diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.cpp b/dbms/src/Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e9f830ba22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
+#include <Common/MemoryTracker.h>
+#include <Common/CurrentMetrics.h>
+#include <Common/Exception.h>
+#include <Common/setThreadName.h>
+#include <Common/Stopwatch.h>
+#include <common/logger_useful.h>
+#include <chrono>
+
+namespace CurrentMetrics
+{
+    extern const Metric BackgroundSchedulePoolTask;
+    extern const Metric MemoryTrackingInBackgroundSchedulePool;
+}
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+
+// TaskNotification
+
+class TaskNotification final : public Poco::Notification
+{
+public:
+    explicit TaskNotification(const BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle & task) : task(task) {}
+    void execute() { task->execute(); }
+
+private:
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle task;
+};
+
+
+// BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo
+
+BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::TaskInfo(BackgroundSchedulePool & pool, const std::string & name, const Task & function):
+    name(name),
+    pool(pool),
+    function(function)
+{
+}
+
+
+bool BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::schedule()
+{
+    std::lock_guard lock(schedule_mutex);
+
+    if (deactivated || scheduled)
+        return false;
+
+    scheduled = true;
+
+    if(!executing)
+    {
+        if (delayed)
+            pool.cancelDelayedTask(shared_from_this(), lock);
+
+        pool.queue.enqueueNotification(new TaskNotification(shared_from_this()));
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+bool BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::scheduleAfter(size_t ms)
+{
+    std::lock_guard lock(schedule_mutex);
+
+    if (deactivated || scheduled)
+        return false;
+
+    pool.scheduleDelayedTask(shared_from_this(), ms, lock);
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::deactivate()
+{
+    std::lock_guard lock_exec(exec_mutex);
+    std::lock_guard lock_schedule(schedule_mutex);
+
+    if (deactivated)
+        return;
+
+    deactivated = true;
+    scheduled = false;
+
+    if (delayed)
+        pool.cancelDelayedTask(shared_from_this(), lock_schedule);
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::activate()
+{
+    std::lock_guard lock(schedule_mutex);
+    deactivated = false;
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::execute()
+{
+    std::lock_guard lock_exec(exec_mutex);
+
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock_schedule(schedule_mutex);
+
+        if (deactivated)
+            return;
+
+        scheduled = false;
+        executing = true;
+    }
+
+    CurrentMetrics::Increment metric_increment{CurrentMetrics::BackgroundSchedulePoolTask};
+
+    Stopwatch watch;
+    function();
+    UInt64 milliseconds = watch.elapsedMilliseconds();
+
+    /// If the task is executed longer than specified time, it will be logged.
+    static const int32_t slow_execution_threshold_ms = 50;
+
+    if (milliseconds >= slow_execution_threshold_ms)
+        LOG_INFO(&Logger::get("BackgroundSchedulePool"), "Executing " << name << " took " << milliseconds << " ms.");
+
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock_schedule(schedule_mutex);
+
+        executing = false;
+
+        /// In case was scheduled while executing (including a scheduleAfter which expired) we schedule the task
+		/// on the queue. We don't call the function again here because this way all tasks
+		/// will have their chance to execute
+
+        if(scheduled)
+                pool.queue.enqueueNotification(new TaskNotification(shared_from_this()));
+    }
+
+}
+
+zkutil::WatchCallback BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskInfo::getWatchCallback()
+{
+     return [t=shared_from_this()](const ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::WatchResponse &) {
+         t->schedule();
+     };
+}
+
+
+// BackgroundSchedulePool
+
+BackgroundSchedulePool::BackgroundSchedulePool(size_t size)
+    : size(size)
+{
+    LOG_INFO(&Logger::get("BackgroundSchedulePool"), "Create BackgroundSchedulePool with " << size << " threads");
+
+    threads.resize(size);
+    for (auto & thread : threads)
+        thread = std::thread([this] { threadFunction(); });
+
+    delayed_thread = std::thread([this] { delayExecutionThreadFunction(); });
+}
+
+
+BackgroundSchedulePool::~BackgroundSchedulePool()
+{
+    try
+    {
+        {
+            std::unique_lock lock(delayed_tasks_lock);
+            shutdown = true;
+            wakeup_cond.notify_all();
+        }
+
+        queue.wakeUpAll();
+        delayed_thread.join();
+
+        LOG_TRACE(&Logger::get("BackgroundSchedulePool"), "Waiting for threads to finish.");
+        for (std::thread & thread : threads)
+            thread.join();
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+    }
+}
+
+
+BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle BackgroundSchedulePool::addTask(const std::string & name, const Task & task)
+{
+    return std::make_shared<TaskInfo>(*this, name, task);
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::removeTask(const TaskHandle & task)
+{
+    task->deactivate();
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::scheduleDelayedTask(const TaskHandle & task, size_t ms, std::lock_guard<std::mutex> & /* schedule_mutex_lock */)
+{
+    Poco::Timestamp current_time;
+
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(delayed_tasks_lock);
+
+        if (task->delayed)
+            delayed_tasks.erase(task->iterator);
+
+        task->iterator = delayed_tasks.emplace(current_time + (ms * 1000), task);
+        task->delayed = true;
+    }
+
+    wakeup_cond.notify_all();
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::cancelDelayedTask(const TaskHandle & task, std::lock_guard<std::mutex> & /* schedule_mutex_lock */)
+{
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(delayed_tasks_lock);
+        delayed_tasks.erase(task->iterator);
+        task->delayed = false;
+    }
+
+    wakeup_cond.notify_all();
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::threadFunction()
+{
+    setThreadName("BackgrSchedPool");
+
+    MemoryTracker memory_tracker;
+    memory_tracker.setMetric(CurrentMetrics::MemoryTrackingInBackgroundSchedulePool);
+    current_memory_tracker = &memory_tracker;
+
+    while (!shutdown)
+    {
+        if (Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::Notification> notification = queue.waitDequeueNotification())
+        {
+            TaskNotification & task_notification = static_cast<TaskNotification &>(*notification);
+            task_notification.execute();
+        }
+    }
+
+    current_memory_tracker = nullptr;
+}
+
+
+void BackgroundSchedulePool::delayExecutionThreadFunction()
+{
+    setThreadName("BckSchPoolDelay");
+
+    while (!shutdown)
+    {
+        TaskHandle task;
+        bool found = false;
+
+        {
+            std::unique_lock lock(delayed_tasks_lock);
+
+            while(!shutdown)
+            {
+                Poco::Timestamp min_time;
+
+                if (!delayed_tasks.empty())
+                {
+                    auto t = delayed_tasks.begin();
+                    min_time = t->first;
+                    task = t->second;
+                }
+
+                if (!task)
+                {
+                    wakeup_cond.wait(lock);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                Poco::Timestamp current_time;
+
+                if (min_time > current_time)
+                {
+                    wakeup_cond.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::microseconds(min_time - current_time));
+                    continue;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    /// We have a task ready for execution
+                    found = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(found)
+            task->schedule();
+    }
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h b/dbms/src/Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64da78f9189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Poco/Notification.h>
+#include <Poco/NotificationQueue.h>
+#include <Poco/Timestamp.h>
+#include <thread>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+#include <functional>
+#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
+#include <Common/ZooKeeper/Types.h>
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+class TaskNotification;
+
+
+/** Executes functions scheduled at a specific point in time.
+  * Basically all tasks are added in a queue and precessed by worker threads.
+  *
+  * The most important difference between this and BackgroundProcessingPool
+  *  is that we have the guarantee that the same function is not executed from many workers in the same time.
+  *
+  * The usage scenario: instead starting a separate thread for each task,
+  *  register a task in BackgroundSchedulePool and when you need to run the task,
+  *  call schedule or scheduleAfter(duration) method.
+  */
+class BackgroundSchedulePool
+{
+public:
+    class TaskInfo;
+    using TaskHandle = std::shared_ptr<TaskInfo>;
+    using Tasks = std::multimap<Poco::Timestamp, TaskHandle>;
+    using Task = std::function<void()>;
+
+    class TaskInfo : public std::enable_shared_from_this<TaskInfo>, private boost::noncopyable
+    {
+    public:
+        TaskInfo(BackgroundSchedulePool & pool, const std::string & name, const Task & function);
+
+        /// All these methods waits for current execution of task.
+
+        /// Schedule for execution as soon as possible (if not already scheduled).
+        /// If the task was already scheduled with delay, the delay will be ignored.
+        bool schedule();
+
+        /// Schedule for execution after specified delay.
+        bool scheduleAfter(size_t ms);
+
+        /// Further attempts to schedule become no-op.
+        void deactivate();
+        void activate();
+
+        /// get zkutil::WatchCallback needed for zookeeper callbacks.
+
+        zkutil::WatchCallback getWatchCallback();
+
+    private:
+        friend class TaskNotification;
+        friend class BackgroundSchedulePool;
+
+        void execute();
+
+        std::mutex schedule_mutex;
+        std::mutex exec_mutex;
+
+        std::string name;
+        bool deactivated = false;
+        bool scheduled = false;
+        bool delayed = false;
+        bool executing = false;
+        BackgroundSchedulePool & pool;
+        Task function;
+
+        /// If the task is scheduled with delay, points to element of delayed_tasks.
+        Tasks::iterator iterator;
+    };
+
+    BackgroundSchedulePool(size_t size);
+    ~BackgroundSchedulePool();
+
+    TaskHandle addTask(const std::string & name, const Task & task);
+    void removeTask(const TaskHandle & task);
+    size_t getNumberOfThreads() const { return size; }
+
+private:
+    using Threads = std::vector<std::thread>;
+
+    void threadFunction();
+    void delayExecutionThreadFunction();
+
+    /// Schedule task for execution after specified delay from now.
+    void scheduleDelayedTask(const TaskHandle & task, size_t ms, std::lock_guard<std::mutex> &);
+
+    /// Remove task, that was scheduled with delay, from schedule.
+    void cancelDelayedTask(const TaskHandle & task, std::lock_guard<std::mutex> &);
+
+    /// Number for worker threads.
+    const size_t size;
+    std::atomic<bool> shutdown {false};
+    Threads threads;
+    Poco::NotificationQueue queue;
+
+    /// Delayed notifications.
+
+    std::condition_variable wakeup_cond;
+    std::mutex delayed_tasks_lock;
+    /// Thread waiting for next delayed task.
+    std::thread delayed_thread;
+    /// Tasks ordered by scheduled time.
+    Tasks delayed_tasks;
+};
+
+using BackgroundSchedulePoolPtr = std::shared_ptr<BackgroundSchedulePool>;
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/CurrentMetrics.cpp b/dbms/src/Common/CurrentMetrics.cpp
index af29cb4912f..e955c5dc3a4 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/CurrentMetrics.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/CurrentMetrics.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     M(ReplicatedSend) \
     M(ReplicatedChecks) \
     M(BackgroundPoolTask) \
+    M(BackgroundSchedulePoolTask) \
     M(DiskSpaceReservedForMerge) \
     M(DistributedSend) \
     M(QueryPreempted) \
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     M(LeaderReplica) \
     M(MemoryTracking) \
     M(MemoryTrackingInBackgroundProcessingPool) \
+    M(MemoryTrackingInBackgroundSchedulePool) \
     M(MemoryTrackingForMerges) \
     M(LeaderElection) \
     M(EphemeralNode) \
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/LeaderElection.h b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/LeaderElection.h
index e730765e1f1..891f0b0ef78 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/LeaderElection.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/LeaderElection.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
 #include <Common/CurrentMetrics.h>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 
 
