diff --git a/eventlet/green/Queue.py b/eventlet/green/Queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0f98df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eventlet/green/Queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from eventlet.queue import *
diff --git a/eventlet/queue.py b/eventlet/queue.py
index f6b93df..9e26cf8 100644
--- a/eventlet/queue.py
+++ b/eventlet/queue.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from eventlet.hubs import get_hub
 from eventlet.greenthread import getcurrent, exc_after
 from eventlet.event import Event
 
-__all__ = ['Queue', 'PriorityQueue', 'LifoQueue', 'JoinableQueue']
+__all__ = ['Queue', 'PriorityQueue', 'LifoQueue', 'LightQueue', 'Full', 'Empty']
 
 class Waiter(object):
     """A low level synchronization class.
@@ -99,14 +99,12 @@ class Waiter(object):
             self.greenlet = None
 
 
-class Queue(object):
-    """Create a queue object with a given maximum size.
-
-    If *maxsize* is less than zero or ``None``, the queue size is infinite.
-
-    ``Queue(0)`` is a channel, that is, its :meth:`put` method always blocks until the
-    item is delivered. (This is unlike the standard :class:`Queue`, where 0 means
-    infinite size).
+class LightQueue(object):
+    """
+    This is a variant of Queue that behaves mostly like the standard 
+    :class:`Queue`.  It differs by not supporting the 
+    :meth:`task_done <Queue.task_done>` or :meth:`join <Queue.join>` methods,
+    and is a little faster for not having that overhead.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, maxsize=None):
@@ -300,7 +298,6 @@ class Queue(object):
     def _schedule_unlock(self):
         if self._event_unlock is None:
             self._event_unlock = get_hub().schedule_call_global(0, self._unlock)
-            # QQQ re-activate event (with event_active libevent call) instead of creating a new one each time
 
 
 class ItemWaiter(Waiter):
@@ -309,53 +306,36 @@ class ItemWaiter(Waiter):
     def __init__(self, item):
         Waiter.__init__(self)
         self.item = item
+        
 
+class Queue(LightQueue):
+    '''Create a queue object with a given maximum size.
 
-class PriorityQueue(Queue):
-    '''A subclass of :class:`Queue` that retrieves entries in priority order (lowest first).
+    If *maxsize* is less than zero or ``None``, the queue size is infinite.
 
-    Entries are typically tuples of the form: ``(priority number, data)``.
+    ``Queue(0)`` is a channel, that is, its :meth:`put` method always blocks 
+    until the item is delivered. (This is unlike the standard :class:`Queue`, 
+    where 0 means infinite size).
+    
+    In all other respects, this Queue class resembled the standard library,
+    :class:`Queue`.
     '''
-
-    def _init(self, maxsize):
-        self.queue = []
-
-    def _put(self, item, heappush=heapq.heappush):
-        heappush(self.queue, item)
-
-    def _get(self, heappop=heapq.heappop):
-        return heappop(self.queue)
-
-
-class LifoQueue(Queue):
-    '''A subclass of :class:`Queue` that retrieves most recently added entries first.'''
-
-    def _init(self, maxsize):
-        self.queue = []
-
-    def _put(self, item):
-        self.queue.append(item)
-
-    def _get(self):
-        return self.queue.pop()
-
-
-class JoinableQueue(Queue):
-    '''A subclass of :class:`Queue` that additionally has :meth:`task_done` and :meth:`join` methods.'''
-
     def __init__(self, maxsize=None):
-        Queue.__init__(self, maxsize)
+        LightQueue.__init__(self, maxsize)
         self.unfinished_tasks = 0
         self._cond = Event()
 
     def _format(self):
-        result = Queue._format(self)
+        result = LightQueue._format(self)
         if self.unfinished_tasks:
             result += ' tasks=%s _cond=%s' % (self.unfinished_tasks, self._cond)
         return result
 
     def _put(self, item):
-        Queue._put(self, item)
+        LightQueue._put(self, item)
+        self._put_bookkeeping()
+
+    def _put_bookkeeping(self):
         self.unfinished_tasks += 1
         if self._cond.ready():
             self._cond.reset()
@@ -371,6 +351,7 @@ class JoinableQueue(Queue):
 
         Raises a :exc:`ValueError` if called more times than there were items placed in the queue.
         '''
+        
         if self.unfinished_tasks <= 0:
             raise ValueError('task_done() called too many times')
         self.unfinished_tasks -= 1
@@ -387,3 +368,34 @@ class JoinableQueue(Queue):
         '''
         self._cond.wait()
 
+
+class PriorityQueue(Queue):
+    '''A subclass of :class:`Queue` that retrieves entries in priority order (lowest first).
+
+    Entries are typically tuples of the form: ``(priority number, data)``.
+    '''
+
+    def _init(self, maxsize):
+        self.queue = []
+
+    def _put(self, item, heappush=heapq.heappush):
+        heappush(self.queue, item)
+        self._put_bookkeeping()
+
+    def _get(self, heappop=heapq.heappop):
+        return heappop(self.queue)
+
+
+class LifoQueue(Queue):
+    '''A subclass of :class:`Queue` that retrieves most recently added entries first.'''
+
+    def _init(self, maxsize):
+        self.queue = []
+
+    def _put(self, item):
+        self.queue.append(item)
+        self._put_bookkeeping()
+
+    def _get(self):
+        return self.queue.pop()
+
diff --git a/tests/queue_test.py b/tests/queue_test.py
index c85f22a..91de3e7 100644
--- a/tests/queue_test.py
+++ b/tests/queue_test.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class TestQueue(LimitedTestCase):
 
     def test_task_done(self):
         from eventlet import queue, debug
-        channel = queue.JoinableQueue(0)
+        channel = queue.Queue(0)
         X = object()
         gt = eventlet.spawn(channel.put, X)
         result = channel.get()
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/test_queue.py b/tests/stdlib/test_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39cfc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/test_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from eventlet import patcher
+from eventlet.green import Queue
+from eventlet.green import threading
+from eventlet.green import time
+
+patcher.inject('test.test_queue',
+    globals(),
+    ('Queue', Queue),
+    ('threading', threading),
+    ('time', time))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()