diff --git a/tonic/Cargo.toml b/tonic/Cargo.toml
index 989b8f8c0..6b9c90127 100644
--- a/tonic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tonic/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ default = ["transport", "codegen", "prost"]
 codegen = ["async-trait"]
 transport = [
     "h2",
-    "hyper",
+    "hyper/full",
     "tokio",
+    "tokio/net",
     "tower",
+    "tower/balance",
     "tracing-futures",
     "tokio/macros",
     "tokio/time",
@@ -39,6 +41,13 @@ tls-roots-common = ["tls"]
 tls-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "rustls-native-certs"]
 tls-webpki-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "webpki-roots"]
 prost = ["prost1", "prost-derive"]
+client = [
+    "h2",
+    "hyper/client",
+    "hyper/http2",
+    "tokio",
+    "tower",
+]
 
 # [[bench]]
 # name = "bench_main"
@@ -69,8 +78,8 @@ async-trait = { version = "0.1.13", optional = true }
 
 # transport
 h2    = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-hyper = { version = "0.14.2", features = ["full"], optional = true }
-tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["net"], optional = true }
+hyper = { version = "0.14.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
 tower = { version = "0.4.7", features = ["balance", "buffer", "discover", "limit", "load", "make", "timeout", "util"], optional = true }
 tracing-futures = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
@@ -80,6 +89,9 @@ tokio-rustls = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
 rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 webpki-roots = { version = "0.21.1", optional = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
+wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.18"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["rt", "macros"] }
 static_assertions = "1.0"
diff --git a/tonic/src/lib.rs b/tonic/src/lib.rs
index 4d91643c1..52a8fed5d 100644
--- a/tonic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub mod metadata;
 pub mod server;
 pub mod service;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "transport", feature = "client"))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "transport")))]
 pub mod transport;
 
@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ pub use status::{Code, Status};
 
 pub(crate) type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 
+#[cfg(all(
+    any(feature = "transport", feature = "client"),
+    not(target_arch = "wasm32")
+))]
+pub(crate) use tokio::spawn;
+#[cfg(all(any(feature = "transport", feature = "client"), target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+pub(crate) use wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local as spawn;
+
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[cfg(feature = "codegen")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "codegen")))]
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs
index 204ab7bc9..51d9c9ff7 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
     }
 
     /// Create a channel from this config.
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub async fn connect(&self) -> Result<Channel, Error> {
         let mut http = hyper::client::connect::HttpConnector::new();
         http.enforce_http(false);
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
     ///
     /// The channel returned by this method does not attempt to connect to the endpoint until first
     /// use.
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub fn connect_lazy(&self) -> Result<Channel, Error> {
         let mut http = hyper::client::connect::HttpConnector::new();
         http.enforce_http(false);
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
index c2ecd8e39..12bfbc187 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub use endpoint::Endpoint;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 pub use tls::ClientTlsConfig;
 
-use super::service::{Connection, DynamicServiceStream};
+use super::service::Connection;
 use crate::body::BoxBody;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use http::{
@@ -20,19 +20,20 @@ use hyper::client::connect::Connection as HyperConnection;
 use std::{
     fmt,
     future::Future,
-    hash::Hash,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
-use tokio::{
-    io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite},
-    sync::mpsc::{channel, Sender},
-};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, Sender};
 
