diff --git a/examples/wrk-bench.rs b/examples/wrk-bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a76ed62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/wrk-bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::io;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+pub const RESPONSE: &'static [u8] =
+    b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\nContent-Type: text/plain\nContent-Length: 12\n\nHello world!";
+
+pub const ADDRESS: &'static str = "127.0.0.1:8080";
+
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    tokio_uring::start(async {
+        let mut tasks = Vec::with_capacity(16);
+        let listener = Rc::new(tokio_uring::net::TcpListener::bind(
+            ADDRESS.parse().unwrap(),
+        )?);
+
+        for _ in 0..16 {
+            let listener = listener.clone();
+            let task: JoinHandle<io::Result<()>> = tokio::task::spawn_local(async move {
+                loop {
+                    let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await?;
+
+                    tokio_uring::spawn(async move {
+                        let (result, _) = stream.write(RESPONSE).await;
+
+                        if let Err(err) = result {
+                            eprintln!("Client connection failed: {}", err);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+            tasks.push(task);
+        }
+
+        for t in tasks {
+            t.await.unwrap()?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/driver/mod.rs b/src/driver/mod.rs
index 3505cdf7..59892732 100644
--- a/src/driver/mod.rs
+++ b/src/driver/mod.rs
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ pub(crate) struct Driver {
 
 type Handle = Rc<RefCell<Inner>>;
 
-struct Inner {
+pub(crate) struct Inner {
     /// In-flight operations
     ops: Ops,
 
     /// IoUring bindings
-    uring: IoUring,
+    pub(crate) uring: IoUring,
 }
 
 // When dropping the driver, all in-flight operations must have completed. This
 // type wraps the slab and ensures that, on drop, the slab is empty.
 struct Ops(Slab<op::Lifecycle>);
 
-scoped_thread_local!(static CURRENT: Rc<RefCell<Inner>>);
+scoped_thread_local!(pub(crate) static CURRENT: Rc<RefCell<Inner>>);
 
 impl Driver {
     pub(crate) fn new() -> io::Result<Driver> {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl Inner {
         }
     }
 
-    fn submit(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+    pub(crate) fn submit(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
         loop {
             match self.uring.submit() {
                 Ok(_) => {
diff --git a/src/driver/op.rs b/src/driver/op.rs
index 266a953b..d244080e 100644
--- a/src/driver/op.rs
+++ b/src/driver/op.rs
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ impl<T> Op<T> {
                 }
             }
 
-            // Submit the new operation. At this point, the operation has been
-            // pushed onto the queue and the tail pointer has been updated, so
-            // the submission entry is visible to the kernel. If there is an
-            // error here (probably EAGAIN), we still return the operation. A
-            // future `io_uring_enter` will fully submit the event.
-            let _ = inner.submit();
             Ok(op)
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime.rs b/src/runtime.rs
index d88c3972..4b05ad41 100644
--- a/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/src/runtime.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use crate::driver::Driver;
+use crate::driver::{Driver, CURRENT};
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io;
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ pub fn spawn<T: std::future::Future + 'static>(task: T) -> tokio::task::JoinHand
 impl Runtime {
     pub(crate) fn new() -> io::Result<Runtime> {
         let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+            .on_thread_park(|| {
+                CURRENT.with(|x| {
+                    let _ = RefCell::borrow_mut(x).uring.submit();
+                });
+            })
             .enable_all()
             .build()?;