.20.0 Nim's stdlib version
-      result.handles = initHashSet[AsyncFD]()
+      res.handles = initHashSet[AsyncFD]()
     else:
       # Pre 0.20.0 Nim's stdlib version
-      result.handles = initSet[AsyncFD]()
+      res.handles = initSet[AsyncFD]()
     when declared(initHeapQueue):
       # After 0.20.0 Nim's stdlib version
-      result.timers = initHeapQueue[TimerCallback]()
+      res.timers = initHeapQueue[TimerCallback]()
     else:
       # Pre 0.20.0 Nim's stdlib version
-      result.timers = newHeapQueue[TimerCallback]()
-    result.callbacks = initDeque[AsyncCallback](64)
-    result.trackers = initTable[string, TrackerBase]()
-    initAPI(result)
+      res.timers = newHeapQueue[TimerCallback]()
+    res.callbacks = initDeque[AsyncCallback](64)
+    res.idlers = initDeque[AsyncCallback]()
+    res.trackers = initTable[string, TrackerBase]()
+    initAPI(res)
+    res
 
   var gDisp{.threadvar.}: PDispatcher ## Global dispatcher
 
@@ -404,6 +412,7 @@ when defined(windows) or defined(nimdoc):
     let loop = getThreadDispatcher()
     var curTime = Moment.now()
     var curTimeout = DWORD(0)
+    var noNetworkEvents = false
 
     # Moving expired timers to `loop.callbacks` and calculate timeout
     loop.processTimersGetTimeout(curTimeout)
@@ -434,10 +443,17 @@ when defined(windows) or defined(nimdoc):
       else:
         if int32(errCode) != WAIT_TIMEOUT:
           raiseOSError(errCode)
+        else:
+          noNetworkEvents = true
 
     # Moving expired timers to `loop.callbacks`.
     loop.processTimers()
 
+    # We move idle callbacks to `loop.callbacks` only if there no pending
+    # network events.
+    if noNetworkEvents:
+      loop.processIdlers()
+
     # All callbacks which will be added in process will be processed on next
     # poll() call.
     loop.processCallbacks()
@@ -502,18 +518,20 @@ elif unixPlatform:
 
   proc newDispatcher*(): PDispatcher =
     ## Create new dispatcher.
-    new result
-    result.selector = newSelector[SelectorData]()
+    var res = PDispatcher()
+    res.selector = newSelector[SelectorData]()
     when declared(initHeapQueue):
       # After 0.20.0 Nim's stdlib version
-      result.timers = initHeapQueue[TimerCallback]()
+      res.timers = initHeapQueue[TimerCallback]()
     else:
       # Before 0.20.0 Nim's stdlib version
-      result.timers.newHeapQueue()
-    result.callbacks = initDeque[AsyncCallback](64)
-    result.keys = newSeq[ReadyKey](64)
-    result.trackers = initTable[string, TrackerBase]()
-    initAPI(result)
+      res.timers.newHeapQueue()
+    res.callbacks = initDeque[AsyncCallback](64)
+    res.idlers = initDeque[AsyncCallback]()
+    res.keys = newSeq[ReadyKey](64)
+    res.trackers = initTable[string, TrackerBase]()
+    initAPI(res)
+    res
 
   var gDisp{.threadvar.}: PDispatcher ## Global dispatcher
 
@@ -685,7 +703,7 @@ elif unixPlatform:
     loop.processTimersGetTimeout(curTimeout)
 
     # Processing IO descriptors and all hardware events.
-    var count = loop.selector.selectInto(curTimeout, loop.keys)
+    let count = loop.selector.selectInto(curTimeout, loop.keys)
     for i in 0..<count:
       let fd = loop.keys[i].fd
       let events = loop.keys[i].events
@@ -711,6 +729,11 @@ elif unixPlatform:
     # Moving expired timers to `loop.callbacks`.
     loop.processTimers()
 
+    # We move idle callbacks to `loop.callbacks` only if there no pending
+    # network events.
+    if count == 0:
+      loop.processIdlers()
+
     # All callbacks which will be added in process, will be processed on next
     # poll() call.
     loop.processCallbacks()
@@ -816,10 +839,32 @@ proc callSoon*(cbproc: CallbackFunc, data: pointer) {.
   doAssert(not isNil(cbproc))
   callSoon(AsyncCallback(function: cbproc, udata: data))
 
-proc callSoon*(cbproc: CallbackFunc) {.
-     gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+proc callSoon*(cbproc: CallbackFunc) {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
   callSoon(cbproc, nil)
 
+proc callIdle*(acb: AsyncCallback) {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+  ## Schedule ``cbproc`` to be called when there no pending network events
+  ## available.
+  ##
+  ## **WARNING!** Despite the name, "idle" callbacks called on every loop
+  ## iteration if there no network events available, not when the loop is
+  ## actually "idle".
+  getThreadDispatcher().idlers.addLast(acb)
+
+proc callIdle*(cbproc: CallbackFunc, data: pointer) {.
+     gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+  ## Schedule ``cbproc`` to be called when there no pending network events
+  ## available.
+  ##
+  ## **WARNING!** Despite the name, "idle" callbacks called on every loop
+  ## iteration if there no network events available, not when the loop is
+  ## actually "idle".
+  doAssert(not isNil(cbproc))
+  callIdle(AsyncCallback(function: cbproc, udata: data))
+
+proc callIdle*(cbproc: CallbackFunc) {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+  callIdle(cbproc, nil)
+
 include asyncfutures2
 
 proc sleepAsync*(duration: Duration): Future[void] =
@@ -877,6 +922,24 @@ proc stepsAsync*(number: int): Future[void] =
 
   retFuture
 
+proc idleAsync*(): Future[void] =
+  ## Suspends the execution of the current asynchronous task until "idle" time.
+  ##
+  ## "idle" time its moment of time, when no network events were processed by
+  ## ``poll()`` call.
+  var retFuture = newFuture[void]("chronos.idleAsync()")
+
+  proc continuation(data: pointer) {.gcsafe.} =
+    if not(retFuture.finished()):
+      retFuture.complete()
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) {.gcsafe.} =
+    discard
+
+  retFuture.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  callIdle(continuation, nil)
+  retFuture
+
 proc withTimeout*[T](fut: Future[T], timeout: Duration): Future[bool] =
   ## Returns a future which will complete once ``fut`` completes or after
   ## ``timeout`` milliseconds has elapsed.