diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 54d448c34..2252b6866 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 name = "slack-hook"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/frostly/rust-slack"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4"
 reqwest = "0.9"
 hex = "0.3"
 error-chain = "~0.11"
+futures = "0.1.28"
 serde = "1"
 serde_derive = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 52e764576..bfa257b90 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extern crate reqwest;
 extern crate chrono;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate error_chain;
+extern crate futures;
 extern crate hex as hexx;
 extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/slack.rs b/src/slack.rs
index 05b7ac17d..48b556691 100644
--- a/src/slack.rs
+++ b/src/slack.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use error::{Error, ErrorKind, Result};
-use reqwest::{Client, Url};
+use futures::*;
+use reqwest::async::Client;
+use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
 use std::fmt;
 use {Payload, TryInto};
@@ -23,14 +25,35 @@ impl Slack {
 
     /// Send payload to slack service
     pub fn send(&self, payload: &Payload) -> Result<()> {
-        let response = self.client.post(self.hook.clone()).json(payload).send()?;
-
-        if response.status().is_success(){
+        let response = self
+            .client
+            .post(self.hook.clone())
+            .json(payload)
+            .send()
+            .wait()?;
+
+        if response.status().is_success() {
             Ok(())
         } else {
             Err(ErrorKind::Slack(format!("HTTP error {}", response.status())).into())
         }
     }
+
+    /// Send payload to slack service, returning a future Response.
+    pub fn async_send(&self, payload: &Payload) -> impl Future<Item = (), Error = Error> {
+        self.client
+            .post(self.hook.clone())
+            .json(payload)
+            .send()
+            .map_err(|err| err.into())
+            .and_then(|response| {
+                if response.status().is_success() {
+                    Ok(())
+                } else {
+                    Err(ErrorKind::Slack(format!("HTTP error {}", response.status())).into())
+                }
+            })
+    }
 }
 
 /// Slack timestamp