-use tower::balance::p2c::Balance;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 use tower::{
-    buffer::{self, Buffer},
+    balance::p2c::Balance,
     discover::{Change, Discover},
+};
+use tower::{
+    buffer::{self, Buffer},
     util::{BoxService, Either},
     Service,
 };
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ impl Channel {
     ///
     /// This creates a [`Channel`] that will load balance accross all the
     /// provided endpoints.
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub fn balance_list(list: impl Iterator<Item = Endpoint>) -> Self {
         let (channel, tx) = Self::balance_channel(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         list.for_each(|endpoint| {
@@ -121,15 +123,17 @@ impl Channel {
     /// Balance a list of [`Endpoint`]'s.
     ///
     /// This creates a [`Channel`] that will listen to a stream of change events and will add or remove provided endpoints.
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub fn balance_channel<K>(capacity: usize) -> (Self, Sender<Change<K, Endpoint>>)
     where
-        K: Hash + Eq + Send + Clone + 'static,
+        K: std::hash::Hash + Eq + Send + Clone + 'static,
     {
         let (tx, rx) = channel(capacity);
-        let list = DynamicServiceStream::new(rx);
+        let list = super::service::DynamicServiceStream::new(rx);
         (Self::balance(list, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE), tx)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub(crate) fn new<C>(connector: C, endpoint: Endpoint) -> Self
     where
         C: Service<Uri> + Send + 'static,
@@ -140,7 +144,8 @@ impl Channel {
         let buffer_size = endpoint.buffer_size.clone().unwrap_or(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
 
         let svc = Connection::lazy(connector, endpoint);
-        let svc = Buffer::new(Either::A(svc), buffer_size);
+        let (svc, worker) = Buffer::pair(Either::A(svc), buffer_size);
+        crate::spawn(worker);
 
         Channel { svc }
     }
@@ -157,21 +162,24 @@ impl Channel {
         let svc = Connection::connect(connector, endpoint)
             .await
             .map_err(super::Error::from_source)?;
-        let svc = Buffer::new(Either::A(svc), buffer_size);
+        let (svc, worker) = Buffer::pair(Either::A(svc), buffer_size);
+        crate::spawn(worker);
 
         Ok(Channel { svc })
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub(crate) fn balance<D>(discover: D, buffer_size: usize) -> Self
     where
         D: Discover<Service = Connection> + Unpin + Send + 'static,
         D::Error: Into<crate::Error>,
-        D::Key: Hash + Send + Clone,
+        D::Key: std::hash::Hash + Send + Clone,
     {
         let svc = Balance::new(discover);
 
         let svc = BoxService::new(svc);
-        let svc = Buffer::new(Either::B(svc), buffer_size);
+        let (svc, worker) = Buffer::pair(Either::B(svc), buffer_size);
+        crate::spawn(worker);
 
         Channel { svc }
     }
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs
index 6cc4c2890..ac09192a2 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/mod.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 //! [rustls]: https://docs.rs/rustls/0.16.0/rustls/
 
 pub mod channel;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 pub mod server;
 
 mod error;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ mod tls;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::channel::{Channel, Endpoint};
 pub use self::error::Error;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::server::{NamedService, Server};
 #[doc(inline)]
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/connection.rs b/tonic/src/transport/service/connection.rs
index f321f3402..4b412f296 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/connection.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/service/connection.rs
@@ -34,23 +34,34 @@ impl Connection {
         C::Future: Unpin + Send,
         C::Response: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + HyperConnection + Unpin + Send + 'static,
     {
-        let mut settings = Builder::new()
+        let mut settings = Builder::new();
+        settings
             .http2_initial_stream_window_size(endpoint.init_stream_window_size)
             .http2_initial_connection_window_size(endpoint.init_connection_window_size)
-            .http2_only(true)
-            .http2_keep_alive_interval(endpoint.http2_keep_alive_interval)
-            .clone();
+            .http2_only(true);
 
-        if let Some(val) = endpoint.http2_keep_alive_timeout {
-            settings.http2_keep_alive_timeout(val);
+        if let Some(val) = endpoint.http2_adaptive_window {
+            settings.http2_adaptive_window(val);
         }
 
-        if let Some(val) = endpoint.http2_keep_alive_while_idle {
-            settings.http2_keep_alive_while_idle(val);
+        #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+        {
+            settings
+                .executor(wasm::Executor)
+                // reset streams require `Instant::now` which is not available on wasm
+                .http2_max_concurrent_reset_streams(0);
         }
 
