diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 338bb9b..7cf9dc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ class Subscription(graphene.ObjectType):
 
 
     def resolve_count_seconds(
-        root, 
-        info, 
+        root,
+        info,
         up_to=5
     ):
         return Observable.interval(1000)\
@@ -202,4 +202,36 @@ from graphql_ws.django_channels import GraphQLSubscriptionConsumer
 channel_routing = [
     route_class(GraphQLSubscriptionConsumer, path=r"^/subscriptions"),
 ]
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+### Tornado
+```python
+from asyncio import Queue
+from tornado import web, ioloop, websocket
+
+from graphql_ws.tornado import TornadoSubscriptionServer
+
+
+subscription_server = TornadoSubscriptionServer(schema)
+
+
+class SubscriptionHandler(websocket.WebSocketHandler):
+    def initialize(self, sub_server):
+        self.subscription_server = subscription_server
+        self.queue = Queue()
+
+    def select_subprotocol(self, subprotocols):
+        return 'graphql-ws'
+
+    def open(self):
+        ioloop.IOLoop.current().spawn_callback(subscription_server.handle, self)
+
+    async def on_message(self, message):
+        await self.queue.put(message)
+
+    async def recv(self):
+        return await self.queue.get()
+
+app = web.Application([(r"/subscriptions", SubscriptionHandler)]).listen(8000)
+ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
+```
diff --git a/examples/tornado/__init__.py b/examples/tornado/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/tornado/app.py b/examples/tornado/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8d807d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tornado/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from asyncio import Queue
+from tornado import web, ioloop, websocket
+
+from graphene_tornado.tornado_graphql_handler import TornadoGraphQLHandler
+
+from graphql_ws.tornado import TornadoSubscriptionServer
+from graphql_ws.constants import GRAPHQL_WS
+
+from .template import render_graphiql
+from .schema import schema
+
+
+class GraphiQLHandler(web.RequestHandler):
+    def get(self):
+        self.finish(render_graphiql())
+
+
+class SubscriptionHandler(websocket.WebSocketHandler):
+    def initialize(self, subscription_server):
+        self.subscription_server = subscription_server
+        self.queue = Queue(100)
+
+    def select_subprotocol(self, subprotocols):
+        return GRAPHQL_WS
+
+    def open(self):
+        ioloop.IOLoop.current().spawn_callback(self.subscription_server.handle, self)
+
+    async def on_message(self, message):
+        await self.queue.put(message)
+
+    async def recv(self):
+        return await self.queue.get()
+
+
+subscription_server = TornadoSubscriptionServer(schema)
+
+app = web.Application([
+    (r"/graphql$", TornadoGraphQLHandler, dict(
+        schema=schema)),
+    (r"/subscriptions", SubscriptionHandler, dict(
+        subscription_server=subscription_server)),
+    (r"/graphiql$", GraphiQLHandler),
+])
+
+app.listen(8000)
+ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
diff --git a/examples/tornado/requirements.txt b/examples/tornado/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eae84e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tornado/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+graphql_ws
+tornado
+graphene>=2.0
diff --git a/examples/tornado/schema.py b/examples/tornado/schema.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c23d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tornado/schema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import random
+import asyncio
+import graphene
+
+
+class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
+    base = graphene.String()
+
+
+class RandomType(graphene.ObjectType):
+    seconds = graphene.Int()
+    random_int = graphene.Int()
+
+
+class Subscription(graphene.ObjectType):
+    count_seconds = graphene.Float(up_to=graphene.Int())
+    random_int = graphene.Field(RandomType)
+
+    async def resolve_count_seconds(root, info, up_to=5):
+        for i in range(up_to):
+            print("YIELD SECOND", i)
+            yield i
+            await asyncio.sleep(1.)
+        yield up_to
+
+    async def resolve_random_int(root, info):
+        i = 0
+        while True:
+            yield RandomType(seconds=i, random_int=random.randint(0, 500))
+            await asyncio.sleep(1.)
