diff --git a/src/asyncrpcqueue.cpp b/src/asyncrpcqueue.cpp
index 385709a61..2febe0ce0 100644
--- a/src/asyncrpcqueue.cpp
+++ b/src/asyncrpcqueue.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 
 static std::atomic<size_t> workerCounter(0);
 
+/**
+ * Static method to return the shared/default queue.
+ */
+shared_ptr<AsyncRPCQueue> AsyncRPCQueue::sharedInstance() {
+    // Thread-safe in C+11 and gcc 4.3
+    static shared_ptr<AsyncRPCQueue> q = std::make_shared<AsyncRPCQueue>();
+    return q;
+}
+
 AsyncRPCQueue::AsyncRPCQueue() : closed_(false), finish_(false) {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/asyncrpcqueue.h b/src/asyncrpcqueue.h
index 837d4609a..1a099a263 100644
--- a/src/asyncrpcqueue.h
+++ b/src/asyncrpcqueue.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ typedef std::unordered_map<AsyncRPCOperationId, std::shared_ptr<AsyncRPCOperatio
 
 class AsyncRPCQueue {
 public:
+    static shared_ptr<AsyncRPCQueue> sharedInstance();
+
     AsyncRPCQueue();
     virtual ~AsyncRPCQueue();