 namespace ProfileEvents
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ public:
       * It means that different participants of leader election have different identifiers
       *  and existence of more than one ephemeral node with same identifier indicates an error.
       */
-    LeaderElection(const std::string & path_, ZooKeeper & zookeeper_, LeadershipHandler handler_, const std::string & identifier_ = "")
-        : path(path_), zookeeper(zookeeper_), handler(handler_), identifier(identifier_)
+    LeaderElection(DB::BackgroundSchedulePool & pool_, const std::string & path_, ZooKeeper & zookeeper_, LeadershipHandler handler_, const std::string & identifier_ = "")
+        : pool(pool_), path(path_), zookeeper(zookeeper_), handler(handler_), identifier(identifier_)
     {
+        task_handle = pool.addTask("LeaderElection", [this] { threadFunction(); });
         createNode();
     }
 
@@ -48,17 +50,18 @@ public:
             return;
 
         shutdown_called = true;
-        event->set();
-        if (thread.joinable())
-            thread.join();
+        task_handle->deactivate();
     }
 
     ~LeaderElection()
     {
         releaseNode();
+        pool.removeTask(task_handle);
     }
 
 private:
+    DB::BackgroundSchedulePool & pool;
+    DB::BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle task_handle;
     std::string path;
     ZooKeeper & zookeeper;
     LeadershipHandler handler;
@@ -67,9 +70,7 @@ private:
     EphemeralNodeHolderPtr node;
     std::string node_name;
 
-    std::thread thread;
     std::atomic<bool> shutdown_called {false};
-    EventPtr event = std::make_shared<Poco::Event>();
 
     CurrentMetrics::Increment metric_increment{CurrentMetrics::LeaderElection};
 
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ private:
         std::string node_path = node->getPath();
         node_name = node_path.substr(node_path.find_last_of('/') + 1);
 
-        thread = std::thread(&LeaderElection::threadFunction, this);
+        task_handle->activate();
+        task_handle->schedule();
     }
 
     void releaseNode()
@@ -92,45 +94,42 @@ private:
 
     void threadFunction()
     {
-        while (!shutdown_called)
+        bool success = false;
+
+        try
         {
-            bool success = false;
+            Strings children = zookeeper.getChildren(path);
+            std::sort(children.begin(), children.end());
+            auto it = std::lower_bound(children.begin(), children.end(), node_name);
+            if (it == children.end() || *it != node_name)
+                throw Poco::Exception("Assertion failed in LeaderElection");
 
-            try
+            if (it == children.begin())
             {
-                Strings children = zookeeper.getChildren(path);
-                std::sort(children.begin(), children.end());
-                auto it = std::lower_bound(children.begin(), children.end(), node_name);
-                if (it == children.end() || *it != node_name)
-                    throw Poco::Exception("Assertion failed in LeaderElection");
-
-                if (it == children.begin())
-                {
-                    ProfileEvents::increment(ProfileEvents::LeaderElectionAcquiredLeadership);
-                    handler();
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                if (zookeeper.exists(path + "/" + *(it - 1), nullptr, event))
-                    event->wait();
-
-                success = true;
-            }
-            catch (const KeeperException & e)
-            {
-                DB::tryLogCurrentException("LeaderElection");
-
-                if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
-                    break;
-            }
-            catch (...)
-            {
-                DB::tryLogCurrentException("LeaderElection");
+                ProfileEvents::increment(ProfileEvents::LeaderElectionAcquiredLeadership);
+                handler();
+                return;
             }
 
-            if (!success)
-                event->tryWait(10 * 1000);
+            if (!zookeeper.existsWatch(path + "/" + *(it - 1), nullptr, task_handle->getWatchCallback()))
+                task_handle->schedule();
+
+            success = true;
         }
+        catch (const KeeperException & e)
+        {
+            DB::tryLogCurrentException("LeaderElection");
+
+            if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
+                return;
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            DB::tryLogCurrentException("LeaderElection");
+        }
+
+        if (!success)
+            task_handle->scheduleAfter(10 * 1000);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.cpp b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.cpp
index dbcc51ccc92..20cbd3f37ba 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.cpp
@@ -367,6 +367,16 @@ std::string ZooKeeper::get(const std::string & path, Stat * stat, const EventPtr
         throw KeeperException("Can't get data for node " + path + ": node doesn't exist", code);
 }
 
+std::string ZooKeeper::getWatch(const std::string & path, Stat * stat, WatchCallback watch_callback)
+{
+    int32_t code = 0;
+    std::string res;
+    if (tryGetWatch(path, res, stat, watch_callback, &code))
+        return res;
+    else
+        throw KeeperException("Can't get data for node " + path + ": node doesn't exist", code);
+}
+
 bool ZooKeeper::tryGet(const std::string & path, std::string & res, Stat * stat, const EventPtr & watch, int * return_code)
 {
     return tryGetWatch(path, res, stat, callbackForEvent(watch), return_code);
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h
index bbcf82fb2c2..05813770b0c 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public:
     bool existsWatch(const std::string & path, Stat * stat, WatchCallback watch_callback);
 
     std::string get(const std::string & path, Stat * stat = nullptr, const EventPtr & watch = nullptr);
+    std::string getWatch(const std::string & path, Stat * stat, WatchCallback watch_callback);
 
     /// Doesn't not throw in the following cases:
     /// * The node doesn't exist. Returns false in this case.
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp
index fffa43b5dcc..d93988226e7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <Common/setThreadName.h>
 #include <Common/Stopwatch.h>
 #include <Common/formatReadable.h>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 #include <DataStreams/FormatFactory.h>
 #include <Databases/IDatabase.h>
 #include <Storages/IStorage.h>
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ struct ContextShared
     ConfigurationPtr users_config;                          /// Config with the users, profiles and quotas sections.
     InterserverIOHandler interserver_io_handler;            /// Handler for interserver communication.
     BackgroundProcessingPoolPtr background_pool;            /// The thread pool for the background work performed by the tables.
+    BackgroundSchedulePoolPtr schedule_pool;                /// A thread pool that can run different jobs in background (used in replicated tables)
     MultiVersion<Macros> macros;                            /// Substitutions extracted from config.
     std::unique_ptr<Compiler> compiler;                     /// Used for dynamic compilation of queries' parts if it necessary.
     std::shared_ptr<DDLWorker> ddl_worker;                  /// Process ddl commands from zk.
@@ -1328,6 +1330,14 @@ BackgroundProcessingPool & Context::getBackgroundPool()
     return *shared->background_pool;
 }
 
