diff --git a/slixmpp/xmlstream/asyncio.py b/slixmpp/xmlstream/asyncio.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52610d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slixmpp/xmlstream/asyncio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""
+A module that monkey patches the standard asyncio module to add an
+idle_call() method to the main loop. This method is used to execute a
+callback whenever the loop is not busy handling anything else. This means
+that it is a callback with lower priority than IO, timer, or even
+call_soon() ones. These callback are called only once each.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+from asyncio import tasks, events
+
+def idle_call(self, callback):
+    if tasks.iscoroutinefunction(callback):
+        raise TypeError("coroutines cannot be used with idle_call()")
+    handle = events.Handle(callback, [], self)
+    self._idle.append(handle)
+
+def my_run_once(self):
+    if self._idle:
+        self._ready.append(events.Handle(lambda: None, (), self))
+    real_run_once(self)
+    if self._idle:
+        handle = self._idle.pop(0)
+        handle._run()
+
+cls = asyncio.get_event_loop().__class__
+
+cls._idle = []
+cls.idle_call = idle_call
+real_run_once = cls._run_once
+cls._run_once = my_run_once
+
diff --git a/slixmpp/xmlstream/resolver.py b/slixmpp/xmlstream/resolver.py
index a3697d14..f2c3f989 100644
--- a/slixmpp/xmlstream/resolver.py
+++ b/slixmpp/xmlstream/resolver.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details
 """
 
-import asyncio
+from slixmpp.xmlstream.asyncio import asyncio
 import socket
 import logging
 import random
diff --git a/slixmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py b/slixmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
index 187bfbc5..f1abfca6 100644
--- a/slixmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
+++ b/slixmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details
 """
 
-import asyncio
 import functools
 import copy
 import logging
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import uuid
 
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
+from slixmpp.xmlstream.asyncio import asyncio
 from slixmpp.xmlstream import tostring
 from slixmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase import StanzaBase, ElementBase
 from slixmpp.xmlstream.resolver import resolve, default_resolver
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ class XMLStream(object):
                 elif self.xml_depth == 1:
                     # A stanza is an XML element that is a direct child of
                     # the root element, hence the check of depth == 1
-                    self.__spawn_event(xml)
+                    asyncio.get_event_loop().\
+                        idle_call(functools.partial(self.__spawn_event, xml))
                     if self.xml_root is not None:
                         # Keep the root element empty of children to
                         # save on memory use.