diff --git a/eventlet/green/subprocess.py b/eventlet/green/subprocess.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2392095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eventlet/green/subprocess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import errno
+import new
+import os
+
+import eventlet
+from eventlet import greenio
+from eventlet import patcher
+from eventlet.green import select
+
+subprocess_orig = __import__("subprocess")
+# TODO: eventlet.green.os
+patcher.inject('subprocess', globals(), ('select', select))
+
+# This is the meat of this module, the green version of Popen.
+class Popen(subprocess_orig.Popen):
+    """eventlet-friendly version of subprocess.Popen"""
+    # We do not believe that Windows pipes support non-blocking I/O. At least,
+    # the Python file objects stored on our base-class object have no
+    # setblocking() method, and the Python fcntl module doesn't exist on
+    # Windows. (see eventlet.greenio.set_nonblocking()) As the sole purpose of
+    # this __init__() override is to wrap the pipes for eventlet-friendly
+    # non-blocking I/O, don't even bother overriding it on Windows.
+    if not subprocess_orig.mswindows:
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
+            # Forward the call to base-class constructor
+            subprocess_orig.Popen.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
+            # Now wrap the pipes, if any. This logic is loosely borrowed from 
+            # eventlet.processes.Process.run() method.
+            for attr in "stdin", "stdout", "stderr":
+                pipe = getattr(self, attr)
+                if pipe is not None:
+                    greenio.set_nonblocking(pipe)
+                    wrapped_pipe = greenio.GreenPipe(pipe)
+                    # The default 'newlines' attribute is '\r\n', which aren't
+                    # sent over pipes.
+                    wrapped_pipe.newlines = '\n'
+                    setattr(self, attr, wrapped_pipe)
+        __init__.__doc__ = subprocess_orig.Popen.__init__.__doc__
+
+    def wait(self, check_interval=0.01):
+        # Instead of a blocking OS call, this version of wait() uses logic
+        # borrowed from the eventlet 0.2 processes.Process.wait() method.
+        try:
+            while True:
+                status = self.poll()
+                if status is not None:
+                    return status
+                eventlet.sleep(check_interval)
+        except OSError, e:
+            if e.errno == errno.ECHILD:
+                # no child process, this happens if the child process
+                # already died and has been cleaned up, or if you just
+                # called with a random pid value
+                return -1
+            else:
+                raise
+    wait.__doc__ = subprocess_orig.Popen.wait.__doc__
+
+    if not subprocess_orig.mswindows:
+        # We don't want to copy/paste all the logic of the original
+        # _communicate() method, we just want a version that uses
+        # eventlet.green.select.select() instead of select.select().
+        _communicate = new.function(subprocess_orig.Popen._communicate.im_func.func_code,
+                                    globals())
+
+# Borrow subprocess.call() and check_call(), but patch them so they reference
+# OUR Popen class rather than subprocess.Popen.
+call       = new.function(subprocess_orig.call.func_code,       globals())
+check_call = new.function(subprocess_orig.check_call.func_code, globals())
diff --git a/eventlet/greenio.py b/eventlet/greenio.py
index f24315e..0dfe227 100644
--- a/eventlet/greenio.py
+++ b/eventlet/greenio.py
@@ -358,10 +358,8 @@ class GreenPipe(object):
     def fileno(self):
         return self.fd.fileno()
 
-    def read(self, buflen, flags=0):
+    def _recv(self, buflen):
         fd = self.fd
-        if buflen is None:
-            buflen = BUFFER_SIZE
         buf = self.recvbuffer
         if buf:
             chunk, self.recvbuffer = buf[:buflen], buf[buflen:]
@@ -378,7 +376,23 @@ class GreenPipe(object):
                 raise
             trampoline(fd, read=True)
 
-    def write(self, data, flags=0):
+
+    def read(self, size=None):
+        """read at most size bytes, returned as a string."""
+        accum = ''
+        while True:
+            if size is None:
+                recv_size = BUFFER_SIZE
+            else:
+                recv_size = size - len(accum)
+            chunk =  self._recv(recv_size)
+            accum += chunk
+            if chunk == '':
+                return accum
+            if size is not None and len(accum) >= size:
+                return accum
+
+    def write(self, data):
         fd = self.fd
         tail = 0
         len_data = len(data)
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/test_subprocess.py b/tests/stdlib/test_subprocess.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51253c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/test_subprocess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from eventlet import patcher
+from eventlet.green import subprocess
+from eventlet.green import time
+
+patcher.inject('test.test_subprocess',
+    globals(),
+    ('subprocess', subprocess),
+    ('time', time))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()