diff --git a/ci/test_all.sh b/ci/test_all.sh
index 49a63f5..b705d35 100755
--- a/ci/test_all.sh
+++ b/ci/test_all.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ set -e
 for build_type in debug release; do
     mkdir -p $build_type
     (cd $build_type && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type $@ .. && make -j4 install)
-    (cd $build_type && ./tests && lua run_tests.lua)
+    (cd $build_type && ./tests && lua run_tests.lua --extra-checks)
 done
diff --git a/src/cpp/channel.cpp b/src/cpp/channel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0302619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp/channel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "channel.h"
+
+#include "sol.hpp"
+
+namespace effil {
+
+void Channel::getUserType(sol::state_view& lua) {
+    sol::usertype<Channel> type("new", sol::no_constructor,
+        "push",  &Channel::push,
+        "pop",  &Channel::pop
+    );
+    sol::stack::push(lua, type);
+    sol::stack::pop<sol::object>(lua);
+}
+
+Channel::Channel(sol::optional<int> capacity) : data_(std::make_shared<SharedData>()){
+    if (capacity) {
+        REQUIRE(capacity.value() >= 0) << "Invalid capacity value = " << capacity.value();
+        data_->capacity_ = static_cast<size_t>(capacity.value());
+    }
+    else {
+        data_->capacity_ = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+bool Channel::push(const sol::variadic_args& args) {
+    if (!args.leftover_count())
+        return false;
+
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(data_->lock_);
+    if (data_->capacity_ && data_->channel_.size() >= data_->capacity_)
+        return false;
+    effil::StoredArray array;
+    for (const auto& arg : args) {
+        auto obj = createStoredObject(arg.get<sol::object>());
+        if (obj->gcHandle())
+            refs_->insert(obj->gcHandle());
+        array.emplace_back(obj);
+    }
+    if (data_->channel_.empty())
+        data_->cv_.notify_one();
+    data_->channel_.emplace(array);
+    return true;
+}
+
+StoredArray Channel::pop(const sol::optional<int>& duration,
+                          const sol::optional<std::string>& period) {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(data_->lock_);
+    while (data_->channel_.empty()) {
+        if (duration) {
+            if (data_->cv_.wait_for(lock, fromLuaTime(duration.value(), period)) == std::cv_status::timeout)
+                return StoredArray();
+        }
+        else { // No time limit
+            data_->cv_.wait(lock);
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto ret = data_->channel_.front();
+    for (const auto& obj: ret) {
+        if (obj->gcHandle())
+            refs_->erase(obj->gcHandle());
+    }
+    data_->channel_.pop();
+    return ret;
+}
+
+} // namespace effil
diff --git a/src/cpp/channel.h b/src/cpp/channel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfa3a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp/channel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "notifier.h"
+#include "stored-object.h"
+#include "lua-helpers.h"
+#include "queue"
+
+namespace effil {
+
+class Channel : public GCObject {
+public:
+    Channel(sol::optional<int> capacity);
+    static void getUserType(sol::state_view& lua);
+
+    bool push(const sol::variadic_args& args);
+    StoredArray pop(const sol::optional<int>& duration,
+                     const sol::optional<std::string>& period);
+
+protected:
+    struct SharedData {
+        std::mutex lock_;
+        std::condition_variable cv_;
+        size_t capacity_;
+        std::queue<StoredArray> channel_;
+    };
+
+    std::shared_ptr<SharedData> data_;
+};
+
+} // namespace effil
diff --git a/src/cpp/garbage-collector.h b/src/cpp/garbage-collector.h
index 1596b56..268e2b3 100644
--- a/src/cpp/garbage-collector.h
+++ b/src/cpp/garbage-collector.h
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "spin-mutex.h"
-
 #include <sol.hpp>
-
 #include <mutex>
 #include <map>
 #include <set>
@@ -87,4 +85,4 @@ private:
     GC(const GC&) = delete;
 };
 
-} // effil
\ No newline at end of file
+} // effil
diff --git a/src/cpp/lua-helpers.cpp b/src/cpp/lua-helpers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a95696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp/lua-helpers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "lua-helpers.h"
+
+namespace effil {
+
+std::chrono::milliseconds fromLuaTime(int duration, const sol::optional<std::string>& period) {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+
+    REQUIRE(duration >= 0) << "Invalid duration interval: " << duration;
+
+    std::string metric = period ? period.value() : "s";
+    if (metric == "ms") return milliseconds(duration);
+    else if (metric == "s") return seconds(duration);
+    else if (metric == "m") return minutes(duration);
+    else throw sol::error("invalid time identification: " + metric);
+}
+
+} // namespace effil
diff --git a/src/cpp/lua-helpers.h b/src/cpp/lua-helpers.h
index 7c7b7aa..2862849 100644
--- a/src/cpp/lua-helpers.h
+++ b/src/cpp/lua-helpers.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ inline sol::function loadString(const sol::state_view& lua, const std::string& s
     return loader(str);
 }
 
