diff --git a/runtime/src/task.rs b/runtime/src/task.rs
index 7ac9befe..39166593 100644
--- a/runtime/src/task.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/task.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use crate::futures::futures::stream::{self, Stream, StreamExt};
 use crate::futures::{BoxStream, MaybeSend, boxed_stream};
 
 use std::convert::Infallible;
+use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::task;
 use std::thread;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "sipper")]
@@ -257,7 +259,10 @@ impl<T> Task<T> {
     where
         T: 'static,
     {
-        Self::stream(stream::once(future))
+        Self::stream(stream::once(async {
+            yield_now().await;
+            future.await
+        }))
     }
 
     /// Creates a new [`Task`] that runs the given [`Stream`] and produces
@@ -267,7 +272,11 @@ impl<T> Task<T> {
         T: 'static,
     {
         Self {
-            stream: Some(boxed_stream(stream.map(Action::Output))),
+            stream: Some(boxed_stream(
+                stream::once(yield_now())
+                    .filter_map(|_| async { None })
+                    .chain(stream.map(Action::Output)),
+            )),
             units: 1,
         }
     }
@@ -511,3 +520,30 @@ where
         stream::once(error_receiver).filter_map(async |result| result.ok()),
     ))
 }
+
+async fn yield_now() {
+    struct YieldNow {
+        yielded: bool,
+    }
+
+    impl Future for YieldNow {
+        type Output = ();
+
+        fn poll(
+            mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            cx: &mut task::Context<'_>,
+        ) -> task::Poll<()> {
+            if self.yielded {
+                return task::Poll::Ready(());
+            }
+
+            self.yielded = true;
+
+            cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
+
+            task::Poll::Pending
+        }
+    }
+
+    YieldNow { yielded: false }.await;
+}