diff --git a/examples/BlockingTask.php b/examples/BlockingTask.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 361a271..0000000
--- a/examples/BlockingTask.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Amp\Parallel\Example;
-
-use Amp\Parallel\Worker\Environment;
-use Amp\Parallel\Worker\Task;
-
-class BlockingTask implements Task
-{
-    /**
-     * @var callable
-     */
-    private $function;
-
-    /**
-     * @var mixed[]
-     */
-    private $args;
-
-    /**
-     * @param callable $function Do not use a closure or non-serializable object.
-     * @param mixed ...$args Arguments to pass to the function. Must be serializable.
-     */
-    public function __construct(callable $function, ...$args)
-    {
-        $this->function = $function;
-        $this->args = $args;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function run(Environment $environment)
-    {
-        return ($this->function)(...$this->args);
-    }
-
-    public function getArgs()
-    {
-        return $this->args;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/worker-pool-simple.php b/examples/worker-pool-simple.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf66224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/worker-pool-simple.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+require \dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use Amp\Parallel\Worker;
+use Amp\Promise;
+
+$urls = [
+    'https://secure.php.net',
+    'https://amphp.org',
+    'https://github.com',
+];
+
+$promises = [];
+foreach ($urls as $url) {
+    $promises[$url] = Worker\enqueueCallable('file_get_contents', $url);
+}
+
+$responses = Promise\wait(Promise\all($promises));
+
+foreach ($responses as $url => $response) {
+    \printf("Read %d bytes from %s\n", \strlen($response), $url);
+}
diff --git a/examples/worker-pool.php b/examples/worker-pool.php
index 71bc9f1..d21216c 100755
--- a/examples/worker-pool.php
+++ b/examples/worker-pool.php
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
-require \dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+require \dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 use Amp\Loop;
-use Amp\Parallel\Example\BlockingTask;
+use Amp\Parallel\Worker\CallableTask;
 use Amp\Parallel\Worker\DefaultPool;
 
 // A variable to store our fetched results
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@ $results = [];
 
 // We can first define tasks and then run them
 $tasks = [
-    new BlockingTask('file_get_contents', 'http://php.net'),
-    new BlockingTask('file_get_contents', 'https://amphp.org'),
-    new BlockingTask('file_get_contents', 'https://github.com'),
+    new CallableTask('file_get_contents', 'http://php.net'),
+    new CallableTask('file_get_contents', 'https://amphp.org'),
+    new CallableTask('file_get_contents', 'https://github.com'),
 ];
 
 // Event loop for parallel tasks
diff --git a/examples/worker.php b/examples/worker.php
index d31afae..16e6868 100755
--- a/examples/worker.php
+++ b/examples/worker.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
-require \dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload.php';
+require \dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use Amp\Parallel\Example\BlockingTask;
+use Amp\Parallel\Worker\CallableTask;
 use Amp\Parallel\Worker\DefaultWorkerFactory;
 
 Amp\Loop::run(function () {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Amp\Loop::run(function () {
 
     $worker = $factory->create();
 
-    $result = yield $worker->enqueue(new BlockingTask('file_get_contents', 'https://google.com'));
+    $result = yield $worker->enqueue(new CallableTask('file_get_contents', 'https://google.com'));
     \printf("Read %d bytes\n", \strlen($result));
 
     $code = yield $worker->shutdown();
diff --git a/lib/Worker/CallableTask.php b/lib/Worker/CallableTask.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c93a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Worker/CallableTask.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Amp\Parallel\Worker;
+
+/**
+ * Task implementation dispatching a simple callable.
+ */
+final class CallableTask implements Task
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    private $callable;
+
+    /** @var mixed[] */
+    private $args;
+
+    /**
+     * @param callable $callable Callable will be serialized.
+     * @param mixed    $args Arguments to pass to the function. Must be serializable.
+     */
+    public function __construct(callable $callable, array $args)
+    {
+        $this->callable = $callable;
+        $this->args = $args;
+    }
+
+    public function run(Environment $environment)
+    {
+        if ($this->callable instanceof \__PHP_Incomplete_Class) {
+            throw new \Error('When using a class instance as a callable, the class must be autoloadable');
+        }
+
+        if (\is_array($this->callable) && ($this->callable[0] ?? null) instanceof \__PHP_Incomplete_Class) {
+            throw new \Error('When using a class instance method as a callable, the class must be autoloadable');
+        }
+
+        return ($this->callable)(...$this->args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Worker/functions.php b/lib/Worker/functions.php
index 8e096ef..90b97b6 100644
--- a/lib/Worker/functions.php
+++ b/lib/Worker/functions.php
@@ -33,15 +33,28 @@ function pool(Pool $pool = null): Pool
 /**
  * Enqueues a task to be executed by the global worker pool.
  *
- * @param \Amp\Parallel\Worker\Task $task The task to enqueue.
+ * @param Task $task The task to enqueue.
  *
- * @return \Amp\Promise<mixed>
+ * @return Promise<mixed>
  */
 function enqueue(Task $task): Promise
 {
     return pool()->enqueue($task);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Enqueues a callable to be executed by the global worker pool.
+ *
+ * @param callable $callable Callable needs to be serializable.
+ * @param mixed    ...$args Arguments have to be serializable.
+ *
+ * @return Promise<mixed>
+ */
+function enqueueCallable(callable $callable, ...$args)
+{
+    return enqueue(new CallableTask($callable, $args));
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets a worker from the global worker pool.
  *
diff --git a/test/Worker/FunctionsTest.php b/test/Worker/FunctionsTest.php
index ea1d269..a639e4b 100644
--- a/test/Worker/FunctionsTest.php
+++ b/test/Worker/FunctionsTest.php
@@ -44,6 +44,40 @@ class FunctionsTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame($value, Promise\wait($awaitable));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @depends testPool
+     */
+    public function testEnqueueCallable()
+    {
+        $pool = $this->createMock(Pool::class);
+        $pool->method('enqueue')
+            ->will($this->returnCallback(function (Task $task): Promise {
+                return new Success($task->run($this->createMock(Environment::class)));
+            }));
+
+        Worker\pool($pool);
+
+        $value = 42;
+
+        $promise = Worker\enqueueCallable('strval', $value);
+
+        $this->assertSame('42', Promise\wait($promise));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testEnqueueCallable
+     */
+    public function testEnqueueCallableIntegration()
+    {
+        Worker\pool(new Worker\DefaultPool());
+
+        $value = 42;
+
+        $promise = Worker\enqueueCallable('strval', $value);
+
+        $this->assertSame('42', Promise\wait($promise));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @depends testPool
      */
@@ -79,7 +113,6 @@ class FunctionsTest extends TestCase
             ->will($this->returnValue($this->createMock(Worker\Worker::class)));
 
         Worker\factory($factory);
-
-        $worker = Worker\create();
+        Worker\create(); // shouldn't throw
     }
 }