diff --git a/actix-rt/CHANGES.md b/actix-rt/CHANGES.md
index ec12e569..6b15c6ed 100644
--- a/actix-rt/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-rt/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+* Add `task` mod with re-export of `tokio::task::{spawn_blocking, yield_now, JoinHandle}` [#245]
 
+[#245]: https://github.com/actix/actix-net/pull/245
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta.1 - 2020-12-28
 ### Added
diff --git a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
index 317345d4..be70d374 100644
--- a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 actix-macros = "0.1.0"
 
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "net", "signal", "sync", "time"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "net", "parking_lot", "signal", "sync", "time"] }
diff --git a/actix-rt/src/lib.rs b/actix-rt/src/lib.rs
index 440fa33c..6ccd588f 100644
--- a/actix-rt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-rt/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ pub mod time {
     pub use tokio::time::{sleep, sleep_until, Sleep};
     pub use tokio::time::{timeout, Timeout};
 }
+
+/// task management.
+pub mod task {
+    pub use tokio::task::{spawn_blocking, yield_now, JoinHandle};
+}