+std::chrono::milliseconds fromLuaTime(int duration, const sol::optional<std::string>& period);
+
 typedef std::vector<effil::StoredObject> StoredArray;
 
 } // namespace effil
diff --git a/src/cpp/lua-module.cpp b/src/cpp/lua-module.cpp
index 3b951bd..bfb0bf9 100644
--- a/src/cpp/lua-module.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/lua-module.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "threading.h"
 #include "shared-table.h"
 #include "garbage-collector.h"
+#include "channel.h"
 
 #include <lua.hpp>
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ sol::object createTable(sol::this_state lua) {
     return sol::make_object(lua, GC::instance().create<SharedTable>());
 }
 
+sol::object createChannel(sol::optional<int> capacity, sol::this_state lua) {
+    return sol::make_object(lua, GC::instance().create<Channel>(capacity));
+}
+
 SharedTable globalTable = GC::instance().create<SharedTable>();
 
 } // namespace
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ extern "C" int luaopen_libeffil(lua_State* L) {
     sol::state_view lua(L);
     Thread::getUserType(lua);
     SharedTable::getUserType(lua);
+    Channel::getUserType(lua);
     sol::table publicApi = lua.create_table_with(
             "thread", createThread,
             "thread_id", threadId,
@@ -43,7 +49,8 @@ extern "C" int luaopen_libeffil(lua_State* L) {
             "getmetatable", SharedTable::luaGetMetatable,
             "G", sol::make_object(lua, globalTable),
             "getmetatable", SharedTable::luaGetMetatable,
-            "gc", GC::getLuaApi(lua)
+            "gc", GC::getLuaApi(lua),
+            "channel", createChannel
     );
     sol::stack::push(lua, publicApi);
     return 1;
diff --git a/src/cpp/notifier.h b/src/cpp/notifier.h
index 997867e..a02db77 100644
--- a/src/cpp/notifier.h
+++ b/src/cpp/notifier.h
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ private:
     Notifier(Notifier& ) = delete;
 };
 
-} // namespace effil
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace effil
diff --git a/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp b/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp
index 9a3dfc6..387cbbf 100644
--- a/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/stored-object.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "stored-object.h"
+#include "channel.h"
 
 #include "threading.h"
 #include "shared-table.h"
@@ -73,24 +74,25 @@ private:
     std::string function_;
 };
 
-class TableHolder : public BaseHolder {
+template<typename T>
+class GCObjectHolder : public BaseHolder {
 public:
     template <typename SolType>
-    TableHolder(const SolType& luaObject) {
-        assert(luaObject.template is<SharedTable>());
-        handle_ = luaObject.template as<SharedTable>().handle();
+    GCObjectHolder(const SolType& luaObject) {
+        assert(luaObject.template is<T>());
+        handle_ = luaObject.template as<T>().handle();
         assert(GC::instance().has(handle_));
     }
 
-    TableHolder(GCObjectHandle handle)
+    GCObjectHolder(GCObjectHandle handle)
             : handle_(handle) {}
 
     bool rawCompare(const BaseHolder* other) const final {
-        return handle_ < static_cast<const TableHolder*>(other)->handle_;
+        return handle_ < static_cast<const GCObjectHolder<T>*>(other)->handle_;
     }
 
     sol::object unpack(sol::this_state state) const final {
-        return sol::make_object(state, GC::instance().get<SharedTable>(handle_));
+        return sol::make_object(state, GC::instance().get<T>(handle_));
     }
 
