diff --git a/bb8/Cargo.toml b/bb8/Cargo.toml
index fb22788..be18b2c 100644
--- a/bb8/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bb8/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "bb8"
-version = "0.8.0"
-description = "Full-featured async (tokio-based) connection pool (like r2d2)"
+version = "0.8.0-rc.1"
+description = "[FORK] Full-featured async (tokio-based) connection pool (like r2d2)"
 license = "MIT"
-repository = "https://github.com/djc/bb8"
+repository = "https://github.com/gaoqiangz/bb8"
 edition = "2021"
 workspace = ".."
 readme = "../README.md"
diff --git a/bb8/src/api.rs b/bb8/src/api.rs
index 794d58d..624ca12 100644
--- a/bb8/src/api.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/api.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::error;
 use std::fmt;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ impl<M: ManageConnection> Builder<M> {
         self
     }
 
-    fn build_inner(self, manager: M) -> Pool<M> {
+    fn build_inner<E: Executor>(self, manager: M, executor: E) -> Pool<M> {
         if let Some(min_idle) = self.min_idle {
             assert!(
                 self.max_size >= min_idle,
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ impl<M: ManageConnection> Builder<M> {
         }
 
         Pool {
-            inner: PoolInner::new(self, manager),
+            inner: PoolInner::new(self, manager, executor),
         }
     }
 
@@ -271,7 +273,19 @@ impl<M: ManageConnection> Builder<M> {
     /// The `Pool` will not be returned until it has established its configured
     /// minimum number of connections, or it times out.
     pub async fn build(self, manager: M) -> Result<Pool<M>, M::Error> {
-        let pool = self.build_inner(manager);
+        self.build_with_executor(manager, TokioExecutor).await
+    }
+
+    /// Consumes the builder with the specified executor, returning a new, initialized `Pool`.
+    ///
+    /// The `Pool` will not be returned until it has established its configured
+    /// minimum number of connections, or it times out.
+    pub async fn build_with_executor<E: Executor>(
+        self,
+        manager: M,
+        executor: E,
+    ) -> Result<Pool<M>, M::Error> {
+        let pool = self.build_inner(manager, executor);
         pool.inner.start_connections().await.map(|()| pool)
     }
 
@@ -280,7 +294,15 @@ impl<M: ManageConnection> Builder<M> {
     /// Unlike `build`, this does not wait for any connections to be established
     /// before returning.
     pub fn build_unchecked(self, manager: M) -> Pool<M> {
-        let p = self.build_inner(manager);
+        self.build_unchecked_with_executor(manager, TokioExecutor)
+    }
+
+    /// Consumes the builder with the specified executor, returning a new, initialized `Pool`.
+    ///
+    /// Unlike `build`, this does not wait for any connections to be established
+    /// before returning.
+    pub fn build_unchecked_with_executor<E: Executor>(self, manager: M, executor: E) -> Pool<M> {
+        let p = self.build_inner(manager, executor);
         p.inner.spawn_start_connections();
         p
     }
@@ -456,3 +478,17 @@ impl<E> ErrorSink<E> for NopErrorSink {
         Box::new(*self)
     }
 }
+
+/// An executor of futures.
+pub trait Executor: Sync + Send + 'static {
+    /// Place the future into the executor to be run.
+    fn execute(&self, fut: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>);
+}
+
+struct TokioExecutor;
+
+impl Executor for TokioExecutor {
+    fn execute(&self, fut: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>) {
+        tokio::spawn(fut);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bb8/src/inner.rs b/bb8/src/inner.rs
index 71f6ab8..0597ba1 100644
--- a/bb8/src/inner.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/inner.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::time::{interval_at, sleep, timeout, Interval};
 
 use futures_channel::oneshot;
 use futures_util::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
 use futures_util::TryFutureExt;
-use tokio::spawn;
-use tokio::time::{interval_at, sleep, timeout, Interval};
 
-use crate::api::{Builder, ManageConnection, PooledConnection, RunError};
+use crate::api::{Builder, Executor, ManageConnection, PooledConnection, RunError};
 use crate::internals::{Approval, ApprovalIter, Conn, SharedPool, State};
 
 pub(crate) struct PoolInner<M>
@@ -24,15 +23,15 @@ impl<M> PoolInner<M>
 where
     M: ManageConnection + Send,
 {
-    pub(crate) fn new(builder: Builder<M>, manager: M) -> Self {
-        let inner = Arc::new(SharedPool::new(builder, manager));
+    pub(crate) fn new<E: Executor>(builder: Builder<M>, manager: M, executor: E) -> Self {
+        let inner = Arc::new(SharedPool::new(builder, manager, executor));
 
         if inner.statics.max_lifetime.is_some() || inner.statics.idle_timeout.is_some() {
             let s = Arc::downgrade(&inner);
             if let Some(shared) = s.upgrade() {
                 let start = Instant::now() + shared.statics.reaper_rate;
                 let interval = interval_at(start.into(), shared.statics.reaper_rate);
-                schedule_reaping(interval, s);
+                schedule_reaping(inner.executor.as_ref(), interval, s);
             }
         }
 
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ where
         }
 
         let this = self.clone();
-        spawn(async move {
+        self.inner.executor.execute(Box::pin(async move {
             let mut stream = this.replenish_idle_connections(approvals);
             while let Some(result) = stream.next().await {
                 match result {
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ where
                     Err(e) => this.inner.statics.error_sink.sink(e),
                 }
             }
-        });
+        }));
     }
 
     fn replenish_idle_connections(
@@ -254,11 +253,14 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-fn schedule_reaping<M>(mut interval: Interval, weak_shared: Weak<SharedPool<M>>)
-where
+fn schedule_reaping<M>(
+    executor: &dyn Executor,
+    mut interval: Interval,
+    weak_shared: Weak<SharedPool<M>>,
+) where
     M: ManageConnection,
 {
-    spawn(async move {
+    executor.execute(Box::pin(async move {
         loop {
             let _ = interval.tick().await;
             if let Some(inner) = weak_shared.upgrade() {
@@ -267,5 +269,5 @@ where
                 break;
             }
         }
-    });
+    }));
 }
diff --git a/bb8/src/internals.rs b/bb8/src/internals.rs
index b9a63db..0d2529f 100644
--- a/bb8/src/internals.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/internals.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use std::cmp::min;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use futures_channel::oneshot;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
-use crate::api::{Builder, ManageConnection};
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use crate::api::{Builder, Executor, ManageConnection};
 
 /// The guts of a `Pool`.
 #[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ where
     M: ManageConnection + Send,
 {
     pub(crate) statics: Builder<M>,
+    pub(crate) executor: Box<dyn Executor>,
     pub(crate) manager: M,
     pub(crate) internals: Mutex<PoolInternals<M>>,
 }
@@ -23,11 +24,12 @@ impl<M> SharedPool<M>
 where
     M: ManageConnection + Send,
 {
-    pub(crate) fn new(statics: Builder<M>, manager: M) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new<E: Executor>(statics: Builder<M>, manager: M, executor: E) -> Self {
         Self {
             statics,
             manager,
             internals: Mutex::new(PoolInternals::default()),
+            executor: Box::new(executor),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bb8/src/lib.rs b/bb8/src/lib.rs
index b85f910..37526f9 100644
--- a/bb8/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 mod api;
 pub use api::{
-    Builder, CustomizeConnection, ErrorSink, ManageConnection, NopErrorSink, Pool,
+    Builder, CustomizeConnection, ErrorSink, Executor, ManageConnection, NopErrorSink, Pool,
     PooledConnection, RunError, State,
 };