diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c5ea0292..3eea0bb9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ cosmic-config = { path = "cosmic-config" }
 cosmic-settings-daemon = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/dbus-settings-bindings", optional = true }
 css-color = "0.2.5"
 derive_setters = "0.1.5"
+futures = "0.3"
 image = { version = "0.25.5", default-features = false, features = [
     "jpeg",
     "png",
diff --git a/src/task.rs b/src/task.rs
index a730b37e..35dcf4de 100644
--- a/src/task.rs
+++ b/src/task.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 //! Create asynchronous actions to be performed in the background.
 
+use futures::stream::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use std::future::Future;
 
 /// Yields a task which contains a batch of tasks.
@@ -23,3 +24,10 @@ pub fn future<X: Into<Y>, Y: 'static>(
 pub fn message<X: Send + 'static + Into<Y>, Y: 'static>(message: X) -> iced::Task<Y> {
     future(async move { message.into() })
 }
+
+/// Yields a task which will run a stream on the runtime executor.
+pub fn stream<X: Into<Y> + 'static, Y: 'static>(
+    stream: impl Stream<Item = X> + Send + 'static,
+) -> iced::Task<Y> {
+    iced::Task::stream(stream.map(Into::into))
+}