     GCObjectHandle gcHandle() const override { return handle_; }
@@ -118,9 +120,9 @@ StoredObject makeStoredObject(sol::object luaObject, SolTableToShared& visited)
             SharedTable table = GC::instance().create<SharedTable>();
             visited.emplace_back(std::make_pair(luaTable, table.handle()));
             dumpTable(&table, luaTable, visited);
-            return createStoredObject(table.handle());
+            return std::make_unique<GCObjectHolder<SharedTable>>(table.handle());
         } else {
-            return createStoredObject(st->second);
+            return std::make_unique<GCObjectHolder<SharedTable>>(st->second);
         }
     } else {
         return createStoredObject(luaObject);
@@ -149,7 +151,9 @@ StoredObject fromSolObject(const SolObject& luaObject) {
             return std::make_unique<PrimitiveHolder<void*>>(luaObject);
         case sol::type::userdata:
             if (luaObject.template is<SharedTable>())
-                return std::make_unique<TableHolder>(luaObject);
+                return std::make_unique<GCObjectHolder<SharedTable>>(luaObject);
+            else if (luaObject.template is<Channel>())
+                return std::make_unique<GCObjectHolder<Channel>>(luaObject);
             else if (luaObject.template is<std::shared_ptr<Thread>>())
                 return std::make_unique<PrimitiveHolder<std::shared_ptr<Thread>>>(luaObject);
             else
@@ -167,7 +171,7 @@ StoredObject fromSolObject(const SolObject& luaObject) {
             // SolTableToShared is used to prevent from infinity recursion
             // in recursive tables
             dumpTable(&table, luaTable, visited);
-            return std::make_unique<TableHolder>(table.handle());
+            return std::make_unique<GCObjectHolder<SharedTable>>(table.handle());
         }
         default:
             throw Exception() << "Unable to store object of that type: " << (int)luaObject.get_type() << "\n";
@@ -193,8 +197,6 @@ StoredObject createStoredObject(const sol::object& object) { return fromSolObjec
 
 StoredObject createStoredObject(const sol::stack_object& object) { return fromSolObject(object); }
 
-StoredObject createStoredObject(GCObjectHandle handle) { return std::make_unique<TableHolder>(handle); }
-
 template <typename DataType>
 sol::optional<DataType> getPrimitiveHolderData(const StoredObject& sobj) {
     auto ptr = dynamic_cast<PrimitiveHolder<DataType>*>(sobj.get());
diff --git a/src/cpp/stored-object.h b/src/cpp/stored-object.h
index 17f3b0a..6768051 100644
--- a/src/cpp/stored-object.h
+++ b/src/cpp/stored-object.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ StoredObject createStoredObject(bool);
 StoredObject createStoredObject(double);
 StoredObject createStoredObject(const std::string&);
 StoredObject createStoredObject(const char*);
-StoredObject createStoredObject(GCObjectHandle);
 StoredObject createStoredObject(const sol::object&);
 StoredObject createStoredObject(const sol::stack_object&);
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/threading.cpp b/src/cpp/threading.cpp
index 3cfa80d..fed4d2a 100644
--- a/src/cpp/threading.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/threading.cpp
@@ -162,18 +162,6 @@ void runThread(std::shared_ptr<ThreadHandle> handle,
     }
 }
 
-std::chrono::milliseconds fromLuaTime(int duration, const sol::optional<std::string>& period) {
-    using namespace std::chrono;
-
-    REQUIRE(duration >= 0) << "Invalid duration interval: " << duration;
-
-    std::string metric = period ? period.value() : "s";
-    if (metric == "ms") return milliseconds(duration);
-    else if (metric == "s") return seconds(duration);
-    else if (metric == "m") return minutes(duration);
-    else throw sol::error("invalid time identification: " + metric);
-}
-
 } // namespace
 
 
diff --git a/src/lua/effil.lua b/src/lua/effil.lua
index 94d2934..d3360e7 100644
--- a/src/lua/effil.lua
+++ b/src/lua/effil.lua
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ local api = {
     setmetatable = capi.setmetatable,
     getmetatable = capi.getmetatable,
     G = capi.G,
-    gc = capi.gc
+    gc = capi.gc,
+    channel = capi.channel
 }
 
