diff --git a/src/libcore/future/mod.rs b/src/libcore/future/mod.rs
index 89ea4713cfdaa..6150f34d8446d 100644
--- a/src/libcore/future/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/future/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,85 @@
 
 //! Asynchronous values.
 
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+use crate::{
+    ops::{Generator, GeneratorState},
+    pin::Pin,
+    ptr::NonNull,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+
 mod future;
 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
 pub use self::future::Future;
+
+/// This type is needed because:
+///
+/// a) Generators cannot implement `for<'a, 'b> Generator<&'a mut Context<'b>>`, so we need to pass
+///    a raw pointer.
+/// b) Raw pointers and `NonNull` aren't `Send` or `Sync`, so that would make every single future
+///    non-Send/Sync as well, and we don't want that.
+///
+/// It also simplifies the HIR lowering of `.await`.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct ResumeTy(pub NonNull<Context<'static>>);
+
+#[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+unsafe impl Send for ResumeTy {}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+unsafe impl Sync for ResumeTy {}
+
+/// Wrap a generator in a future.
+///
+/// This function returns a `GenFuture` underneath, but hides it in `impl Trait` to give
+/// better error messages (`impl Future` rather than `GenFuture<[closure.....]>`).
+// This is `const` to avoid extra errors after we recover from `const async fn`
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+#[inline]
+pub const fn from_generator<T>(gen: T) -> impl Future<Output = T::Return>
+where
+    T: Generator<ResumeTy, Yield = ()>
+{
+    #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
+    struct GenFuture<T: Generator<ResumeTy, Yield = ()>>(T);
+
+    // We rely on the fact that async/await futures are immovable in order to create
+    // self-referential borrows in the underlying generator.
+    impl<T: Generator<ResumeTy, Yield = ()>> !Unpin for GenFuture<T> {}
+
+    impl<T: Generator<ResumeTy, Yield = ()>> Future for GenFuture<T> {
+        type Output = T::Return;
+        fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+            // Safety: Safe because we're !Unpin + !Drop mapping to a ?Unpin value
+            let gen = unsafe { Pin::map_unchecked_mut(self, |s| &mut s.0) };
+
+            // Resume the generator, turning the `&mut Context` into a `NonNull` raw pointer. The
+            // `.await` lowering will safely cast that back to a `&mut Context`.
+            match gen.resume(ResumeTy(NonNull::from(cx).cast::<Context<'static>>())) {
+                GeneratorState::Yielded(()) => Poll::Pending,
+                GeneratorState::Complete(x) => Poll::Ready(x),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    GenFuture(gen)
+}
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+#[inline]
+pub unsafe fn poll_with_context<F>(f: Pin<&mut F>, mut cx: ResumeTy) -> Poll<F::Output>
+where
+    F: Future,
+{
+    F::poll(f, cx.0.as_mut())
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/future.rs b/src/libstd/future.rs
index c1ca6771326cb..c0675eeba98da 100644
--- a/src/libstd/future.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/future.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 //! Asynchronous values.
 
-use core::cell::Cell;
-use core::marker::Unpin;
-use core::ops::{Drop, Generator, GeneratorState};
-use core::option::Option;
-use core::pin::Pin;
-use core::ptr::NonNull;
-use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
+use core::{
+    cell::Cell,
+    marker::Unpin,
+    ops::{Drop, Generator, GeneratorState},
+    pin::Pin,
+    ptr::NonNull,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
 
 #[doc(inline)]
 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ pub use core::future::*;
 /// This function returns a `GenFuture` underneath, but hides it in `impl Trait` to give
 /// better error messages (`impl Future` rather than `GenFuture<[closure.....]>`).
 // This is `const` to avoid extra errors after we recover from `const async fn`
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
 pub const fn from_generator<T: Generator<Yield = ()>>(x: T) -> impl Future<Output = T::Return> {
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ pub const fn from_generator<T: Generator<Yield = ()>>(x: T) -> impl Future<Outpu
 }
 
 /// A wrapper around generators used to implement `Future` for `async`/`await` code.
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
@@ -31,8 +35,10 @@ struct GenFuture<T: Generator<Yield = ()>>(T);
 
 // We rely on the fact that async/await futures are immovable in order to create
 // self-referential borrows in the underlying generator.
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 impl<T: Generator<Yield = ()>> !Unpin for GenFuture<T> {}
 
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
 impl<T: Generator<Yield = ()>> Future for GenFuture<T> {
@@ -48,12 +54,15 @@ impl<T: Generator<Yield = ()>> Future for GenFuture<T> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 thread_local! {
     static TLS_CX: Cell<Option<NonNull<Context<'static>>>> = Cell::new(None);
 }
 
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 struct SetOnDrop(Option<NonNull<Context<'static>>>);
 
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 impl Drop for SetOnDrop {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         TLS_CX.with(|tls_cx| {
@@ -64,6 +73,7 @@ impl Drop for SetOnDrop {
 
 // Safety: the returned guard must drop before `cx` is dropped and before
 // any previous guard is dropped.
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 unsafe fn set_task_context(cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> SetOnDrop {
     // transmute the context's lifetime to 'static so we can store it.
     let cx = core::mem::transmute::<&mut Context<'_>, &mut Context<'static>>(cx);
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ unsafe fn set_task_context(cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> SetOnDrop {
     SetOnDrop(old_cx)
 }
 
+#[cfg(bootstrap)]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[unstable(feature = "gen_future", issue = "50547")]
 /// Polls a future in the current thread-local task waker.