diff --git a/src/uvw.hpp b/src/uvw.hpp
index 04956d08..263cec47 100644
--- a/src/uvw.hpp
+++ b/src/uvw.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "uvw/check.hpp"
 #include "uvw/loop.hpp"
+#include "uvw/prepare.hpp"
 #include "uvw/stream.hpp"
 #include "uvw/tcp.hpp"
 #include "uvw/timer.hpp"
diff --git a/src/uvw/prepare.hpp b/src/uvw/prepare.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2802a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uvw/prepare.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+#include <utility>
+#include <memory>
+#include <uv.h>
+#include "resource.hpp"
+#include "util.hpp"
+
+
+namespace uvw {
+
+
+class Prepare final: public Resource<Prepare> {
+    static void startCallback(Prepare &prepare, std::function<void(UVWError, Prepare &)> &cb, uv_prepare_t *) {
+        cb(UVWError{}, prepare);
+    }
+
+    explicit Prepare(std::shared_ptr<Loop> ref)
+        : Resource{HandleType<uv_prepare_t>{}, std::move(ref)}
+    {
+        initialized = (uv_prepare_init(parent(), get<uv_prepare_t>()) == 0);
+    }
+
+public:
+    template<typename... Args>
+    static std::shared_ptr<Prepare> create(Args&&... args) {
+        return std::shared_ptr<Prepare>{new Prepare{std::forward<Args>(args)...}};
+    }
+
+    void start(std::function<void(UVWError, Prepare &)> cb) noexcept {
+        using CBF = CallbackFactory<void(uv_prepare_t *)>;
+        auto func = CBF::on<&Prepare::startCallback>(*this, cb);
+        auto err = uv_prepare_start(get<uv_prepare_t>(), func);
+        if(err) { error(err); }
+    }
+
+    UVWError stop() noexcept { return UVWError{uv_prepare_stop(get<uv_prepare_t>())}; }
+
+    explicit operator bool() const noexcept { return initialized; }
+
+private:
+    bool initialized;
+};
+
+
+}