+BackgroundSchedulePool & Context::getSchedulePool()
+{
+    auto lock = getLock();
+    if (!shared->schedule_pool)
+        shared->schedule_pool = std::make_shared<BackgroundSchedulePool>(settings.background_schedule_pool_size);
+    return *shared->schedule_pool;
+}
+
 void Context::setDDLWorker(std::shared_ptr<DDLWorker> ddl_worker)
 {
     auto lock = getLock();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.h
index 4c3d4fdbf9c..141260b37d2 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/Context.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class ExternalDictionaries;
 class ExternalModels;
 class InterserverIOHandler;
 class BackgroundProcessingPool;
+class BackgroundSchedulePool;
 class MergeList;
 class Cluster;
 class Compiler;
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@ public:
     void dropCaches() const;
 
     BackgroundProcessingPool & getBackgroundPool();
+    BackgroundSchedulePool & getSchedulePool();
 
     void setDDLWorker(std::shared_ptr<DDLWorker> ddl_worker);
     DDLWorker & getDDLWorker() const;
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/Settings.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/Settings.h
index ff275938ad2..ae6ee6f47a0 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/Settings.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/Settings.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct Settings
     M(SettingBool, use_uncompressed_cache, true, "Whether to use the cache of uncompressed blocks.") \
     M(SettingBool, replace_running_query, false, "Whether the running request should be canceled with the same id as the new one.") \
     M(SettingUInt64, background_pool_size, DBMS_DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_POOL_SIZE, "Number of threads performing background work for tables (for example, merging in merge tree). Only has meaning at server startup.") \
+    M(SettingUInt64, background_schedule_pool_size, DBMS_DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_POOL_SIZE, "Number of threads performing background tasks for replicated tables. Only has meaning at server startup.") \
     \
     M(SettingMilliseconds, distributed_directory_monitor_sleep_time_ms, DBMS_DISTRIBUTED_DIRECTORY_MONITOR_SLEEP_TIME_MS, "Sleep time for StorageDistributed DirectoryMonitors in case there is no work or exception has been thrown.") \
     \
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.cpp
index 3f88b9d38f9..0d77f4add1a 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.cpp
@@ -14,200 +14,198 @@ namespace DB
 static const auto ALTER_ERROR_SLEEP_MS = 10 * 1000;
 
 
-ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread::ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_)
-    : storage(storage_),
-    log(&Logger::get(storage.database_name + "." + storage.table_name + " (StorageReplicatedMergeTree, AlterThread)")),
-    thread([this] { run(); }) {}
+ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread::ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_) :
+    storage(storage_),
+    log(&Logger::get(storage.database_name + "." + storage.table_name + " (StorageReplicatedMergeTree, AlterThread)"))
+    {
+        task_handle = storage_.context.getSchedulePool().addTask("ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread", [this]{run();});
+        task_handle->schedule();
+    }
 
+ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread::~ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread()
+{
+    storage.context.getSchedulePool().removeTask(task_handle);
+}
 
 void ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread::run()
 {
-    setThreadName("ReplMTAlter");
-
     bool force_recheck_parts = true;
 
-    while (!need_stop)
+    try
     {
-        try
+        /** We have a description of columns in ZooKeeper, common for all replicas (Example: /clickhouse/tables/02-06/visits/columns),
+          *  as well as a description of columns in local file with metadata (storage.data.getColumnsList()).
+          *
+          * If these descriptions are different - you need to do ALTER.
+          *
+          * If stored version of the node (columns_version) differs from the version in ZK,
+          *  then the description of the columns in ZK does not necessarily differ from the local
+          *  - this can happen with a loop from ALTER-s, which as a whole, does not change anything.
+          * In this case, you need to update the stored version number,
+          *  and also check the structure of parts, and, if necessary, make ALTER.
+          *
+          * Recorded version number needs to be updated after updating the metadata, under lock.
+          * This version number is checked against the current one for INSERT.
+          * That is, we make sure to insert blocks with the correct structure.
+          *
+          * When the server starts, previous ALTER might not have been completed.
+          * Therefore, for the first time, regardless of the changes, we check the structure of all parts,
+          *  (Example: /clickhouse/tables/02-06/visits/replicas/example02-06-1.yandex.ru/parts/20140806_20140831_131664_134988_3296/columns)
+          *  and do ALTER if necessary.
+          *
+          * TODO: Too complicated, rewrite everything.
+          */
+
+        auto zookeeper = storage.getZooKeeper();
+
+        zkutil::Stat stat;
+        const String columns_str = zookeeper->getWatch(storage.zookeeper_path + "/columns", &stat, task_handle->getWatchCallback());
+        auto columns_in_zk = ColumnsDescription::parse(columns_str);
+
+        bool changed_version = (stat.version != storage.columns_version);
+
         {
-            /** We have a description of columns in ZooKeeper, common for all replicas (Example: /clickhouse/tables/02-06/visits/columns),
-              *  as well as a description of columns in local file with metadata (storage.data.getColumnsList()).
-              *
-              * If these descriptions are different - you need to do ALTER.
-              *
-              * If stored version of the node (columns_version) differs from the version in ZK,
-              *  then the description of the columns in ZK does not necessarily differ from the local
-              *  - this can happen with a loop from ALTER-s, which as a whole, does not change anything.
-              * In this case, you need to update the stored version number,
-              *  and also check the structure of parts, and, if necessary, make ALTER.
-              *
-              * Recorded version number needs to be updated after updating the metadata, under lock.
-              * This version number is checked against the current one for INSERT.
-              * That is, we make sure to insert blocks with the correct structure.
-              *
-              * When the server starts, previous ALTER might not have been completed.
-              * Therefore, for the first time, regardless of the changes, we check the structure of all parts,
-              *  (Example: /clickhouse/tables/02-06/visits/replicas/example02-06-1.yandex.ru/parts/20140806_20140831_131664_134988_3296/columns)
-              *  and do ALTER if necessary.
-              *
-              * TODO: Too complicated, rewrite everything.
-              */
+            /// If you need to lock table structure, then suspend merges.
+            ActionBlocker::LockHolder merge_blocker;
 
-            auto zookeeper = storage.getZooKeeper();
+            if (changed_version || force_recheck_parts)
+                merge_blocker = storage.merger.merges_blocker.cancel();
 
-            zkutil::Stat stat;
-            const String columns_str = zookeeper->get(storage.zookeeper_path + "/columns", &stat, wakeup_event);
-            auto columns_in_zk = ColumnsDescription::parse(columns_str);
-
-            bool changed_version = (stat.version != storage.columns_version);
+            MergeTreeData::DataParts parts;
 
+            /// If columns description has changed, we will update table structure locally.
+            if (changed_version)
             {
-                /// If you need to lock table structure, then suspend merges.
-                ActionBlocker::LockHolder merge_blocker;
+                /// Temporarily cancel part checks to avoid locking for long time.
+                auto temporarily_stop_part_checks = storage.part_check_thread.temporarilyStop();
 
-                if (changed_version || force_recheck_parts)
-                    merge_blocker = storage.merger.merges_blocker.cancel();
+                /// Temporarily cancel parts sending
+                ActionBlocker::LockHolder data_parts_exchange_blocker;
+                if (storage.data_parts_exchange_endpoint_holder)
+                    data_parts_exchange_blocker = storage.data_parts_exchange_endpoint_holder->cancel();
 
-                MergeTreeData::DataParts parts;
+                /// Temporarily cancel part fetches
+                auto fetches_blocker = storage.fetcher.blocker.cancel();
 
-                /// If columns description has changed, we will update table structure locally.
-                if (changed_version)
+                LOG_INFO(log, "Changed version of 'columns' node in ZooKeeper. Waiting for structure write lock.");
+
+                auto table_lock = storage.lockStructureForAlter(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+
+                if (columns_in_zk != storage.getColumns())
                 {
-                    /// Temporarily cancel part checks to avoid locking for long time.
-                    auto temporarily_stop_part_checks = storage.part_check_thread.temporarilyStop();
+                    LOG_INFO(log, "Columns list changed in ZooKeeper. Applying changes locally.");
 
-                    /// Temporarily cancel parts sending
-                    ActionBlocker::LockHolder data_parts_exchange_blocker;
-                    if (storage.data_parts_exchange_endpoint_holder)
-                        data_parts_exchange_blocker = storage.data_parts_exchange_endpoint_holder->cancel();
+                    storage.context.getDatabase(storage.database_name)->alterTable(
+                        storage.context, storage.table_name, columns_in_zk, {});
+                    storage.setColumns(std::move(columns_in_zk));
 
-                    /// Temporarily cancel part fetches
-                    auto fetches_blocker = storage.fetcher.blocker.cancel();
+                    /// Reinitialize primary key because primary key column types might have changed.
+                    storage.data.initPrimaryKey();
 
