diff --git a/examples/asyncio/ping_client.py b/examples/asyncio/ping_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e3ceb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/asyncio/ping_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import thriftpy
+from thriftpy.contrib.async import make_client
+
+import asyncio
+
+
+pp_thrift = thriftpy.load("pingpong.thrift", module_name="pp_thrift")
+
+@asyncio.coroutine
+def main():
+    c = yield from make_client(pp_thrift.PingService)
+
+    pong = yield from c.ping()
+    print(pong)
+
+    c.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop.run_until_complete(main())
+    loop.close()
diff --git a/examples/asyncio/ping_server.py b/examples/asyncio/ping_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2954935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/asyncio/ping_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import thriftpy
+import asyncio
+from thriftpy.contrib.async import make_server
+
+
+pp_thrift = thriftpy.load("pingpong.thrift", module_name="pp_thrift")
+
+
+class Dispatcher(object):
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def ping(self):
+        print("ping pong!")
+        return 'pong'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    server = loop.run_until_complete(
+        make_server(pp_thrift.PingService, Dispatcher()))
+
+    try:
+        loop.run_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+
+    server.close()
+    loop.run_until_complete(server.wait_closed())
+    loop.close()
diff --git a/examples/asyncio/pingpong.thrift b/examples/asyncio/pingpong.thrift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb9c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/asyncio/pingpong.thrift
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# ping service demo
+service PingService {
+    /*
+     * Sexy c style comment
+     */
+    string ping(),
+}
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19b837a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
+collect_ignore = ["setup.py"]
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
+    collect_ignore.append("test_asyncio.py")
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio.py b/tests/test_asyncio.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4b9297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from os import path
+
+import thriftpy
+from thriftpy.contrib.async import make_client, make_server
+from thriftpy.rpc import make_client as make_sync_client
+from thriftpy.transport import TFramedTransportFactory
+
+import pytest
+import asyncio
+import threading
+
+addressbook = thriftpy.load(path.join(path.dirname(__file__),
+                                      "addressbook.thrift"))
+
+
+class Dispatcher(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.registry = {}
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def add(self, person):
+        """
+        bool add(1: Person person);
+        """
+        if person.name in self.registry:
+            return False
+        self.registry[person.name] = person
+        return True
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def get(self, name):
+        """
+        Person get(1: string name) throws (1: PersonNotExistsError not_exists);
+        """
+        if name not in self.registry:
+            raise addressbook.PersonNotExistsError(
+                'Person "{0}" does not exist!'.format(name))
+        return self.registry[name]
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def remove(self, name):
+        """
+        bool remove(1: string name) throws (1: PersonNotExistsError not_exists)
+        """
+        # delay action for later
+        yield from asyncio.sleep(.1)
+        if name not in self.registry:
+            raise addressbook.PersonNotExistsError(
+                'Person "{0}" does not exist!'.format(name))
+        del self.registry[name]
+        return True
+
+
+class Server(threading.Thread):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.loop = loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        self.server = loop.run_until_complete(make_server(
+            service=addressbook.AddressBookService,
+            handler=Dispatcher(),
+            loop=loop
+        ))
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def run(self):
+        loop = self.loop
+        server = self.server
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+
+        loop.run_forever()
+
+        server.close()
+        loop.run_until_complete(server.wait_closed())
+
+        loop.close()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self.loop.stop)
+        self.join()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def server():
+    server = Server()
+    server.start()
+    yield server
+    server.stop()
+
+
+class TestAsyncClient:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    async def client(self, request, server):
+        client = await make_client(addressbook.AddressBookService)
+        request.addfinalizer(client.close)
+        return client
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_result(self, client):
+        dennis = addressbook.Person(name='Dennis Ritchie')
+        success = await client.add(dennis)
+        assert success
+        success = await client.add(dennis)
+        assert not success
+        person = await client.get(dennis.name)
+        assert person.name == dennis.name
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_exception(self, client):
+        with pytest.raises(addressbook.PersonNotExistsError):
+            await client.get('Brian Kernighan')
+
+
+class TestSyncClient:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    async def client(self, request, server):
+        client = make_sync_client(addressbook.AddressBookService,
+                                  trans_factory=TFramedTransportFactory())
+        request.addfinalizer(client.close)
+        return client
+
+    def test_result(self, client):
+        dennis = addressbook.Person(name='Dennis Ritchie')
+        success = client.add(dennis)
+        assert success
+        success = client.add(dennis)
+        assert not success
+        person = client.get(dennis.name)
+        assert person.name == dennis.name
+
+    def test_exception(self, client):
+        with pytest.raises(addressbook.PersonNotExistsError):
+            client.get('Brian Kernighan')
diff --git a/thriftpy/contrib/async.py b/thriftpy/contrib/async.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ab6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thriftpy/contrib/async.py
