diff --git a/devlib/utils/asyn.py b/devlib/utils/asyn.py
index 23c1f928a..ddbf5fac3 100644
--- a/devlib/utils/asyn.py
+++ b/devlib/utils/asyn.py
@@ -26,9 +26,45 @@
 import pathlib
 import os.path
 import inspect
+import threading
 
 import greenback
 
+
+def _wrap_coro(coro):
+    async def coro_f():
+        await greenback.ensure_portal()
+        return await coro
+    return coro_f()
+
+
+class _GreenbackEventLoop(asyncio.AbstractEventLoop):
+    def __init__(self, loop):
+        self.__loop = loop
+
+    # Because AbstractEventLoop has default implementation for every method, we
+    # cannot just use __getattr__, otherwise we will hit these default
+    # implementation first.
+    def __getattribute__(self, attr):
+        if attr == '_GreenbackEventLoop__loop':
+            return object.__getattribute__(self, '_GreenbackEventLoop__loop')
+        else:
+            try:
+                override = type(self)._OVERRIDES[attr]
+            except KeyError:
+                return getattr(self.__loop, attr)
+            else:
+                return override.__get__(self, type(self))
+
+    def create_task(self, coro, *args, **kwargs):
+        loop = self.__loop
+        return loop.create_task(_wrap_coro(coro), *args, **kwargs)
+
+    _OVERRIDES = dict(
+        create_task=create_task,
+    )
+
+
 def create_task(awaitable, name=None):
     if isinstance(awaitable, asyncio.Task):
         task = awaitable
@@ -282,6 +318,27 @@ def __set_name__(self, owner, name):
         self.name = name
 
 
+# This thread runs an event loop that guarantees having greenback portals
+# installed for each task that is created. This can otherwise not be
+# guaranteed, even with import-time manipulations as the import itself might
+# happen in an already-created tasks, e.g. inside Jupyter lab notebooks.
+_LOOP = None
+_LOOP_READY = threading.Event()
+
+def _coro_runner():
+    global _LOOP
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    loop = _GreenbackEventLoop(loop)
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+
+    _LOOP = loop
+    _LOOP_READY.set()
+    _LOOP.run_forever()
+
+_RUN_THREAD = threading.Thread(target=_coro_runner, daemon=True)
+_RUN_THREAD.start()
+
+
 def run(coro):
     """
     Similar to :func:`asyncio.run` but can be called while an event loop is
@@ -305,7 +362,14 @@ async def coro_f():
         # re-enter the event loop, as this is not supported in the standard
         # library:
         # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/66435
-        return greenback.await_(coro)
+        if greenback.has_portal():
+            return greenback.await_(coro)
+        else:
+            # If we don't have a portal setup for the current task, run the
+            # coroutine on the dedicated thread that has a policy which
+            # installs portals for every new task.
+            _LOOP_READY.wait()
+            return asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, _LOOP).result()
 
 
 def asyncf(f):