-                    LOG_INFO(log, "Changed version of 'columns' node in ZooKeeper. Waiting for structure write lock.");
-
-                    auto table_lock = storage.lockStructureForAlter(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-
-                    if (columns_in_zk != storage.getColumns())
-                    {
-                        LOG_INFO(log, "Columns list changed in ZooKeeper. Applying changes locally.");
-
-                        storage.context.getDatabase(storage.database_name)->alterTable(
-                            storage.context, storage.table_name, columns_in_zk, {});
-                        storage.setColumns(std::move(columns_in_zk));
-
-                        /// Reinitialize primary key because primary key column types might have changed.
-                        storage.data.initPrimaryKey();
-
-                        LOG_INFO(log, "Applied changes to table.");
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        LOG_INFO(log, "Columns version changed in ZooKeeper, but data wasn't changed. It's like cyclic ALTERs.");
-                    }
-
-                    /// You need to get a list of parts under table lock to avoid race condition with merge.
-                    parts = storage.data.getDataParts();
-
-                    storage.columns_version = stat.version;
+                    LOG_INFO(log, "Applied changes to table.");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    LOG_INFO(log, "Columns version changed in ZooKeeper, but data wasn't changed. It's like cyclic ALTERs.");
                 }
 
-                /// Update parts.
-                if (changed_version || force_recheck_parts)
-                {
-                    auto table_lock = storage.lockStructure(false, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+                /// You need to get a list of parts under table lock to avoid race condition with merge.
+                parts = storage.data.getDataParts();
 
-                    if (changed_version)
-                        LOG_INFO(log, "ALTER-ing parts");
-
-                    int changed_parts = 0;
-
-                    if (!changed_version)
-                        parts = storage.data.getDataParts();
-
-                    const auto columns_for_parts = storage.getColumns().getAllPhysical();
-
-                    for (const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & part : parts)
-                    {
-                        /// Update the part and write result to temporary files.
-                        /// TODO: You can skip checking for too large changes if ZooKeeper has, for example,
-                        /// node /flags/force_alter.
-                        auto transaction = storage.data.alterDataPart(
-                            part, columns_for_parts, storage.data.primary_expr_ast, false);
-
-                        if (!transaction)
-                            continue;
-
-                        ++changed_parts;
-
-                        /// Update part metadata in ZooKeeper.
-                        zkutil::Requests ops;
-                        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeSetRequest(
-                            storage.replica_path + "/parts/" + part->name + "/columns", transaction->getNewColumns().toString(), -1));
-                        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeSetRequest(
-                            storage.replica_path + "/parts/" + part->name + "/checksums",
-                            storage.getChecksumsForZooKeeper(transaction->getNewChecksums()),
-                            -1));
-
-                        try
-                        {
-                            zookeeper->multi(ops);
-                        }
-                        catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
-                        {
-                            /// The part does not exist in ZK. We will add to queue for verification - maybe the part is superfluous, and it must be removed locally.
-                            if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZNONODE)
-                                storage.enqueuePartForCheck(part->name);
-
-                            throw;
-                        }
-
-                        /// Apply file changes.
-                        transaction->commit();
-                    }
-
-                    /// Columns sizes could be quietly changed in case of MODIFY/ADD COLUMN
-                    storage.data.recalculateColumnSizes();
-
-                    /// List of columns for a specific replica.
-                    zookeeper->set(storage.replica_path + "/columns", columns_str);
-
-                    if (changed_version)
-                    {
-                        if (changed_parts != 0)
-                            LOG_INFO(log, "ALTER-ed " << changed_parts << " parts");
-                        else
-                            LOG_INFO(log, "No parts ALTER-ed");
-                    }
-
-                    force_recheck_parts = false;
-                }
-
-                /// It's important that parts and merge_blocker are destroyed before the wait.
+                storage.columns_version = stat.version;
             }
 
-            wakeup_event->wait();
-        }
-        catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+            /// Update parts.
+            if (changed_version || force_recheck_parts)
+            {
+                auto table_lock = storage.lockStructure(false, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
 
-            if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
-                break;
+                if (changed_version)
+                    LOG_INFO(log, "ALTER-ing parts");
 
-            force_recheck_parts = true;
-            wakeup_event->tryWait(ALTER_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+                int changed_parts = 0;
 
-            force_recheck_parts = true;
-            wakeup_event->tryWait(ALTER_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+                if (!changed_version)
+                    parts = storage.data.getDataParts();
+
+                const auto columns_for_parts = storage.getColumns().getAllPhysical();
+
+                for (const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & part : parts)
+                {
+                    /// Update the part and write result to temporary files.
+                    /// TODO: You can skip checking for too large changes if ZooKeeper has, for example,
+                    /// node /flags/force_alter.
+                    auto transaction = storage.data.alterDataPart(
+                        part, columns_for_parts, storage.data.primary_expr_ast, false);
+
+                    if (!transaction)
+                        continue;
+
+                    ++changed_parts;
+
+                    /// Update part metadata in ZooKeeper.
+                    zkutil::Requests ops;
+                    ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeSetRequest(
+                        storage.replica_path + "/parts/" + part->name + "/columns", transaction->getNewColumns().toString(), -1));
+                    ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeSetRequest(
+                        storage.replica_path + "/parts/" + part->name + "/checksums",
+                        storage.getChecksumsForZooKeeper(transaction->getNewChecksums()),
+                        -1));
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        zookeeper->multi(ops);
+                    }
+                    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
+                    {
+                        /// The part does not exist in ZK. We will add to queue for verification - maybe the part is superfluous, and it must be removed locally.
+                        if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZNONODE)
+                            storage.enqueuePartForCheck(part->name);
+
+                        throw;
+                    }
+
+                    /// Apply file changes.
+                    transaction->commit();
+                }
+
+                /// Columns sizes could be quietly changed in case of MODIFY/ADD COLUMN
+                storage.data.recalculateColumnSizes();
+
+                /// List of columns for a specific replica.
+                zookeeper->set(storage.replica_path + "/columns", columns_str);
+
+                if (changed_version)
+                {
+                    if (changed_parts != 0)
+                        LOG_INFO(log, "ALTER-ed " << changed_parts << " parts");
+                    else
+                        LOG_INFO(log, "No parts ALTER-ed");
+                }
+
+                force_recheck_parts = false;
+            }
+
+            /// It's important that parts and merge_blocker are destroyed before the wait.
         }
     }
+    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Alter thread finished");
+        if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
+            return;
+
+        force_recheck_parts = true;
+        task_handle->scheduleAfter(ALTER_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+
+        force_recheck_parts = true;
+        task_handle->scheduleAfter(ALTER_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+    }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.h b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.h
index af177cdd101..37965670a4e 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <thread>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/Types.h>
 #include <Core/Types.h>
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
@@ -21,25 +22,14 @@ class ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread
 {
 public:
     ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_);
-
-    ~ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread()
-    {
-        need_stop = true;
-        wakeup_event->set();
-        if (thread.joinable())
-            thread.join();
-    }
+    ~ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread();
 
 private:
     void run();
 
     StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage;
     Logger * log;
-
-    zkutil::EventPtr wakeup_event { std::make_shared<Poco::Event>() };
-    std::atomic<bool> need_stop { false };
-
-    std::thread thread;
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle task_handle;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeBlockOutputStream.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeBlockOutputStream.cpp
index 8aca9fe4f2e..cf45195ef74 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeBlockOutputStream.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeBlockOutputStream.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreeBlockOutputStream::commitPart(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr & zoo
     if (multi_code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZOK)
     {
         transaction.commit();
-        storage.merge_selecting_event.set();
+        storage.merge_selecting_task_handle->schedule();
 
         /// Lock nodes have been already deleted, do not delete them in destructor
         block_number_lock.assumeUnlocked();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.cpp
index 6b4fdbad390..2bd6f551027 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.cpp
@@ -17,41 +17,40 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
 
 ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread::ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_)
     : storage(storage_),
-    log(&Logger::get(storage.database_name + "." + storage.table_name + " (StorageReplicatedMergeTree, CleanupThread)")),
-    thread([this] { run(); })
+    log(&Logger::get(storage.database_name + "." + storage.table_name + " (StorageReplicatedMergeTree, CleanupThread)"))
 {
+    task_handle = storage.context.getSchedulePool().addTask("ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread", [this]{ run(); });
+    task_handle->schedule();
 }
 
+ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread::~ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread()
+{
+    storage.context.getSchedulePool().removeTask(task_handle);
+}
 
 void ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread::run()
 {
-    setThreadName("ReplMTCleanup");
-
     const auto CLEANUP_SLEEP_MS = storage.data.settings.cleanup_delay_period * 1000
         + std::uniform_int_distribution<UInt64>(0, storage.data.settings.cleanup_delay_period_random_add * 1000)(rng);
 
-    while (!storage.shutdown_called)
+    try
     {
-        try
-        {
-            iterate();
-        }
-        catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+        iterate();
+    }
+    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
 