+            i += 1
+
+
+schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query, subscription=Subscription)
diff --git a/examples/tornado/template.py b/examples/tornado/template.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b74e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tornado/template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+
+from string import Template
+
+
+def render_graphiql():
+    return Template('''
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8" />
+  <title>GraphiQL</title>
+  <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
+  <style>
+    html, body {
+      height: 100%;
+      margin: 0;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      width: 100%;
+    }
+  </style>
+  <link href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/graphiql/${GRAPHIQL_VERSION}/graphiql.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+  <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/fetch/0.9.0/fetch.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/react/15.0.0/react.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/react/15.0.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/graphiql/${GRAPHIQL_VERSION}/graphiql.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="//unpkg.com/subscriptions-transport-ws@${SUBSCRIPTIONS_TRANSPORT_VERSION}/browser/client.js"></script>
+  <script src="//unpkg.com/graphiql-subscriptions-fetcher@0.0.2/browser/client.js"></script>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <script>
+    // Collect the URL parameters
+    var parameters = {};
+    window.location.search.substr(1).split('&').forEach(function (entry) {
+      var eq = entry.indexOf('=');
+      if (eq >= 0) {
+        parameters[decodeURIComponent(entry.slice(0, eq))] =
+          decodeURIComponent(entry.slice(eq + 1));
+      }
+    });
+    // Produce a Location query string from a parameter object.
+    function locationQuery(params, location) {
+      return (location ? location: '') + '?' + Object.keys(params).map(function (key) {
+        return encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' +
+          encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
+      }).join('&');
+    }
+    // Derive a fetch URL from the current URL, sans the GraphQL parameters.
+    var graphqlParamNames = {
+      query: true,
+      variables: true,
+      operationName: true
+    };
+    var otherParams = {};
+    for (var k in parameters) {
+      if (parameters.hasOwnProperty(k) && graphqlParamNames[k] !== true) {
+        otherParams[k] = parameters[k];
+      }
+    }
+    var fetcher;
+    if (true) {
+      var subscriptionsClient = new window.SubscriptionsTransportWs.SubscriptionClient('${subscriptionsEndpoint}', {
+        reconnect: true
+      });
+      fetcher = window.GraphiQLSubscriptionsFetcher.graphQLFetcher(subscriptionsClient, graphQLFetcher);
+    } else {
+      fetcher = graphQLFetcher;
+    }
+    // We don't use safe-serialize for location, because it's not client input.
+    var fetchURL = locationQuery(otherParams, '${endpointURL}');
+    // Defines a GraphQL fetcher using the fetch API.
+    function graphQLFetcher(graphQLParams) {
+        return fetch(fetchURL, {
+          method: 'post',
+          headers: {
+            'Accept': 'application/json',
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+          },
+          body: JSON.stringify(graphQLParams),
+          credentials: 'include',
+        }).then(function (response) {
+          return response.text();
+        }).then(function (responseBody) {
+          try {
+            return JSON.parse(responseBody);
+          } catch (error) {
+            return responseBody;
+          }
+        });
+    }
+    // When the query and variables string is edited, update the URL bar so
+    // that it can be easily shared.
+    function onEditQuery(newQuery) {
+      parameters.query = newQuery;
+      updateURL();
+    }
+    function onEditVariables(newVariables) {
+      parameters.variables = newVariables;
+      updateURL();
+    }
+    function onEditOperationName(newOperationName) {
+      parameters.operationName = newOperationName;
+      updateURL();
+    }
+    function updateURL() {
+      history.replaceState(null, null, locationQuery(parameters) + window.location.hash);
+    }
+    // Render <GraphiQL /> into the body.