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+from thriftpy.thrift import TType, TMessageType, TApplicationException, TProcessor, TClient, args2kwargs
+from thriftpy.transport import TMemoryBuffer
+from thriftpy.protocol import TBinaryProtocolFactory
+
+import asyncio
+import struct
+
+import logging
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TAsyncTransport(TMemoryBuffer):
+    def __init__(self, trans):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._trans = trans
+        self._io_lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        buf = self.getvalue()
+        self._trans.write(struct.pack("!i", len(buf)) + buf)
+        self.setvalue(b'')
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def read_frame(self):
+        # do not yield the event loop on a single reader
+        # between reading the frame_size and the buffer
+        with (yield from self._io_lock):
+            buff = yield from self._trans.readexactly(4)
+            sz, = struct.unpack('!i', buff)
+
+            frame = yield from self._trans.readexactly(sz)
+            self.setvalue(frame)
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def drain(self):
+        # drain cannot be called concurrently
+        with (yield from self._io_lock):
+            yield from self._trans.drain()
+
+
+class TAsyncReader(TAsyncTransport):
+    def close(self):
+        self._trans.feed_eof()
+        super().close()
+
+
+class TAsyncWriter(TAsyncTransport):
+    def close(self):
+        self._trans.write_eof()
+        super().close()
+
+
+class TAsyncProcessor(TProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, service, handler):
+        self._service = service
+        self._handler = handler
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def process(self, iprot, oprot):
+        # the standard thrift protocol packs a single request per frame
+        # note that chunked requests are not supported, and would require
+        # additional sequence information
+        yield from iprot.trans.read_frame()
+        api, seqid, result, call = self.process_in(iprot)
+
+        if isinstance(result, TApplicationException):
+            self.send_exception(oprot, api, result, seqid)
+            yield from oprot.trans.drain()
+
+        try:
+            result.success = yield from call()
+        except Exception as e:
+            # raise if api don't have throws
+            self.handle_exception(e, result)
+
+        if not result.oneway:
+            self.send_result(oprot, api, result, seqid)
+            yield from oprot.trans.drain()
+
+
+class TAsyncServer(object):
+    def __init__(self, processor,
+                 iprot_factory=None,
+                 oprot_factory=None,
+                 timeout=None):
+        self.processor = processor
+        self.iprot_factory = iprot_factory or TBinaryProtocolFactory()
+        self.oprot_factory = oprot_factory or self.iprot_factory
+        self.timeout = timeout
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def __call__(self, reader, writer):
+        itrans = TAsyncReader(reader)
+        iproto = self.iprot_factory.get_protocol(itrans)
+
+        otrans = TAsyncWriter(writer)
+        oproto = self.oprot_factory.get_protocol(otrans)
+
+        while not reader.at_eof():
+            try:
+                fut = self.processor.process(iproto, oproto)
+                yield from asyncio.wait_for(fut, self.timeout)
+            except ConnectionError:
+                LOG.debug('client has closed the connection')
+                writer.close()
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                LOG.debug('timeout when processing the client request')
+                writer.close()
+            except asyncio.IncompleteReadError:
+                LOG.debug('client has closed the connection')
+                writer.close()
+            except Exception:
+                # app exception
+                LOG.exception('unhandled app exception')
+                writer.close()
+        writer.close()
+
+
+class TAsyncClient(TClient):
+    def __init__(self, *args, timeout=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.timeout = timeout
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def _req(self, _api, *args, **kwargs):
+        fut = self._req_impl(_api, *args, **kwargs)
+        result = yield from asyncio.wait_for(fut, self.timeout)
+        return result
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def _req_impl(self, _api, *args, **kwargs):
+        args_cls = getattr(self._service, _api + "_args")
+        _kw = args2kwargs(args_cls.thrift_spec, *args)
+
+        kwargs.update(_kw)
+        result_cls = getattr(self._service, _api + "_result")
+
+        self._send(_api, **kwargs)
+        yield from self._oprot.trans.drain()
+
+        # wait result only if non-oneway
+        if not getattr(result_cls, "oneway"):
+            yield from self._iprot.trans.read_frame()
+            return self._recv(_api)
+
+    def close(self):
+        self._iprot.trans.close()
+        self._oprot.trans.close()
+
+
+@asyncio.coroutine
+def make_server(
+        service,
+        handler,
+        host = 'localhost',
+        port = 9090,
+        proto_factory = TBinaryProtocolFactory(),
+        loop = None,
+        timeout = None
+    ):
+    """
+    create a thrift server running on an asyncio event-loop.
+    """
+    processor = TAsyncProcessor(service, handler)
+    if loop is None:
+        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    server = yield from asyncio.start_server(
+        TAsyncServer(processor, proto_factory, timeout=timeout), host, port, loop=loop)
+    return server
+
+
+@asyncio.coroutine
+def make_client(service,
+                host = 'localhost',
+                port = 9090,
+                proto_factory = TBinaryProtocolFactory(),
+                timeout = None,
+                loop = None):
+    if loop is None:
+        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+    reader, writer = yield from asyncio.open_connection(
+        host, port, loop=loop)
+
+    itrans = TAsyncReader(reader)
+    iproto = proto_factory.get_protocol(itrans)
+
+    otrans = TAsyncWriter(writer)
+    oproto = proto_factory.get_protocol(otrans)
+    return TAsyncClient(service, iproto, oproto)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c488270..ac5c120 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ deps =
     toro
     cython
     py26: ordereddict
+    py,py35: pytest_asyncio
 
 [testenv:flake8]
 deps = flake8