-            if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
-                break;
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-        }
-
-        storage.cleanup_thread_event.tryWait(CLEANUP_SLEEP_MS);
+        if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
+            return;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
     }
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Cleanup thread finished");
+    task_handle->scheduleAfter(CLEANUP_SLEEP_MS);
+
 }
 
 
@@ -243,11 +242,4 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread::getBlocksSortedByTime(zkutil::ZooKeeper &
     std::sort(timed_blocks.begin(), timed_blocks.end(), NodeWithStat::greaterByTime);
 }
 
-
-ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread::~ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread()
-{
-    if (thread.joinable())
-        thread.join();
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.h b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.h
index ccbb564fa96..b2812fffad4 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/Types.h>
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h>
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 #include <thread>
 #include <map>
 
@@ -25,10 +26,12 @@ public:
 
     ~ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread();
 
+    void schedule() { task_handle->schedule(); }
+
 private:
     StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage;
     Logger * log;
-    std::thread thread;
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle task_handle;
     pcg64 rng;
 
     void run();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.cpp
index e366ab972b0..0ac0ba72ce8 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.cpp
@@ -21,34 +21,34 @@ ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread(StorageRe
     : storage(storage_),
     log(&Logger::get(storage.database_name + "." + storage.table_name + " (StorageReplicatedMergeTree, PartCheckThread)"))
 {
+    task_handle = storage.context.getSchedulePool().addTask("ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread", [this] { run(); });
+    task_handle->schedule();
 }
 
+ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::~ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread()
+{
+    stop();
+    storage.context.getSchedulePool().removeTask(task_handle);
+}
 
 void ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::start()
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(start_stop_mutex);
-
-    if (need_stop)
-        need_stop = false;
-    else
-        thread = std::thread([this] { run(); });
+    need_stop = false;
+    task_handle->activate();
+    task_handle->schedule();
 }
 
-
 void ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::stop()
 {
+    //based on discussion on https://github.com/yandex/ClickHouse/pull/1489#issuecomment-344756259
+    //using the schedule pool there is no problem in case stop is called two time in row and the start multiple times
+
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(start_stop_mutex);
-
     need_stop = true;
-    if (thread.joinable())
-    {
-        wakeup_event.set();
-        thread.join();
-        need_stop = false;
-    }
+    task_handle->deactivate();
 }
 
-
 void ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::enqueuePart(const String & name, time_t delay_to_check_seconds)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(parts_mutex);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::enqueuePart(const String & name, time_t
 
     parts_queue.emplace_back(name, time(nullptr) + delay_to_check_seconds);
     parts_set.insert(name);
-    wakeup_event.set();
+    task_handle->schedule();
 }
 
 
@@ -309,95 +309,83 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::checkPart(const String & part_name)
 
 void ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread::run()
 {
-    setThreadName("ReplMTPartCheck");
+    if (need_stop)
+        return;
 
-    while (!need_stop)
+    try
     {
-        try
+        time_t current_time = time(nullptr);
+
+        /// Take part from the queue for verification.
+        PartsToCheckQueue::iterator selected = parts_queue.end();    /// end from std::list is not get invalidated
+        time_t min_check_time = std::numeric_limits<time_t>::max();
+
         {
-            time_t current_time = time(nullptr);
-
-            /// Take part from the queue for verification.
-            PartsToCheckQueue::iterator selected = parts_queue.end();    /// end from std::list is not get invalidated
-            time_t min_check_time = std::numeric_limits<time_t>::max();
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(parts_mutex);
 
+            if (parts_queue.empty())
             {
-                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(parts_mutex);
-
-                if (parts_queue.empty())
+                if (!parts_set.empty())
                 {
-                    if (!parts_set.empty())
+                    LOG_ERROR(log, "Non-empty parts_set with empty parts_queue. This is a bug.");
+                    parts_set.clear();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (auto it = parts_queue.begin(); it != parts_queue.end(); ++it)
+                {
+                    if (it->second <= current_time)
                     {
-                        LOG_ERROR(log, "Non-empty parts_set with empty parts_queue. This is a bug.");
-                        parts_set.clear();
+                        selected = it;
+                        break;
                     }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    for (auto it = parts_queue.begin(); it != parts_queue.end(); ++it)
-                    {
-                        if (it->second <= current_time)
-                        {
-                            selected = it;
-                            break;
-                        }
 
-                        if (it->second < min_check_time)
-                            min_check_time = it->second;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (selected == parts_queue.end())
-            {
-                /// Poco::Event is triggered immediately if `signal` was before the `wait` call.
-                /// We can wait a little more than we need due to the use of the old `current_time`.
-
-                if (min_check_time != std::numeric_limits<time_t>::max() && min_check_time > current_time)
-                    wakeup_event.tryWait(1000 * (min_check_time - current_time));
-                else
-                    wakeup_event.wait();
-
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            checkPart(selected->first);
-
-            if (need_stop)
-                break;
-
-            /// Remove the part from check queue.
-            {
-                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(parts_mutex);
-
-                if (parts_queue.empty())
-                {
-                    LOG_ERROR(log, "Someone erased cheking part from parts_queue. This is a bug.");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    parts_set.erase(selected->first);
-                    parts_queue.erase(selected);
+                    if (it->second < min_check_time)
+                        min_check_time = it->second;
                 }
             }
         }
-        catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
+
+        if (selected == parts_queue.end())
+            return;
+
+        checkPart(selected->first);
+
+        if (need_stop)
+            return;
+
+        /// Remove the part from check queue.
         {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(parts_mutex);
 
-            if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
-                break;
+            if (parts_queue.empty())
+            {
+                LOG_ERROR(log, "Someone erased cheking part from parts_queue. This is a bug.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                parts_set.erase(selected->first);
+                parts_queue.erase(selected);
+            }
+        }
 
-            wakeup_event.tryWait(PART_CHECK_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-            wakeup_event.tryWait(PART_CHECK_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
-        }
+        task_handle->schedule();
     }
+    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Part check thread finished");
+        if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
+            return;
+
+        task_handle->scheduleAfter(PART_CHECK_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+        task_handle->scheduleAfter(PART_CHECK_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+    }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.h b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.h
index 0e980fdd689..a5b6932636c 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <Poco/Event.h>
 #include <Core/Types.h>
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
-
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 
 namespace DB
 {
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread
 {
 public:
     ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_);
+    ~ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread();
 
     /// Processing of the queue to be checked is done in the background thread, which you must first start.
     void start();
@@ -65,10 +66,7 @@ public:
     /// Get the number of parts in the queue for check.
     size_t size() const;
 
-    ~ReplicatedMergeTreePartCheckThread()
-    {
-        stop();
-    }
+
 
 private:
     void run();
@@ -91,11 +89,10 @@ private:
     mutable std::mutex parts_mutex;
     StringSet parts_set;
     PartsToCheckQueue parts_queue;
-    Poco::Event wakeup_event;
 
     std::mutex start_stop_mutex;
     std::atomic<bool> need_stop { false };
-    std::thread thread;
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle task_handle;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.cpp
index 4bc406158fc..ffa2c2b5622 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ bool ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue::remove(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, const Stri
 }
 
 
-bool ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue::pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, zkutil::EventPtr next_update_event)
+bool ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue::pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle next_update_task_handle)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(pull_logs_to_queue_mutex);
 
@@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ bool ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue::pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, z
         }
     }
 
-    if (next_update_event)
+    if (next_update_task_handle)
     {
-        if (zookeeper->exists(zookeeper_path + "/log/log-" + padIndex(index), nullptr, next_update_event))
-            next_update_event->set();
+        if (zookeeper->existsWatch(zookeeper_path + "/log/log-" + padIndex(index), nullptr, next_update_task_handle->getWatchCallback()))
+            next_update_task_handle->schedule();
     }
 
     return !log_entries.empty();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.h b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.h
index 59f4efa017a..a24c0e5d8b5 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeQueue.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.h>
 
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 
 
 namespace DB
@@ -156,10 +157,10 @@ public:
     bool remove(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, const String & part_name);
 
     /** Copy the new entries from the shared log to the queue of this replica. Set the log_pointer to the appropriate value.
-      * If next_update_event != nullptr, will call this event when new entries appear in the log.
+      * If next_update_task_handle != nullptr, will schedule this task when new entries appear in the log.
       * Returns true if new entries have been.
       */
-    bool pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, zkutil::EventPtr next_update_event);
+    bool pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::ZooKeeperPtr zookeeper, BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle next_update_task_handle);
 
     /** Remove the action from the queue with the parts covered by part_name (from ZK and from the RAM).
       * And also wait for the completion of their execution, if they are now being executed.
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.cpp
index 3fe59ea940f..8e4433167fd 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
     extern const int REPLICA_IS_ALREADY_ACTIVE;
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+    constexpr auto retry_period_ms = 10 * 1000;
+}
 
 /// Used to check whether it's us who set node `is_active`, or not.
 static String generateActiveNodeIdentifier()
@@ -35,134 +39,140 @@ static String generateActiveNodeIdentifier()
     return "pid: " + toString(getpid()) + ", random: " + toString(randomSeed());
 }
 
