diff --git a/Include/cpython/pystate.h b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
index cc3c3eae941933..2ad9fd1c2b35df 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/pystate.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ typedef struct _err_stackitem {
 
 typedef struct _stack_chunk {
     struct _stack_chunk *previous;
-    size_t size;
-    size_t top;
+    int size_in_bytes;
+    int free;
     PyObject * data[1]; /* Variable sized */
 } _PyStackChunk;
 
+typedef struct _frame_stack {
+    _PyStackChunk *current_chunk;
+    PyObject **limit;
+    int free;
+    int chunk_size;
+} _PyFrameStack;
+
 struct _ts {
     /* See Python/ceval.c for comments explaining most fields */
 
@@ -178,10 +185,7 @@ struct _ts {
     uint64_t id;
 
     PyTraceInfo trace_info;
-
-    _PyStackChunk *datastack_chunk;
-    PyObject **datastack_top;
-    PyObject **datastack_limit;
+    _PyFrameStack frame_stack;
     /* XXX signal handlers should also be here */
 
     /* The following fields are here to avoid allocation during init.
@@ -367,3 +371,16 @@ typedef int (*crossinterpdatafunc)(PyObject *, _PyCrossInterpreterData *);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyCrossInterpreterData_RegisterClass(PyTypeObject *, crossinterpdatafunc);
 PyAPI_FUNC(crossinterpdatafunc) _PyCrossInterpreterData_Lookup(PyObject *);
+
+/* UNSTABLE API for stackful coroutines.
+ * It it the responsibility of the caller to manage the memory for the _PyFrameStack struct.
+ * The memory for the actual frame stack will be managed by the VM.
+ * All functions need the GIL to be held.
+ */
+
+/* Initialize fs with given chunk size */
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyFrameStack_Init(_PyFrameStack *fs, int chunk_size);
+/* Swap the frame stack of the current thread with fs */
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyFrameStack_Swap(_PyFrameStack *fs);
+/* Free any allocated memory chunks for fs. */
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyFrameStack_Clear(_PyFrameStack *fs);
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_frame.h b/Include/internal/pycore_frame.h
index 5bd0a7f2f517ef..7b80a3936644eb 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_frame.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_frame.h
@@ -194,12 +194,11 @@ static inline bool
 _PyThreadState_HasStackSpace(PyThreadState *tstate, int size)
 {
     assert(
-        (tstate->datastack_top == NULL && tstate->datastack_limit == NULL)
+        (tstate->frame_stack.limit == NULL && tstate->frame_stack.free <= 0)
         ||
-        (tstate->datastack_top != NULL && tstate->datastack_limit != NULL)
+        (tstate->frame_stack.limit != NULL && tstate->frame_stack.free >= 0)
     );
-    return tstate->datastack_top != NULL &&
-        size < tstate->datastack_limit - tstate->datastack_top;
+    return size < tstate->frame_stack.free;
 }
 
 extern _PyInterpreterFrame *
@@ -215,9 +214,10 @@ _PyFrame_PushUnchecked(PyThreadState *tstate, PyFunctionObject *func)
 {
     CALL_STAT_INC(frames_pushed);
     PyCodeObject *code = (PyCodeObject *)func->func_code;
-    _PyInterpreterFrame *new_frame = (_PyInterpreterFrame *)tstate->datastack_top;
-    tstate->datastack_top += code->co_framesize;
-    assert(tstate->datastack_top < tstate->datastack_limit);
+    PyObject **top = tstate->frame_stack.limit - tstate->frame_stack.free;
+    _PyInterpreterFrame *new_frame = (_PyInterpreterFrame *)top;
+    tstate->frame_stack.free -= code->co_framesize;
+    assert(top < tstate->frame_stack.limit);
     _PyFrame_InitializeSpecials(new_frame, func, NULL, code);
     return new_frame;
 }
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index af47e091bc7f0b..5c497da503349c 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -5756,7 +5756,7 @@ _PyEvalFrameClearAndPop(PyThreadState *tstate, _PyInterpreterFrame * frame)
     // Make sure that this is, indeed, the top frame. We can't check this in
     // _PyThreadState_PopFrame, since f_code is already cleared at that point:
     assert((PyObject **)frame + frame->f_code->co_framesize ==
-           tstate->datastack_top);
+           tstate->frame_stack.limit - tstate->frame_stack.free);
     tstate->recursion_remaining--;
     assert(frame->frame_obj == NULL || frame->frame_obj->f_frame == frame);
     assert(frame->owner == FRAME_OWNED_BY_THREAD);
diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
index 1c96f4f75f29a6..23f88582965480 100644
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -736,8 +736,8 @@ allocate_chunk(int size_in_bytes, _PyStackChunk* previous)
         return NULL;
     }
     res->previous = previous;
-    res->size = size_in_bytes;
-    res->top = 0;
+    res->size_in_bytes = size_in_bytes;
+    res->free = 0;
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -798,9 +798,7 @@ init_threadstate(PyThreadState *tstate,
     tstate->exc_info = &tstate->exc_state;
 
     tstate->cframe = &tstate->root_cframe;
-    tstate->datastack_chunk = NULL;
-    tstate->datastack_top = NULL;
-    tstate->datastack_limit = NULL;
+    _PyFrameStack_Init(&tstate->frame_stack, DATA_STACK_CHUNK_SIZE);
 
     tstate->_initialized = 1;
 }
@@ -1093,13 +1091,7 @@ tstate_delete_common(PyThreadState *tstate,
     {
         PyThread_tss_set(&gilstate->autoTSSkey, NULL);
     }
-    _PyStackChunk *chunk = tstate->datastack_chunk;
-    tstate->datastack_chunk = NULL;
-    while (chunk != NULL) {
-        _PyStackChunk *prev = chunk->previous;
-        _PyObject_VirtualFree(chunk, chunk->size);
-        chunk = prev;
-    }
+    _PyFrameStack_Clear(&tstate->frame_stack);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2167,27 +2159,62 @@ _Py_GetConfig(void)
 #define MINIMUM_OVERHEAD 1000
 
 static PyObject **
-push_chunk(PyThreadState *tstate, int size)
+stack_chunk_limit(_PyStackChunk *chunk)
+{
+    return (PyObject **)(((char *)chunk) + chunk->size_in_bytes);
+}
+
+static bool
+framechunk_is_consistent(_PyStackChunk *chunk)
+{
+    bool ok = chunk->size_in_bytes > MINIMUM_OVERHEAD;
+    int size = stack_chunk_limit(chunk) - &chunk->data[0];
+    ok &= chunk->free >= 0;
+    ok &= chunk->free < size;
+    return ok;
+}
+
+static bool
+framestack_is_consistent(_PyFrameStack *fs)
+{
+    bool ok = fs->free >= 0;
+    ok &= fs->free < fs->chunk_size;
+    if (fs->current_chunk) {
+        ok &= (char *)fs->limit == ((char *)fs->current_chunk) + fs->current_chunk->size_in_bytes;
+    }
+    _PyStackChunk *chunk = fs->current_chunk;
+    while (chunk) {
+        ok &= framechunk_is_consistent(chunk);
+        chunk = chunk->previous;
+    }
+    return ok;
+}
+
+
+static PyObject **
+push_chunk(_PyFrameStack *frame_stack, int size)
 {
-    int allocate_size = DATA_STACK_CHUNK_SIZE;
+    assert(framestack_is_consistent(frame_stack));
+    int allocate_size = frame_stack->chunk_size;
     while (allocate_size < (int)sizeof(PyObject*)*(size + MINIMUM_OVERHEAD)) {
         allocate_size *= 2;
     }
-    _PyStackChunk *new = allocate_chunk(allocate_size, tstate->datastack_chunk);
+    _PyStackChunk *new = allocate_chunk(allocate_size, frame_stack->current_chunk);
     if (new == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (tstate->datastack_chunk) {
-        tstate->datastack_chunk->top = tstate->datastack_top -
-                                       &tstate->datastack_chunk->data[0];
+    if (frame_stack->current_chunk) {
+        frame_stack->current_chunk->free = frame_stack->free;
     }
-    tstate->datastack_chunk = new;
-    tstate->datastack_limit = (PyObject **)(((char *)new) + allocate_size);
+    frame_stack->current_chunk = new;
+    frame_stack->limit = stack_chunk_limit(new);
     // When new is the "root" chunk (i.e. new->previous == NULL), we can keep
     // _PyThreadState_PopFrame from freeing it later by "skipping" over the
     // first element:
     PyObject **res = &new->data[new->previous == NULL];
-    tstate->datastack_top = res + size;
+    PyObject **top = res + size;
+    frame_stack->free = frame_stack->limit - top;
+    assert(framestack_is_consistent(frame_stack));
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -2196,35 +2223,68 @@ _PyThreadState_PushFrame(PyThreadState *tstate, size_t size)
 {
     assert(size < INT_MAX/sizeof(PyObject *));
     if (_PyThreadState_HasStackSpace(tstate, (int)size)) {
-        _PyInterpreterFrame *res = (_PyInterpreterFrame *)tstate->datastack_top;
-        tstate->datastack_top += size;
+        _PyInterpreterFrame *res = (_PyInterpreterFrame *)(tstate->frame_stack.limit - tstate->frame_stack.free);
+        tstate->frame_stack.free -= size;
         return res;
     }
-    return (_PyInterpreterFrame *)push_chunk(tstate, (int)size);
+    return (_PyInterpreterFrame *)push_chunk(&tstate->frame_stack, (int)size);
+}
+
+void
+pop_chunk(PyThreadState *tstate)
+{
+    _PyStackChunk *chunk = tstate->frame_stack.current_chunk;
+    _PyStackChunk *previous = chunk->previous;
+    // push_chunk ensures that the root chunk is never popped:
+    assert(previous);
+    tstate->frame_stack.free = previous->free;
+    tstate->frame_stack.current_chunk = previous;
+    tstate->frame_stack.limit = (PyObject **)(((char *)previous) + previous->size_in_bytes);
+    _PyObject_VirtualFree(chunk, chunk->size_in_bytes);
 }
 
 void
 _PyThreadState_PopFrame(PyThreadState *tstate, _PyInterpreterFrame * frame)
 {
-    assert(tstate->datastack_chunk);
+    assert(framestack_is_consistent(&tstate->frame_stack));
+    assert(tstate->frame_stack.current_chunk);
     PyObject **base = (PyObject **)frame;
-    if (base == &tstate->datastack_chunk->data[0]) {
-        _PyStackChunk *chunk = tstate->datastack_chunk;
-        _PyStackChunk *previous = chunk->previous;
-        // push_chunk ensures that the root chunk is never popped:
-        assert(previous);
-        tstate->datastack_top = &previous->data[previous->top];
-        tstate->datastack_chunk = previous;
-        _PyObject_VirtualFree(chunk, chunk->size);
-        tstate->datastack_limit = (PyObject **)(((char *)previous) + previous->size);
-    }
-    else {
-        assert(tstate->datastack_top);
-        assert(tstate->datastack_top >= base);
-        tstate->datastack_top = base;
+    if (base != &tstate->frame_stack.current_chunk->data[0]) {
+        assert(tstate->frame_stack.limit);
+        tstate->frame_stack.free = tstate->frame_stack.limit - base;
+        assert(tstate->frame_stack.free > 0);
+        return;
     }
+    pop_chunk(tstate);
 }
 
+void _PyFrameStack_Init(_PyFrameStack *fs, int chunk_size)
+{
+    fs->chunk_size = chunk_size;
+    fs->current_chunk = NULL;
+    fs->free = 0;
+    fs->limit = NULL;
+}
+
+void _PyFrameStack_Swap(_PyFrameStack *fs)
+{
+    PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
+    _PyFrameStack temp = *fs;
+    *fs = tstate->frame_stack;
+    tstate->frame_stack = temp;
+}
+
+void _PyFrameStack_Clear(_PyFrameStack *fs)
+{
+    _PyStackChunk *chunk = fs->current_chunk;
+    fs->current_chunk = NULL;
+    fs->free = 0;
+    while (chunk != NULL) {
+        _PyStackChunk *previous = chunk->previous;
+        _PyObject_VirtualFree(chunk, chunk->size_in_bytes);
+        chunk = previous;
+    }
+}
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }