diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 12d65397b1..e7e6ba2c45 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --oss-lib                path to OSS library
   --cpu=CPU                Build for host CPU [$cpu]
   --with-coroutine=BACKEND coroutine backend. Supported options:
-                           ucontext, sigaltstack, windows
+                           ucontext, libucontext, sigaltstack, windows
   --enable-gcov            enable test coverage analysis with gcov
   --disable-blobs          disable installing provided firmware blobs
   --with-vss-sdk=SDK-path  enable Windows VSS support in QEMU Guest Agent
@@ -4929,6 +4929,8 @@ if test "$coroutine" = ""; then
     coroutine=win32
   elif test "$ucontext_works" = "yes"; then
     coroutine=ucontext
+  elif test "$ios" = "yes"; then
+    coroutine=libucontext
   else
     coroutine=sigaltstack
   fi
@@ -4952,12 +4954,27 @@ else
       error_exit "only the 'windows' coroutine backend is valid for Windows"
     fi
     ;;
+  libucontext)
+  ;;
   *)
     error_exit "unknown coroutine backend $coroutine"
     ;;
   esac
 fi
 
+case $coroutine in
+libucontext)
+  git_submodules="${git_submodules} libucontext"
+  mkdir -p libucontext
+  coroutine_impl=ucontext
+  libucontext="enabled"
+  ;;
+*)
+  coroutine_impl=$coroutine
+  libucontext="disabled"
+  ;;
+esac
+
 if test "$coroutine_pool" = ""; then
   coroutine_pool=yes
 fi
@@ -6534,7 +6551,7 @@ if test "$rbd" = "yes" ; then
   echo "RBD_LIBS=$rbd_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
-echo "CONFIG_COROUTINE_BACKEND=$coroutine" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "CONFIG_COROUTINE_BACKEND=$coroutine_impl" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$coroutine_pool" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_COROUTINE_POOL=1" >> $config_host_mak
 else
@@ -7133,7 +7150,7 @@ NINJA=${ninja:-$PWD/ninjatool} $meson setup \
         -Dvnc=$vnc -Dvnc_sasl=$vnc_sasl -Dvnc_jpeg=$vnc_jpeg -Dvnc_png=$vnc_png \
         -Dgettext=$gettext -Dxkbcommon=$xkbcommon -Du2f=$u2f \
         -Dcapstone=$capstone -Dslirp=$slirp -Dfdt=$fdt \
-        -Diconv=$iconv -Dcurses=$curses \
+        -Diconv=$iconv -Dcurses=$curses -Ducontext=$libucontext \
         $cross_arg \
         "$PWD" "$source_path"
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ea7c10ba08..888a3b156d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1170,9 +1170,35 @@ if not fdt.found() and fdt_required.length() > 0
   error('fdt not available but required by targets ' + ', '.join(fdt_required))
 endif
 
+ucontext = not_found
+slirp_opt = 'disabled'
+if get_option('ucontext').enabled()
+  if not fs.is_dir(meson.current_source_dir() / 'libucontext/arch' / cpu)
+    error('libucontext is wanted but not implemented for host ' + cpu)
+  endif
+  arch = host_machine.cpu()
+  ucontext_cargs = ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="ucontext"', '-DCUSTOM_IMPL']
+  ucontext_files = [
+    'libucontext/arch' / arch / 'getcontext.S',
+    'libucontext/arch' / arch / 'setcontext.S',
+    'libucontext/arch' / arch / 'makecontext.c',
+    'libucontext/arch' / arch / 'startcontext.S',
+    'libucontext/arch' / arch / 'swapcontext.S',
+  ]
+
+  ucontext_inc = include_directories('libucontext/include')
+  libucontext = static_library('ucontext',
+                               sources: ucontext_files,
+                               c_args: ucontext_cargs,
+                               include_directories: ucontext_inc)
+  ucontext = declare_dependency(link_with: libucontext,
+                                include_directories: ucontext_inc)
+endif
+
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CAPSTONE', capstone.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FDT', fdt.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SLIRP', slirp.found())
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIBUCONTEXT', ucontext.found())
 
 #####################
 # Generated sources #
@@ -1399,7 +1425,7 @@ util_ss.add_all(trace_ss)
 util_ss = util_ss.apply(config_all, strict: false)
 libqemuutil = static_library('qemuutil',
                              sources: util_ss.sources() + stub_ss.sources() + genh,
-                             dependencies: [util_ss.dependencies(), m, glib, socket, malloc])
+                             dependencies: [util_ss.dependencies(), m, glib, socket, malloc, ucontext])
 qemuutil = declare_dependency(link_with: libqemuutil,
                               sources: genh + version_res)
 
@@ -2049,6 +2075,7 @@ if targetos == 'windows'
   summary_info += {'QGA MSI support':   config_host.has_key('CONFIG_QGA_MSI')}
 endif
 summary_info += {'seccomp support':   config_host.has_key('CONFIG_SECCOMP')}
+summary_info += {'libucontext support': ucontext.found()}
 summary_info += {'coroutine backend': config_host['CONFIG_COROUTINE_BACKEND']}
 summary_info += {'coroutine pool':    config_host['CONFIG_COROUTINE_POOL'] == '1'}
 summary_info += {'debug stack usage': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE')}
diff --git a/util/coroutine-ucontext.c b/util/coroutine-ucontext.c
index 904b375192..1e1dd43512 100644
--- a/util/coroutine-ucontext.c
+++ b/util/coroutine-ucontext.c
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@
 #undef _FORTIFY_SOURCE
 #endif
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#if defined(CONFIG_LIBUCONTEXT)
+#include <libucontext.h>
+#define ucontext_t libucontext_ucontext_t
+#define getcontext libucontext_getcontext
+#define setcontext libucontext_setcontext
+#define swapcontext libucontext_swapcontext
+#define makecontext libucontext_makecontext
+#else
 #include <ucontext.h>
+#endif
 #include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VALGRIND_H
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2bdeeacef8..065b52867f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -64,3 +64,6 @@
 [submodule "roms/vbootrom"]
 	path = roms/vbootrom
 	url = https://git.qemu.org/git/vbootrom.git
+[submodule "libucontext"]
+	path = libucontext
+	url = https://github.com/utmapp/libucontext.git
diff --git a/libucontext b/libucontext
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..7094e4c427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libucontext
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7094e4c42723b6178a4e2b60d4631d8a88f40719
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index e6cb1e589b..4e3f2e6b99 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ option('vnc_sasl', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'SASL authentication for VNC server')
 option('xkbcommon', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'xkbcommon support')
+option('ucontext', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled',
+       description: 'libucontext support')
 
 option('capstone', type: 'combo', value: 'auto',
        choices: ['disabled', 'enabled', 'auto', 'system', 'internal'],