-
 ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_)
     : storage(storage_),
     log(&Logger::get(storage.database_name + "." + storage.table_name + " (StorageReplicatedMergeTree, RestartingThread)")),
-    active_node_identifier(generateActiveNodeIdentifier()),
-    thread([this] { run(); })
+    active_node_identifier(generateActiveNodeIdentifier())
 {
-}
-
-
-void ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::run()
-{
-    constexpr auto retry_period_ms = 10 * 1000;
-
-    /// The frequency of checking expiration of session in ZK.
-    Int64 check_period_ms = storage.data.settings.zookeeper_session_expiration_check_period.totalSeconds() * 1000;
+    check_period_ms = storage.data.settings.zookeeper_session_expiration_check_period.totalSeconds() * 1000;
 
     /// Periodicity of checking lag of replica.
     if (check_period_ms > static_cast<Int64>(storage.data.settings.check_delay_period) * 1000)
         check_period_ms = storage.data.settings.check_delay_period * 1000;
 
-    setThreadName("ReplMTRestart");
+    storage.queue_updating_task_handle = storage.context.getSchedulePool().addTask("StorageReplicatedMergeTree::queueUpdatingThread", [this]{ storage.queueUpdatingThread(); });
+    storage.queue_updating_task_handle->deactivate();
 
-    bool first_time = true;                 /// Activate replica for the first time.
-    time_t prev_time_of_check_delay = 0;
+    task_handle = storage.context.getSchedulePool().addTask("ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread", [this]{ run(); });
+    task_handle->schedule();
+}
 
-    /// Starts the replica when the server starts/creates a table. Restart the replica when session expires with ZK.
-    while (!need_stop)
+ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::~ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread()
+{
+    storage.context.getSchedulePool().removeTask(task_handle);
+    completeShutdown();
+    storage.context.getSchedulePool().removeTask(storage.queue_updating_task_handle);
+}
+
+void ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::run()
+{
+    if (need_stop)
+        return;
+
+    try
     {
-        try
+        if (first_time || storage.getZooKeeper()->expired())
         {
-            if (first_time || storage.getZooKeeper()->expired())
+            startup_completed = false;
+
+            if (first_time)
             {
-                if (first_time)
+                LOG_DEBUG(log, "Activating replica.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                LOG_WARNING(log, "ZooKeeper session has expired. Switching to a new session.");
+
+                bool old_val = false;
+                if (storage.is_readonly.compare_exchange_strong(old_val, true))
+                    CurrentMetrics::add(CurrentMetrics::ReadonlyReplica);
+
+                partialShutdown();
+            }
+
+            if (!startup_completed)
+            {
+                try
                 {
-                    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Activating replica.");
+                    storage.setZooKeeper(storage.context.getZooKeeper());
                 }
-                else
+                catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
                 {
-                    LOG_WARNING(log, "ZooKeeper session has expired. Switching to a new session.");
-
-                    bool old_val = false;
-                    if (storage.is_readonly.compare_exchange_strong(old_val, true))
-                        CurrentMetrics::add(CurrentMetrics::ReadonlyReplica);
-
-                    partialShutdown();
-                }
-
-                while (!need_stop)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        storage.setZooKeeper(storage.context.getZooKeeper());
-                    }
-                    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
-                    {
-                        /// The exception when you try to zookeeper_init usually happens if DNS does not work. We will try to do it again.
-                        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-
-                        if (first_time)
-                            storage.startup_event.set();
-                        wakeup_event.tryWait(retry_period_ms);
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    if (!need_stop && !tryStartup())
-                    {
-                        if (first_time)
-                            storage.startup_event.set();
-                        wakeup_event.tryWait(retry_period_ms);
-                        continue;
-                    }
+                    /// The exception when you try to zookeeper_init usually happens if DNS does not work. We will try to do it again.
+                    tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
 
                     if (first_time)
                         storage.startup_event.set();
-                    break;
+                    task_handle->scheduleAfter(retry_period_ms);
+                    return;
                 }
 
-                if (need_stop)
-                    break;
-
-                bool old_val = true;
-                if (storage.is_readonly.compare_exchange_strong(old_val, false))
-                    CurrentMetrics::sub(CurrentMetrics::ReadonlyReplica);
-
-                first_time = false;
-            }
-
-            time_t current_time = time(nullptr);
-            if (current_time >= prev_time_of_check_delay + static_cast<time_t>(storage.data.settings.check_delay_period))
-            {
-                /// Find out lag of replicas.
-                time_t absolute_delay = 0;
-                time_t relative_delay = 0;
-
-                storage.getReplicaDelays(absolute_delay, relative_delay);
-
-                if (absolute_delay)
-                    LOG_TRACE(log, "Absolute delay: " << absolute_delay << ". Relative delay: " << relative_delay << ".");
-
-                prev_time_of_check_delay = current_time;
-
-                /// We give up leadership if the relative lag is greater than threshold.
-                if (storage.is_leader
-                    && relative_delay > static_cast<time_t>(storage.data.settings.min_relative_delay_to_yield_leadership))
+                if (!need_stop && !tryStartup())
                 {
-                    LOG_INFO(log, "Relative replica delay (" << relative_delay << " seconds) is bigger than threshold ("
-                        << storage.data.settings.min_relative_delay_to_yield_leadership << "). Will yield leadership.");
-
-                    ProfileEvents::increment(ProfileEvents::ReplicaYieldLeadership);
-
-                    storage.exitLeaderElection();
-                    /// NOTE: enterLeaderElection() can throw if node creation in ZK fails.
-                    /// This is bad because we can end up without a leader on any replica.
-                    /// In this case we rely on the fact that the session will expire and we will reconnect.
-                    storage.enterLeaderElection();
+                    if (first_time)
+                        storage.startup_event.set();
+                    task_handle->scheduleAfter(retry_period_ms);
+                    return;
                 }
+
+                if (first_time)
+                    storage.startup_event.set();
+
+                startup_completed = true;
+            }
+
+            if (need_stop)
+                return;
+
+            bool old_val = true;
+            if (storage.is_readonly.compare_exchange_strong(old_val, false))
+                CurrentMetrics::sub(CurrentMetrics::ReadonlyReplica);
+
+            first_time = false;
+        }
+
+        time_t current_time = time(nullptr);
+        if (current_time >= prev_time_of_check_delay + static_cast<time_t>(storage.data.settings.check_delay_period))
+        {
+            /// Find out lag of replicas.
+            time_t absolute_delay = 0;
+            time_t relative_delay = 0;
+
+            storage.getReplicaDelays(absolute_delay, relative_delay);
+
+            if (absolute_delay)
+                LOG_TRACE(log, "Absolute delay: " << absolute_delay << ". Relative delay: " << relative_delay << ".");
+
+            prev_time_of_check_delay = current_time;
+
+            /// We give up leadership if the relative lag is greater than threshold.
+            if (storage.is_leader
+                && relative_delay > static_cast<time_t>(storage.data.settings.min_relative_delay_to_yield_leadership))
+            {
+                LOG_INFO(log, "Relative replica delay (" << relative_delay << " seconds) is bigger than threshold ("
+                    << storage.data.settings.min_relative_delay_to_yield_leadership << "). Will yield leadership.");
+
+                ProfileEvents::increment(ProfileEvents::ReplicaYieldLeadership);
+
+                storage.exitLeaderElection();
+                /// NOTE: enterLeaderElection() can throw if node creation in ZK fails.
+                /// This is bad because we can end up without a leader on any replica.
+                /// In this case we rely on the fact that the session will expire and we will reconnect.
+                storage.enterLeaderElection();
             }
         }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            storage.startup_event.set();
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-        }
-
-        wakeup_event.tryWait(check_period_ms);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        storage.startup_event.set();
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
     }
 
+    task_handle->scheduleAfter(check_period_ms);
+}
+
+void ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::completeShutdown()
+{
     try
     {
         storage.data_parts_exchange_endpoint_holder->cancelForever();
@@ -182,8 +192,6 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::run()
     {
         tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
     }
-
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Restarting thread finished");
 }
 
 
@@ -204,7 +212,8 @@ bool ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::tryStartup()
         storage.shutdown_called = false;
         storage.shutdown_event.reset();
 
-        storage.queue_updating_thread = std::thread(&StorageReplicatedMergeTree::queueUpdatingThread, &storage);
+        storage.queue_updating_task_handle->activate();
+        storage.queue_updating_task_handle->schedule();
         storage.part_check_thread.start();
         storage.alter_thread = std::make_unique<ReplicatedMergeTreeAlterThread>(storage);
         storage.cleanup_thread = std::make_unique<ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread>(storage);
@@ -348,18 +357,14 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread::partialShutdown()
 
     storage.shutdown_called = true;
     storage.shutdown_event.set();
-    storage.merge_selecting_event.set();
-    storage.queue_updating_event->set();
     storage.alter_query_event->set();
-    storage.cleanup_thread_event.set();
     storage.replica_is_active_node = nullptr;
 