+    ReactDOM.render(
+      React.createElement(GraphiQL, {
+        fetcher: fetcher,
+        onEditQuery: onEditQuery,
+        onEditVariables: onEditVariables,
+        onEditOperationName: onEditOperationName,
+      }),
+      document.body
+    );
+  </script>
+</body>
+</html>''').substitute(
+        GRAPHIQL_VERSION='0.10.2',
+        SUBSCRIPTIONS_TRANSPORT_VERSION='0.7.0',
+        subscriptionsEndpoint='ws://localhost:8000/subscriptions',
+        # subscriptionsEndpoint='ws://localhost:5000/',
+        endpointURL='/graphql',
+    )
diff --git a/graphql_ws/tornado.py b/graphql_ws/tornado.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..212fa6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphql_ws/tornado.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+from inspect import isawaitable
+
+from asyncio import ensure_future, wait, shield
+from tornado.websocket import WebSocketClosedError
+from graphql.execution.executors.asyncio import AsyncioExecutor
+
+from .base import ConnectionClosedException, BaseConnectionContext, BaseSubscriptionServer
+from .observable_aiter import setup_observable_extension
+
+from .constants import (
+    GQL_CONNECTION_ACK,
+    GQL_CONNECTION_ERROR,
+    GQL_COMPLETE
+)
+
+setup_observable_extension()
+
+
+class TornadoConnectionContext(BaseConnectionContext):
+    async def receive(self):
+        try:
+            msg = await self.ws.recv()
+            return msg
+        except WebSocketClosedError:
+            raise ConnectionClosedException()
+
+    async def send(self, data):
+        if self.closed:
+            return
+        await self.ws.write_message(data)
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.ws.close_code is not None
+
+    async def close(self, code):
+        await self.ws.close(code)
+
+
+class TornadoSubscriptionServer(BaseSubscriptionServer):
+    def __init__(self, schema, keep_alive=True, loop=None):
+        self.loop = loop
+        super().__init__(schema, keep_alive)
+
+    def get_graphql_params(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        params = super(TornadoSubscriptionServer,
+                       self).get_graphql_params(*args, **kwargs)
+        return dict(params, return_promise=True, executor=AsyncioExecutor(loop=self.loop))
+
+    async def _handle(self, ws, request_context):
+        connection_context = TornadoConnectionContext(ws, request_context)
+        await self.on_open(connection_context)
+        pending = set()
+        while True:
+            try:
+                if connection_context.closed:
+                    raise ConnectionClosedException()
+                message = await connection_context.receive()
+            except ConnectionClosedException:
+                break
+            finally:
+                if pending:
+                    (_, pending) = await wait(pending, timeout=0, loop=self.loop)
+
+            task = ensure_future(
+                self.on_message(connection_context, message), loop=self.loop)
+            pending.add(task)
+
+        self.on_close(connection_context)
+        for task in pending:
+            task.cancel()
+
+    async def handle(self, ws, request_context=None):
+        await shield(self._handle(ws, request_context), loop=self.loop)
+
+    async def on_open(self, connection_context):
+        pass
+
+    def on_close(self, connection_context):
+        remove_operations = list(connection_context.operations.keys())
+        for op_id in remove_operations:
+            self.unsubscribe(connection_context, op_id)
+
+    async def on_connect(self, connection_context, payload):
+        pass
+
+    async def on_connection_init(self, connection_context, op_id, payload):
+        try:
+            await self.on_connect(connection_context, payload)
+            await self.send_message(connection_context, op_type=GQL_CONNECTION_ACK)
+        except Exception as e:
+            await self.send_error(connection_context, op_id, e, GQL_CONNECTION_ERROR)
+            await connection_context.close(1011)
+
+    async def on_start(self, connection_context, op_id, params):
+        execution_result = self.execute(
+            connection_context.request_context, params)
+
+        if isawaitable(execution_result):
+            execution_result = await execution_result
+
+        if not hasattr(execution_result, '__aiter__'):
+            await self.send_execution_result(connection_context, op_id, execution_result)
+        else:
+            iterator = await execution_result.__aiter__()
+            connection_context.register_operation(op_id, iterator)
+            async for single_result in iterator:
+                if not connection_context.has_operation(op_id):
+                    break
+                await self.send_execution_result(connection_context, op_id, single_result)
+            await self.send_message(connection_context, op_id, GQL_COMPLETE)
+
+    async def on_stop(self, connection_context, op_id):
+        self.unsubscribe(connection_context, op_id)