diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 3d7a678..96cdcc6 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -1178,8 +1178,8 @@
 
     def prepare(self, record):
         """
-        Prepares a record for queuing. The object returned by this
-        method is enqueued.
+        Prepares a record for queuing. The object returned by this method is
+        enqueued.
 
         The base implementation formats the record to merge the message
         and arguments, and removes unpickleable items from the record
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
         """
         Emit a record.
 
-        Writes the LogRecord to the queue, preparing it first.
+        Writes the LogRecord to the queue, preparing it for pickling first.
         """
         try:
             self.enqueue(self.prepare(record))
@@ -1213,3 +1213,107 @@
             raise
         except:
             self.handleError(record)
+
+class QueueListener(object):
+    """
+    This class implements an internal threaded listener which watches for
+    LogRecords being added to a queue, removes them and passes them to a
+    list of handlers for processing.
+    """
+    _sentinel = None
+
+    def __init__(self, queue, *handlers):
+        """
+        Initialise an instance with the specified queue and
+        handlers.
+        """
+        self.queue = queue
+        self.handlers = handlers
+        self._stop = threading.Event()
+        self._thread = None
+
+    def dequeue(self, block):
+        """
+        Dequeue a record and return it, optionally blocking.
+
+        The base implementation uses get. You may want to override this method
+        if you want to use timeouts or work with custom queue implementations.
+        """
+        return self.queue.get(block)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """
+        Start the listener.
+
+        This starts up a background thread to monitor the queue for
+        LogRecords to process.
+        """
+        self._thread = t = threading.Thread(target=self._monitor)
+        t.setDaemon(True)
+        t.start()
+
+    def prepare(self , record):
+        """
+        Prepare a record for handling.
+
+        This method just returns the passed-in record. You may want to
+        override this method if you need to do any custom marshalling or
+        manipulation of the record before passing it to the handlers.
+        """
+        return record
+
+    def handle(self, record):
+        """
+        Handle a record.
+
+        This just loops through the handlers offering them the record
+        to handle.
+        """
+        record = self.prepare(record)
+        for handler in self.handlers:
+            handler.handle(record)
+
+    def _monitor(self):
+        """
+        Monitor the queue for records, and ask the handler
+        to deal with them.
+
+        This method runs on a separate, internal thread.
+        The thread will terminate if it sees a sentinel object in the queue.
+        """
+        q = self.queue
+        has_task_done = hasattr(q, 'task_done')
+        while not self._stop.isSet():
+            try:
+                record = self.dequeue(True)
+                if record is self._sentinel:
+                    break
+                self.handle(record)
+                if has_task_done:
+                    q.task_done()
+            except queue.Empty:
+                pass
+        # There might still be records in the queue.
+        while True:
+            try:
+                record = self.dequeue(False)
+                if record is self._sentinel:
+                    break
+                self.handle(record)
+                if has_task_done:
+                    q.task_done()
+            except queue.Empty:
+                break
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """
+        Stop the listener.
+
+        This asks the thread to terminate, and then waits for it to do so.
+        Note that if you don't call this before your application exits, there
+        may be some records still left on the queue, which won't be processed.
+        """
+        self._stop.set()
+        self.queue.put_nowait(self._sentinel)
+        self._thread.join()
+        self._thread = None