     LOG_TRACE(log, "Waiting for threads to finish");
 
     storage.exitLeaderElection();
 
-    if (storage.queue_updating_thread.joinable())
-        storage.queue_updating_thread.join();
+    storage.queue_updating_task_handle->deactivate();
 
     storage.cleanup_thread.reset();
     storage.alter_thread.reset();
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.h b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.h
index 4feff1b0443..2b53d25a884 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <Poco/Event.h>
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 #include <Core/Types.h>
 #include <thread>
 #include <atomic>
@@ -22,16 +23,12 @@ class ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread
 {
 public:
     ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree & storage_);
-
-    ~ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread()
-    {
-        if (thread.joinable())
-            thread.join();
-    }
+    ~ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread();
 
     void wakeup()
     {
         wakeup_event.set();
+        task_handle->schedule();
     }
 
     Poco::Event & getWakeupEvent()
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ public:
     void stop()
     {
         need_stop = true;
-        wakeup();
+        wakeup_event.set();
     }
 
 private:
@@ -54,9 +51,14 @@ private:
     /// The random data we wrote into `/replicas/me/is_active`.
     String active_node_identifier;
 
-    std::thread thread;
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle task_handle;
+    Int64 check_period_ms;                  /// The frequency of checking expiration of session in ZK.
+    bool first_time = true;                 /// Activate replica for the first time.
+    time_t prev_time_of_check_delay = 0;
+    bool startup_completed = false;
 
     void run();
+    void completeShutdown();
 
     /// Start or stop background threads. Used for partial reinitialization when re-creating a session in ZooKeeper.
     bool tryStartup(); /// Returns false if ZooKeeper is not available.
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
index 921147f721e..093fa4e81d8 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,26 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
 static const auto QUEUE_UPDATE_ERROR_SLEEP_MS     = 1 * 1000;
 static const auto MERGE_SELECTING_SLEEP_MS        = 5 * 1000;
 
+template <typename Key> struct CachedMergingPredicate;
+
+class ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread
+{
+public:
+
+    ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree* storage_);
+    void clearState();
+
+    bool deduplicate;
+    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point now;
+    std::function<bool(const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr &, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr &, String *)> can_merge;
+
+private:
+
+    StorageReplicatedMergeTree* storage;
+    std::function<bool(const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr &, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr &)> uncached_merging_predicate;
+    std::function<std::pair<String, String>(const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr &, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr &)> merging_predicate_args_to_key;
+    std::unique_ptr<CachedMergingPredicate<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> > cached_merging_predicate;
+};
 
 /** There are three places for each part, where it should be
   * 1. In the RAM, MergeTreeData::data_parts, all_data_parts.
@@ -219,6 +239,9 @@ StorageReplicatedMergeTree::StorageReplicatedMergeTree(
     if (context.hasZooKeeper())
         current_zookeeper = context.getZooKeeper();
 
+    merge_sel_state.reset(new ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread(this));
+    merge_selecting_task_handle = context_.getSchedulePool().addTask("StorageReplicatedMergeTree::mergeSelectingThread", [this] { mergeSelectingThread(); });
+
     bool skip_sanity_checks = false;
 
     if (current_zookeeper && current_zookeeper->exists(replica_path + "/flags/force_restore_data"))
@@ -1012,9 +1035,9 @@ String StorageReplicatedMergeTree::getChecksumsForZooKeeper(const MergeTreeDataP
 }
 
 
-void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::EventPtr next_update_event)
+void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::pullLogsToQueue(BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle next_update_task_handle)
 {
-    if (queue.pullLogsToQueue(getZooKeeper(), next_update_event))
+    if (queue.pullLogsToQueue(getZooKeeper(), next_update_task_handle))
     {
         if (queue_task_handle)
             queue_task_handle->wake();
@@ -1274,7 +1297,7 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::tryExecuteMerge(const StorageReplicatedMergeTre
         /** With `ZSESSIONEXPIRED` or `ZOPERATIONTIMEOUT`, we can inadvertently roll back local changes to the parts.
           * This is not a problem, because in this case the merge will remain in the queue, and we will try again.
           */
-        merge_selecting_event.set();
+        merge_selecting_task_handle->schedule();
         ProfileEvents::increment(ProfileEvents::ReplicatedPartMerges);
 
         write_part_log({});
@@ -1590,40 +1613,35 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::executeClearColumnInPartition(const LogEntry &
 
 void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::queueUpdatingThread()
 {
-    setThreadName("ReplMTQueueUpd");
+    //most probably this check is not relevant
+    if (shutdown_called)
+        return;
 
-    bool update_in_progress = false;
-    while (!shutdown_called)
+    if (!queue_update_in_progress)
     {
-        if (!update_in_progress)
-        {
-            last_queue_update_start_time.store(time(nullptr));
-            update_in_progress = true;
-        }
-        try
-        {
-            pullLogsToQueue(queue_updating_event);
-            last_queue_update_finish_time.store(time(nullptr));
-            update_in_progress = false;
-            queue_updating_event->wait();
-        }
-        catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-
-            if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
-                break;
-            else
-                queue_updating_event->tryWait(QUEUE_UPDATE_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-            queue_updating_event->tryWait(QUEUE_UPDATE_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
-        }
+        last_queue_update_start_time.store(time(nullptr));
+        queue_update_in_progress = true;
     }
+    try
+    {
+        pullLogsToQueue(queue_updating_task_handle);
+        last_queue_update_finish_time.store(time(nullptr));
+        queue_update_in_progress = false;
+    }
+    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Queue updating thread finished");
+        if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZSESSIONEXPIRED)
+            return;
+
+        queue_updating_task_handle->scheduleAfter(QUEUE_UPDATE_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+        queue_updating_task_handle->scheduleAfter(QUEUE_UPDATE_ERROR_SLEEP_MS);
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -1761,7 +1779,7 @@ namespace
 
         return true;
     }
-
+}
 
     /// If any of the parts is already going to be merged into a larger one, do not agree to merge it.
     bool partsWillNotBeMergedOrDisabled(const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right,
@@ -1864,94 +1882,67 @@ namespace
     template <typename Key> constexpr CachedMergingPredicate<Key>::clock::duration CachedMergingPredicate<Key>::Expiration::min_delay;
     template <typename Key> constexpr CachedMergingPredicate<Key>::clock::duration CachedMergingPredicate<Key>::Expiration::max_delay;
     template <typename Key> constexpr double CachedMergingPredicate<Key>::Expiration::exponent_base;
-}
-
 
 void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::mergeSelectingThread()
 {
-    setThreadName("ReplMTMergeSel");
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Merge selecting thread started");
+    if (!is_leader)
+        return;
 
-    bool deduplicate = false; /// TODO: read deduplicate option from table config
+    bool success = false;
 
-    auto uncached_merging_predicate = [this](const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right)
+    try
     {
-        return canMergePartsAccordingToZooKeeperInfo(left, right, getZooKeeper(), zookeeper_path, data);
-    };
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> merge_selecting_lock(merge_selecting_mutex);
 
-    auto merging_predicate_args_to_key = [](const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right)
-    {
-        return std::make_pair(left->name, right->name);
-    };
-
-    CachedMergingPredicate<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> cached_merging_predicate;
-
-    /// Will be updated below.
-    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point now;
-
-    auto can_merge = [&] (const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right, String *)
-    {
-        return partsWillNotBeMergedOrDisabled(left, right, queue)
-               && cached_merging_predicate.get(now, uncached_merging_predicate, merging_predicate_args_to_key, left, right);
-    };
-
-    while (is_leader)
-    {
-        bool success = false;
-
-        try
+        /// You need to load new entries into the queue before you select parts to merge.
+        ///  (so we know which parts are already going to be merged).
+        /// We must select parts for merge under the mutex because other threads (OPTIMIZE queries) could push new merges.
+        if (merge_selecting_logs_pulling_is_required)
         {
-            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> merge_selecting_lock(merge_selecting_mutex);
-
-            /// You need to load new entries into the queue before you select parts to merge.
-            ///  (so we know which parts are already going to be merged).
-            /// We must select parts for merge under the mutex because other threads (OPTIMIZE queries) could push new merges.
-            if (merge_selecting_logs_pulling_is_required)
-            {
-                pullLogsToQueue();
-                merge_selecting_logs_pulling_is_required = false;
-            }
-
-            /// If many merges is already queued, then will queue only small enough merges.
-            /// Otherwise merge queue could be filled with only large merges,
-            /// and in the same time, many small parts could be created and won't be merged.
-            size_t merges_queued = queue.countMerges();
-
-            if (merges_queued >= data.settings.max_replicated_merges_in_queue)
-            {
-                LOG_TRACE(log, "Number of queued merges (" << merges_queued
-                    << ") is greater than max_replicated_merges_in_queue ("
-                    << data.settings.max_replicated_merges_in_queue << "), so won't select new parts to merge.");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                MergeTreeDataMerger::FuturePart future_merged_part;
-
-                size_t max_parts_size_for_merge = merger.getMaxPartsSizeForMerge(data.settings.max_replicated_merges_in_queue, merges_queued);
-
-                now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-
-                if (max_parts_size_for_merge > 0
-                    && merger.selectPartsToMerge(future_merged_part, false, max_parts_size_for_merge, can_merge))
-                {
-                    merge_selecting_logs_pulling_is_required = true;
-                    success = createLogEntryToMergeParts(future_merged_part.parts, future_merged_part.name, deduplicate);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
+            pullLogsToQueue();
+            merge_selecting_logs_pulling_is_required = false;
         }
 
-        if (!is_leader)
-            break;
+        /// If many merges is already queued, then will queue only small enough merges.
+        /// Otherwise merge queue could be filled with only large merges,
+        /// and in the same time, many small parts could be created and won't be merged.
+        size_t merges_queued = queue.countMerges();
 
-        if (!success)
-            merge_selecting_event.tryWait(MERGE_SELECTING_SLEEP_MS);
+        if (merges_queued >= data.settings.max_replicated_merges_in_queue)
+        {
+            LOG_TRACE(log, "Number of queued merges (" << merges_queued
+                << ") is greater than max_replicated_merges_in_queue ("
+                << data.settings.max_replicated_merges_in_queue << "), so won't select new parts to merge.");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            MergeTreeDataMerger::FuturePart future_merged_part;
+
+            size_t max_parts_size_for_merge = merger.getMaxPartsSizeForMerge(data.settings.max_replicated_merges_in_queue, merges_queued);
+
+            merge_sel_state->now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+            if (max_parts_size_for_merge > 0
+                && merger.selectPartsToMerge(future_merged_part, false, max_parts_size_for_merge, merge_sel_state->can_merge))
+            {
+                merge_selecting_logs_pulling_is_required = true;
+                success = createLogEntryToMergeParts(future_merged_part.parts, future_merged_part.name, merge_sel_state->deduplicate);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        tryLogCurrentException(log, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
     }
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(log, "Merge selecting thread finished");
+    if (!is_leader)
+        return;
+
+    if (!success)
+        merge_selecting_task_handle->scheduleAfter(MERGE_SELECTING_SLEEP_MS);
+    else
+        merge_selecting_task_handle->schedule();
+
 }
 
 
@@ -2057,12 +2048,15 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::enterLeaderElection()
         LOG_INFO(log, "Became leader");
 
         is_leader = true;
-        merge_selecting_thread = std::thread(&StorageReplicatedMergeTree::mergeSelectingThread, this);
+		merge_sel_state->clearState();
+        merge_selecting_task_handle->activate();
+        merge_selecting_task_handle->schedule();
     };
 
     try
     {
         leader_election = std::make_shared<zkutil::LeaderElection>(
+            context.getSchedulePool(),
             zookeeper_path + "/leader_election",
             *current_zookeeper,    /// current_zookeeper lives for the lifetime of leader_election,
                                    ///  since before changing `current_zookeeper`, `leader_election` object is destroyed in `partialShutdown` method.
@@ -2091,8 +2085,7 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::exitLeaderElection()
         LOG_INFO(log, "Stopped being leader");
 
         is_leader = false;
-        merge_selecting_event.set();
-        merge_selecting_thread.join();
+        merge_selecting_task_handle->deactivate();
     }
 
     /// Delete the node in ZK only after we have stopped the merge_selecting_thread - so that only one
@@ -2271,7 +2264,7 @@ bool StorageReplicatedMergeTree::fetchPart(const String & part_name, const Strin
     {
         LOG_DEBUG(log, "Part " << part->getNameWithState() << " should be deleted after previous attempt before fetch");
         /// Force immediate parts cleanup to delete the part that was left from the previous fetch attempt.
-        cleanup_thread_event.set();
+        cleanup_thread->schedule();
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -2366,7 +2359,7 @@ bool StorageReplicatedMergeTree::fetchPart(const String & part_name, const Strin
             if (quorum)
                 updateQuorum(part_name);
 
-            merge_selecting_event.set();
+            merge_selecting_task_handle->schedule();
 
             for (const auto & replaced_part : replaced_parts)
             {
@@ -2452,6 +2445,8 @@ StorageReplicatedMergeTree::~StorageReplicatedMergeTree()
     {
         tryLogCurrentException(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
     }
+
+    context.getSchedulePool().removeTask(merge_selecting_task_handle);
 }
 
 
@@ -3803,4 +3798,37 @@ ReplicatedMergeTreeAddress StorageReplicatedMergeTree::getReplicatedMergeTreeAdd
     return res;
 }
 
+ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread::ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread(StorageReplicatedMergeTree* storage_) :
+	storage(storage_)
+{
+    clearState();
+}
+
+void ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread::clearState()
+{
+    deduplicate = false;  /// TODO: read deduplicate option from table config
+
+    uncached_merging_predicate = [this](const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right)
+    {
+        return canMergePartsAccordingToZooKeeperInfo(left, right, storage->getZooKeeper(), storage->zookeeper_path, storage->data);
+    };
+
+    merging_predicate_args_to_key = [](const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right)
+    {
+        return std::make_pair(left->name, right->name);
+    };
+
+    cached_merging_predicate.reset(new CachedMergingPredicate<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>());
+
+    /// Will be updated below.
+
+    now = std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point();
+
+    can_merge = [&] (const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & left, const MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr & right, String *)
+    {
+        return partsWillNotBeMergedOrDisabled(left, right, storage->queue)
+        && cached_merging_predicate->get(now, uncached_merging_predicate, merging_predicate_args_to_key, left, right);
+    };
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.h b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.h
index 0cb6dbb004c..c6152553bbe 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.h
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@
 #include <Common/randomSeed.h>
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h>
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/LeaderElection.h>
+#include <Common/BackgroundSchedulePool.h>
 
 
 namespace DB
 {
 
+class ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread;
+
 /** The engine that uses the merge tree (see MergeTreeData) and replicated through ZooKeeper.
   *
   * ZooKeeper is used for the following things:
@@ -186,6 +189,7 @@ private:
     friend class ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread;
     friend struct ReplicatedMergeTreeLogEntry;
     friend class ScopedPartitionMergeLock;
+    friend class ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread;
 
     using LogEntry = ReplicatedMergeTreeLogEntry;
     using LogEntryPtr = LogEntry::Ptr;
@@ -253,16 +257,19 @@ private:
 
     /// Threads.
 
-    /// A thread that keeps track of the updates in the logs of all replicas and loads them into the queue.
-    std::thread queue_updating_thread;
-    zkutil::EventPtr queue_updating_event = std::make_shared<Poco::Event>();
+    /// A task that keeps track of the updates in the logs of all replicas and loads them into the queue.
+    bool queue_update_in_progress = false;
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle queue_updating_task_handle;
 
     /// A task that performs actions from the queue.
     BackgroundProcessingPool::TaskHandle queue_task_handle;
 
-    /// A thread that selects parts to merge.
-    std::thread merge_selecting_thread;
-    Poco::Event merge_selecting_event;
+    /// A task that selects parts to merge.
+    BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle merge_selecting_task_handle;
+
+    /// State for merge selecting thread
+    std::unique_ptr<ReplicatedMergeTreeMergeSelectingThread> merge_sel_state;
+
     /// It is acquired for each iteration of the selection of parts to merge or each OPTIMIZE query.
     std::mutex merge_selecting_mutex;
     /// If true then new entries might added to the queue, so we must pull logs before selecting parts for merge.
@@ -271,8 +278,6 @@ private:
 
     /// A thread that removes old parts, log entries, and blocks.
     std::unique_ptr<ReplicatedMergeTreeCleanupThread> cleanup_thread;
-    /// Is used to wakeup cleanup_thread
-    Poco::Event cleanup_thread_event;
 
     /// A thread that processes reconnection to ZooKeeper when the session expires.
     std::unique_ptr<ReplicatedMergeTreeRestartingThread> restarting_thread;
@@ -288,8 +293,6 @@ private:
 
     Logger * log;
 
-    /// Initialization.
-
     /** Creates the minimum set of nodes in ZooKeeper.
       */
     void createTableIfNotExists();
@@ -342,9 +345,9 @@ private:
     /// Running jobs from the queue.
 
     /** Copies the new entries from the logs of all replicas to the queue of this replica.
-      * If next_update_event != nullptr, calls this event when new entries appear in the log.
+      * If next_update_task_handle != nullptr, schedules this task when new entries appear in the log.
       */
-    void pullLogsToQueue(zkutil::EventPtr next_update_event = nullptr);
+    void pullLogsToQueue(BackgroundSchedulePool::TaskHandle next_update_task_handle = nullptr);
 
     /** Execute the action from the queue. Throws an exception if something is wrong.
       * Returns whether or not it succeeds. If it did not work, write it to the end of the queue.