-        if let Some(val) = endpoint.http2_adaptive_window {
-            settings.http2_adaptive_window(val);
+        #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+        {
+            settings.http2_keep_alive_interval(endpoint.http2_keep_alive_interval);
+            if let Some(val) = endpoint.http2_keep_alive_timeout {
+                settings.http2_keep_alive_timeout(val);
+            }
+
+            if let Some(val) = endpoint.http2_keep_alive_while_idle {
+                settings.http2_keep_alive_while_idle(val);
+            }
         }
 
         let stack = ServiceBuilder::new()
@@ -81,6 +92,7 @@ impl Connection {
         Self::new(connector, endpoint, false).ready_oneshot().await
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     pub(crate) fn lazy<C>(connector: C, endpoint: Endpoint) -> Self
     where
         C: Service<Uri> + Send + 'static,
@@ -119,3 +131,19 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Connection {
         f.debug_struct("Connection").finish()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+mod wasm {
+    use std::future::Future;
+    use std::pin::Pin;
+
+    type BoxSendFuture = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>;
+
+    pub(crate) struct Executor;
+
+    impl hyper::rt::Executor<BoxSendFuture> for Executor {
+        fn execute(&self, fut: BoxSendFuture) {
+            wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local(fut)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/io.rs b/tonic/src/transport/service/io.rs
index 0419336a7..34fd88ddc 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/io.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/service/io.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 use crate::transport::server::Connected;
 use hyper::client::connect::{Connected as HyperConnected, Connection};
 use std::io;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ impl Connection for BoxedIo {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 impl Connected for BoxedIo {
     type ConnectInfo = NoneConnectInfo;
 
@@ -67,21 +69,24 @@ impl AsyncWrite for BoxedIo {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 pub(crate) enum ServerIo<IO> {
     Io(IO),
     #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
     TlsIo(TlsStream<IO>),
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 use tower::util::Either;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "transport", feature = "tls"))]
 type ServerIoConnectInfo<IO> =
     Either<<IO as Connected>::ConnectInfo, <TlsStream<IO> as Connected>::ConnectInfo>;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "tls"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "transport", not(feature = "tls")))]
 type ServerIoConnectInfo<IO> = Either<<IO as Connected>::ConnectInfo, ()>;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 impl<IO> ServerIo<IO> {
     pub(in crate::transport) fn new_io(io: IO) -> Self {
         Self::Io(io)
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ impl<IO> ServerIo<IO> {
         Self::TlsIo(io)
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "transport", feature = "tls"))]
     pub(in crate::transport) fn connect_info(&self) -> ServerIoConnectInfo<IO>
     where
         IO: Connected,
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ impl<IO> ServerIo<IO> {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "tls"))]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "transport", not(feature = "tls")))]
     pub(in crate::transport) fn connect_info(&self) -> ServerIoConnectInfo<IO>
     where
         IO: Connected,
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ impl<IO> ServerIo<IO> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 impl<IO> AsyncRead for ServerIo<IO>
 where
     IO: AsyncWrite + AsyncRead + Unpin,
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 impl<IO> AsyncWrite for ServerIo<IO>
 where
     IO: AsyncWrite + AsyncRead + Unpin,
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs b/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
index 4e1d89c0c..3edef0147 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/service/mod.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 mod add_origin;
 mod connection;
 mod connector;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 mod discover;
 mod grpc_timeout;
 mod io;
 mod reconnect;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 mod router;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 mod tls;
@@ -13,9 +15,13 @@ mod user_agent;
 pub(crate) use self::add_origin::AddOrigin;
 pub(crate) use self::connection::Connection;
 pub(crate) use self::connector::connector;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 pub(crate) use self::discover::DynamicServiceStream;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 pub(crate) use self::grpc_timeout::GrpcTimeout;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 pub(crate) use self::io::ServerIo;
+#[cfg(feature = "transport")]
 pub(crate) use self::router::{Or, Routes};
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 pub(crate) use self::tls::{TlsAcceptor, TlsConnector};