diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c9a97a1..3938800 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'em-http-request', :git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request'
   gem 'remcached'
   # gem 'em-mongo', :git => 'https://github.com/bcg/em-mongo.git'
+  gem 'activerecord', '>= 3.1.0.rc6'
   gem 'em-mongo', '~> 0.3.6'
   gem 'bson_ext'
   gem 'mysql2'
diff --git a/lib/em-synchrony/active_record/connection_adapters/em_mysql2_adapter.rb b/lib/em-synchrony/active_record/connection_adapters/em_mysql2_adapter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f2c67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/em-synchrony/active_record/connection_adapters/em_mysql2_adapter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+# AR adapter for using a fibered mysql2 connection with EM
+# This adapter should be used within Thin or Unicorn with the rack-fiber_pool middleware.
+# Just update your database.yml's adapter to be 'em_mysql2'
+
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter'
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter'
+
+module ActiveRecord
+  class Base
+    def self.em_mysql2_connection(config)
+      client = Mysql2::EM::Client.new(config.symbolize_keys)
+      options = [config[:host], config[:username], config[:password], config[:database], config[:port], config[:socket], 0]
+      ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.new(client, logger, options, config)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/em-synchrony/active_record/patches.rb b/lib/em-synchrony/active_record/patches.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d3620d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/em-synchrony/active_record/patches.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# Necessary monkeypatching to make AR fiber-friendly.
+
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+
+    def self.fiber_pools
+      @fiber_pools ||= []
+    end
+    def self.register_fiber_pool(fp)
+      fiber_pools << fp
+    end
+
+    class FiberedMonitor
+      class Queue
+        def initialize
+          @queue = []
+        end
+
+        def wait(timeout)
+          t = timeout || 5
+          fiber = Fiber.current
+          x = EM::Timer.new(t) do
+            @queue.delete(fiber)
+            fiber.resume(false)
+          end
+          @queue << fiber
+          Fiber.yield.tap do
+            x.cancel
+          end
+        end
+
+        def signal
+          fiber = @queue.pop
+          fiber.resume(true) if fiber
+        end
+      end
+
+      def synchronize
+        yield
+      end
+
+      def new_cond
+        Queue.new
+      end
+    end
+
+    # ActiveRecord's connection pool is based on threads.  Since we are working
+    # with EM and a single thread, multiple fiber design, we need to provide
+    # our own connection pool that keys off of Fiber.current so that different
+    # fibers running in the same thread don't try to use the same connection.
+    class ConnectionPool
+      def initialize(spec)
+        @spec = spec
+
+        # The cache of reserved connections mapped to threads
+        @reserved_connections = {}
+
+        # The mutex used to synchronize pool access
+        @connection_mutex = FiberedMonitor.new
+        @queue = @connection_mutex.new_cond
+
+        # default 5 second timeout unless on ruby 1.9
+        @timeout = spec.config[:wait_timeout] || 5
+
+        # default max pool size to 5
+        @size = (spec.config[:pool] && spec.config[:pool].to_i) || 5
+
+        @connections = []
+        @checked_out = []
+        @automatic_reconnect = true
+        @tables = {}
+
+        @columns     = Hash.new do |h, table_name|
+          h[table_name] = with_connection do |conn|
+
+            # Fetch a list of columns
+            conn.columns(table_name, "#{table_name} Columns").tap do |columns|
+
+              # set primary key information
+              columns.each do |column|
+                column.primary = column.name == primary_keys[table_name]
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        @columns_hash = Hash.new do |h, table_name|
+          h[table_name] = Hash[columns[table_name].map { |col|
+            [col.name, col]
+          }]
+        end
+
+        @primary_keys = Hash.new do |h, table_name|
+          h[table_name] = with_connection do |conn|
+            table_exists?(table_name) ? conn.primary_key(table_name) : 'id'
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def clear_stale_cached_connections!
+        cache = @reserved_connections
+        keys = Set.new(cache.keys)
+
+        ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters.fiber_pools.each do |pool|
+          pool.busy_fibers.each_pair do |object_id, fiber|
+            keys.delete(object_id)
+          end
+        end
+
+        keys.each do |key|
+          next unless cache.has_key?(key)
+          checkin cache[key]
+          cache.delete(key)
+        end
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def current_connection_id #:nodoc:
+        Fiber.current.object_id
+      end
+
+      def checkout_and_verify(c)
+        @checked_out << c
+        c.run_callbacks :checkout
+        c.verify!
+        c
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/em-synchrony/activerecord.rb b/lib/em-synchrony/activerecord.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9baecff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/em-synchrony/activerecord.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'active_record'
+require 'em-synchrony/mysql2'
+
+require 'em-synchrony/active_record/connection_adapters/em_mysql2_adapter'
+require 'em-synchrony/active_record/patches'
diff --git a/spec/activerecord_spec.rb b/spec/activerecord_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ad9680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/activerecord_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+require "spec/helper/all"
+require "em-synchrony/activerecord"
+
+# create database widgets;
+# use widgets;
+# create table widgets (idx INT);
+
+class Widget < ActiveRecord::Base; end;
+
+describe "Fiberized ActiveRecord driver for mysql2" do
+  DELAY = 0.25
+  QUERY = "SELECT sleep(#{DELAY})"
+
+  it "should establish AR connection" do
+    EventMachine.synchrony do
+      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
+        :adapter => 'em_mysql2',
+        :database => 'widgets',
+        :username => 'root'
+      )
+
+      result = Widget.find_by_sql(QUERY)
+      result.size.should == 1
+
+      EventMachine.stop
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "should fire sequential, synchronous requests within single fiber" do
+    EventMachine.synchrony do
+      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
+        :adapter => 'em_mysql2',
+        :database => 'widgets',
+        :username => 'root'
+      )
+
+      start = now
+      res = []
+
+      res.push Widget.find_by_sql(QUERY)
+      res.push Widget.find_by_sql(QUERY)
+
+      (now - start.to_f).should be_within(DELAY * res.size * 0.15).of(DELAY * res.size)
+      res.size.should == 2
+
+      EventMachine.stop
+    end
+  end
+
+end
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