 local function run_thread(config, f, ...)
diff --git a/tests/lua/channel.lua b/tests/lua/channel.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87a2c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lua/channel.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+TestChannels = {tearDown = tearDown}
+
+function TestChannels:testCapacityUsage()
+    local chan = effil.channel(2)
+
+    test.assertTrue(chan:push(14))
+    test.assertTrue(chan:push(88))
+    test.assertFalse(chan:push(1488))
+
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(), 14)
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(), 88)
+    test.assertIsNil(chan:pop(0))
+
+    test.assertTrue(chan:push(14, 88), true)
+    local ret1, ret2 = chan:pop()
+    test.assertEquals(ret1, 14)
+    test.assertEquals(ret2, 88)
+end
+
+function TestChannels:testRecursiveChannels()
+    local chan1 = effil.channel()
+    local chan2 = effil.channel()
+    local msg1, msg2 = "first channel", "second channel"
+    test.assertTrue(chan1:push(msg1, chan2))
+    test.assertTrue(chan2:push(msg2, chan1))
+
+    local ret1 = { chan1:pop() }
+    test.assertEquals(ret1[1], msg1)
+    test.assertEquals(type(ret1[2]), "userdata")
+    local ret2 = { ret1[2]:pop() }
+    test.assertEquals(ret2[1], msg2)
+    test.assertEquals(type(ret2[2]), "userdata")
+end
+
+function TestChannels:testWithThread()
+    local chan = effil.channel()
+    local thread = effil.thread(function(chan)
+            chan:push("message1")
+            chan:push("message2")
+            chan:push("message3")
+            chan:push("message4")
+        end
+    )(chan)
+
+    local start_time = os.time()
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(),       "message1")
+    thread:wait()
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(0),      "message2")
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(1),      "message3")
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(1, 'm'), "message4")
+    test.assertTrue(os.time() < start_time + 1)
+end
+
+function TestChannels:testWithSharedTable()
+    local chan = effil.channel()
+    local table = effil.table()
+
+    local test_value = "i'm value"
+    table.test_key = test_value
+
+    chan:push(table)
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop().test_key, test_value)
+
+    table.channel = chan
+    table.channel:push(test_value)
+    test.assertEquals(table.channel:pop(), test_value)
+end
+
+if WITH_EXTRA_CHECKS then
+
+function TestChannels:testStressLoadWithMultipleThreads()
+    local exchange_channel, result_channel = effil.channel(), effil.channel()
+
+    local threads_number = 1000
+    for i = 1, threads_number do
+        effil.thread(function(exchange_channel, result_channel, indx)
+                if indx % 2 == 0 then
+                    for i = 1, 10000 do
+                        exchange_channel:push(indx .. "_".. i)
+                    end
+                else
+                    repeat
+                        local ret = exchange_channel:pop(10)
+                        if ret then
+                            result_channel:push(ret)
+                        end
+                    until ret == nil
+                end
+            end
+        )(exchange_channel, result_channel, i)
+    end
+
+    local data = {}
+    for i = 1, (threads_number / 2) * 10000 do
+        local ret = result_channel:pop(10)
+        test.assertNotIsNil(ret)
+        test.assertIsString(ret)
+        test.assertIsNil(data[ret])
+        data[ret] = true
+    end
+
+    for thr_id = 2, threads_number, 2 do
+        for iter = 1, 10000 do
+            test.assertTrue(data[thr_id .. "_".. iter])
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function TestChannels:testTimedRead()
+    local chan = effil.channel()
+    local delayedWriter = function(channel, delay)
+        require("effil").sleep(delay)
+        channel:push("hello!")
+    end
+    effil.thread(delayedWriter)(chan, 70)
+
+    local function check_time(real_time, use_time, metric, result)
+        local start_time = os.time()
+        test.assertEquals(chan:pop(use_time, metric), result)
+        test.assertAlmostEquals(os.time(), start_time + real_time, 1)
+    end
+    check_time(2, 2, nil, nil) -- second by default
+    check_time(2, 2, 's', nil)
+    check_time(60, 1, 'm', nil)
+
+    local start_time = os.time()
+    test.assertEquals(chan:pop(10), "hello!")
+    test.assertTrue(os.time() < start_time + 10)
+end
+
+end -- WITH_EXTRA_CHECKS
diff --git a/tests/lua/run_tests.lua b/tests/lua/run_tests.lua
index b2292d7..2d6bc18 100755
--- a/tests/lua/run_tests.lua
+++ b/tests/lua/run_tests.lua
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ print("---------------")
 
 do
     -- Hack input arguments to make tests verbose by default
-    local found = false
-    for _, v in ipairs(arg) do
+    local make_verbose = true
+    for i, v in ipairs(arg) do
         if v == '-o' or v == '--output' then
-            found = true
-            break
+            make_verbose = false
+        elseif v == "--extra-checks" then
+            table.remove(arg, i)
+            WITH_EXTRA_CHECKS = true
+            print "# RUN TESTS WITH EXTRA CHECKS"
         end
     end
-    if not found then
+    if make_verbose then
         table.insert(arg, '-o')
         table.insert(arg, 'TAP')
     end
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ require 'test_utils'
 require 'thread'
 require 'shared_table'
 require 'gc'
+require 'channel'
 
 -- Hack tests functions to print when test starts
 for suite_name, suite in pairs(_G) do
diff --git a/tests/lua/thread.lua b/tests/lua/thread.lua
index 1237b8d..2a9b859 100644
--- a/tests/lua/thread.lua
+++ b/tests/lua/thread.lua
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ function TestThisThread:testThisThreadFunctions()
     effil.yield() -- just call it
 end
 
+if WITH_EXTRA_CHECKS then
+
 function TestThisThread:testTime()
     local function check_time(real_time, use_time, metric)
         local start_time = os.time()
@@ -295,3 +297,5 @@ function TestThisThread:testTime()
     check_time(4, 4000, 'ms')
     check_time(60, 1, 'm')
 end
+
+end -- WITH_EXTRA_CHECKS