diff --git a/cubed/runtime/create.py b/cubed/runtime/create.py
index d3c9637b8..d8d50a9f1 100644
--- a/cubed/runtime/create.py
+++ b/cubed/runtime/create.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ def create_executor(name: str, executor_options: Optional[dict] = None) -> Execu
         from cubed.runtime.executors.dask import DaskExecutor
 
         return DaskExecutor(**executor_options)
+    elif name == "globus-compute":
+        from cubed.runtime.executors.globus_compute import GlobusComputeExecutor
+
+        return GlobusComputeExecutor(**executor_options)
     elif name == "lithops":
         from cubed.runtime.executors.lithops import LithopsExecutor
 
diff --git a/cubed/runtime/executors/globus_compute.py b/cubed/runtime/executors/globus_compute.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c397c3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cubed/runtime/executors/globus_compute.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import asyncio
+from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Sequence
+
+from globus_compute_sdk import Client, Executor
+from globus_compute_sdk.serialize import CombinedCode
+from networkx import MultiDiGraph
+
+from cubed.runtime.asyncio import async_map_dag
+from cubed.runtime.backup import use_backups_default
+from cubed.runtime.types import Callback, DagExecutor
+from cubed.runtime.utils import asyncio_run
+from cubed.spec import Spec
+
+
+class GlobusComputeExecutor(DagExecutor):
+    """An execution engine that uses Globus Compute."""
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return "globus-compute"
+
+    def execute_dag(
+        self,
+        dag: MultiDiGraph,
+        callbacks: Optional[Sequence[Callback]] = None,
+        resume: Optional[bool] = None,
+        spec: Optional[Spec] = None,
+        compute_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        merged_kwargs = {**self.kwargs, **kwargs}
+        asyncio_run(
+            self._async_execute_dag(
+                dag,
+                callbacks=callbacks,
+                resume=resume,
+                spec=spec,
+                compute_id=compute_id,
+                **merged_kwargs,
+            )
+        )
+
+    async def _async_execute_dag(
+        self,
+        dag: MultiDiGraph,
+        callbacks: Optional[Sequence[Callback]] = None,
+        resume: Optional[bool] = None,
+        spec: Optional[Spec] = None,
+        compute_arrays_in_parallel: Optional[bool] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        if spec is not None:
+            if "use_backups" not in kwargs and use_backups_default(spec):
+                kwargs["use_backups"] = True
+
+        endpoint_id = kwargs.pop("endpoint_id")
+        client = Client(code_serialization_strategy=CombinedCode())
+        concurrent_executor = Executor(endpoint_id=endpoint_id, client=client)
+        try:
+            create_futures_func = globus_compute_create_futures_func(
+                concurrent_executor,
+                run_func_threads,
+            )
+            await async_map_dag(
+                create_futures_func,
+                dag=dag,
+                callbacks=callbacks,
+                resume=resume,
+                compute_arrays_in_parallel=compute_arrays_in_parallel,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+        finally:
+            # don't wait for any cancelled tasks
+            concurrent_executor.shutdown(wait=False)
+
+
+def globus_compute_create_futures_func(
+    concurrent_executor, function: Callable[..., Any]
+):
+    def create_futures_func(input, **kwargs):
+        return [
+            (
+                i,
+                asyncio.wrap_future(concurrent_executor.submit(function, i, **kwargs)),
+            )
+            for i in input
+        ]
+
+    return create_futures_func
+
+
+def run_func_threads(input, func=None, config=None, name=None, compute_id=None):
+    from cubed.runtime.utils import execute_with_stats
+
+    # TODO: can't use the execution_stats decorator since we get:
+    # AttributeError: 'functools.partial' object has no attribute '__name__'
+    result, stats = execute_with_stats(func, input, config=config)
+    return result, stats
diff --git a/cubed/tests/utils.py b/cubed/tests/utils.py
index e3d266bbe..2caa4f487 100644
--- a/cubed/tests/utils.py
+++ b/cubed/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import platform
 from typing import Iterable
 
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+try:
+    executor_options = dict(endpoint_id=os.getenv("ENDPOINT_ID", None))
+    ALL_EXECUTORS.append(create_executor("globus-compute", executor_options))
+    MAIN_EXECUTORS.append(create_executor("globus-compute", executor_options))
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 try:
     executor_options = dict(config=LITHOPS_LOCAL_CONFIG, wait_dur_sec=0.1)
     ALL_EXECUTORS.append(create_executor("lithops", executor_options))
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0577370df..613671e59 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-fsspec.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-globus_compute_sdk.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-icechunk.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-lithops.*]