diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index dc0ca3f02b9bf6..deb5069321604b 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import collections
 import collections.abc
 import concurrent.futures
+import contextvars
+import functools
 import heapq
 import itertools
 import logging
@@ -728,7 +730,7 @@ def call_soon_threadsafe(self, callback, *args, context=None):
         self._write_to_self()
         return handle
 
-    def run_in_executor(self, executor, func, *args):
+    def run_in_executor(self, executor, func, *args, context=None):
         self._check_closed()
         if self._debug:
             self._check_callback(func, 'run_in_executor')
@@ -737,8 +739,15 @@ def run_in_executor(self, executor, func, *args):
             if executor is None:
                 executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()
                 self._default_executor = executor
+
+        if context is None:
+            context = contextvars.copy_context()
+
+        if args:
+            func = functools.partial(func, *args)
+
         return futures.wrap_future(
-            executor.submit(func, *args), loop=self)
+            executor.submit(context.run, func), loop=self)
 
     def set_default_executor(self, executor):
         self._default_executor = executor
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
index 11cd950df1cedb..fbd4bcdfac4711 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import collections.abc
 import concurrent.futures
+import contextvars
 import functools
 import io
 import os
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@
 from test.test_asyncio import utils as test_utils
 from test import support
 
+foo_ctx = contextvars.ContextVar('foo')
+foo_ctx.set('bar')
+
 
 def tearDownModule():
     asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
@@ -369,6 +373,46 @@ def run():
         time.sleep(0.4)
         self.assertFalse(called)
 
+    def test_run_in_executor_hierarchy(self):
+        def run():
+            foo_ctx.set('foo')
+            res = foo_ctx.get()
+            self.assertEqual(res, 'foo')
+            return res
+
+        f = self.loop.run_in_executor(None, run)
+        res = self.loop.run_until_complete(f)
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'foo')
+
+        res = foo_ctx.get()
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'bar')
+
+    def test_run_in_executor_no_context(self):
+        def run():
+            return foo_ctx.get()
+
+        f = self.loop.run_in_executor(None, run)
+        res = self.loop.run_until_complete(f)
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'bar')
+
+    def test_run_in_executor_context(self):
+        def run():
+            return foo_ctx.get()
+
+        context = contextvars.copy_context()
+        f = self.loop.run_in_executor(None, run, context=context)
+        res = self.loop.run_until_complete(f)
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'bar')
+
+    def test_run_in_executor_context_args(self):
+        def run(arg):
+            return (arg, foo_ctx.get())
+
+        context = contextvars.copy_context()
+        f = self.loop.run_in_executor(None, run, 'yo', context=context)
+        res = self.loop.run_until_complete(f)
+        self.assertEqual(res, ('yo', 'bar'))
+
     def test_reader_callback(self):
         r, w = socket.socketpair()
         r.setblocking(False)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-01-02-37-05.bpo-34014.RfrJGJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-01-02-37-05.bpo-34014.RfrJGJ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..28c0a9c504da4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-01-02-37-05.bpo-34014.RfrJGJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added support of contextvars for BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor