diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index afbd738ab..81cfea178 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Misc:
  - Debugger: Free watchpoints in addition to breakpoints
  - Qt: Move GL frame drawing back onto its own thread
  - GBA: Add status log level
+ - GBA Thread: Add functionality for running callbacks on the GBA thread
 
 0.2.0: (2015-04-03)
 Features:
diff --git a/src/gba/supervisor/thread.c b/src/gba/supervisor/thread.c
index f9f04a411..97296f1bd 100644
--- a/src/gba/supervisor/thread.c
+++ b/src/gba/supervisor/thread.c
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ static THREAD_ENTRY _GBAThreadRun(void* context) {
 				threadContext->state = THREAD_INTERRUPTED;
 				ConditionWake(&threadContext->stateCond);
 			}
+			if (threadContext->state == THREAD_RUN_ON) {
+				if (threadContext->run) {
+					threadContext->run(threadContext);
+				}
+				threadContext->state = THREAD_RUNNING;
+				ConditionWake(&threadContext->stateCond);
+			}
 			if (threadContext->state == THREAD_RESETING) {
 				threadContext->state = THREAD_RUNNING;
 				resetScheduled = 1;
@@ -598,6 +605,17 @@ void GBAThreadContinue(struct GBAThread* threadContext) {
 	MutexUnlock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
 }
 
+void GBARunOnThread(struct GBAThread* threadContext, void (*run)(struct GBAThread*)) {
+	MutexLock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
+	threadContext->run = run;
+	_waitOnInterrupt(threadContext);
+	threadContext->state = THREAD_RUN_ON;
+	threadContext->gba->cpu->nextEvent = 0;
+	ConditionWake(&threadContext->stateCond);
+	_waitUntilNotState(threadContext, THREAD_RUN_ON);
+	MutexUnlock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
+}
+
 void GBAThreadPause(struct GBAThread* threadContext) {
 	bool frameOn = true;
 	MutexLock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
diff --git a/src/gba/supervisor/thread.h b/src/gba/supervisor/thread.h
index 933cf2830..02e766955 100644
--- a/src/gba/supervisor/thread.h
+++ b/src/gba/supervisor/thread.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum ThreadState {
 	THREAD_INTERRUPTING,
 	THREAD_PAUSED,
 	THREAD_PAUSING,
+	THREAD_RUN_ON,
 	THREAD_RESETING,
 	THREAD_EXITING,
 	THREAD_SHUTDOWN,
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ struct GBAThread {
 	ThreadCallback cleanCallback;
 	ThreadCallback frameCallback;
 	void* userData;
+	void (*run)(struct GBAThread*);
 
 	struct GBASync sync;
 
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ bool GBAThreadIsActive(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
 void GBAThreadInterrupt(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
 void GBAThreadContinue(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
 
+void GBARunOnThread(struct GBAThread* threadContext, void (*run)(struct GBAThread*));
+
 void GBAThreadPause(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
 void GBAThreadUnpause(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
 bool GBAThreadIsPaused(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
index 92c843f6b..e0ea70863 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
@@ -506,17 +506,21 @@ void GameController::setUseBIOS(bool use) {
 }
 
 void GameController::loadState(int slot) {
-	threadInterrupt();
-	GBALoadState(&m_threadContext, m_threadContext.stateDir, slot);
-	threadContinue();
-	emit stateLoaded(&m_threadContext);
-	emit frameAvailable(m_drawContext);
+	m_stateSlot = slot;
+	GBARunOnThread(&m_threadContext, [](GBAThread* context) {
+		GameController* controller = static_cast<GameController*>(context->userData);
+		GBALoadState(context, context->stateDir, controller->m_stateSlot);
+		controller->stateLoaded(context);
+		controller->frameAvailable(controller->m_drawContext);
+	});
 }
 
 void GameController::saveState(int slot) {
-	threadInterrupt();
-	GBASaveState(&m_threadContext, m_threadContext.stateDir, slot, true);
-	threadContinue();
+	m_stateSlot = slot;
+	GBARunOnThread(&m_threadContext, [](GBAThread* context) {
+		GameController* controller = static_cast<GameController*>(context->userData);
+		GBASaveState(context, context->stateDir, controller->m_stateSlot, true);
+	});
 }
 
 void GameController::setVideoSync(bool set) {
@@ -595,9 +599,7 @@ void GameController::clearAVStream() {
 
 #ifdef USE_PNG
 void GameController::screenshot() {
-	GBAThreadInterrupt(&m_threadContext);
-	GBAThreadTakeScreenshot(&m_threadContext);
-	GBAThreadContinue(&m_threadContext);
+	GBARunOnThread(&m_threadContext, GBAThreadTakeScreenshot);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.h b/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
index ac39b7c5d..b2bcd859d 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ private:
 	bool m_turbo;
 	bool m_turboForced;
 
+	int m_stateSlot;
+
 	InputController* m_inputController;
 	std::shared_ptr<MultiplayerController> m_multiplayer;