diff --git a/juniper_rocket/Cargo.toml b/juniper_rocket/Cargo.toml
index bc1e8686..e1bc0564 100644
--- a/juniper_rocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/juniper_rocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/juniper_rocket"
 repository = "https://github.com/graphql-rust/juniper"
 edition = "2018"
 
+[features]
+async = [ "juniper/async", "futures03" ]
+
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.2" }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.2" }
 serde_derive = { version = "1.0.2" }
 juniper = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false, path = "../juniper"}
 
-futures-preview = { version = "0.3.0-alpha.18", features = ["compat"] }
+futures03 = { version = "0.3.0-alpha.18", optional = true, package = "futures-preview", features = ["compat"] }
 rocket = { git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket", branch = "async" }
 
 [dev-dependencies.juniper]
diff --git a/juniper_rocket/src/lib.rs b/juniper_rocket/src/lib.rs
index a3760aa3..c50f747d 100644
--- a/juniper_rocket/src/lib.rs
+++ b/juniper_rocket/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ Check the LICENSE file for details.
 */
 
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/juniper_rocket/0.2.0")]
-#![feature(decl_macro, proc_macro_hygiene, async_await)]
+#![feature(decl_macro, proc_macro_hygiene)]
+
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "async", feature(async_await, async_closure))]
 
 use std::{
     error::Error,
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ use juniper::{
     ScalarValue,
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "async")]
+use futures03::future::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
+
 #[derive(Debug, serde_derive::Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 #[serde(bound = "InputValue<S>: Deserialize<'de>")]
@@ -109,6 +114,31 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "async")]
+    pub async fn execute_async<'a, CtxT, QueryT, MutationT>(
+        &'a self,
+        root_node: &'a RootNode<QueryT, MutationT, S>,
+        context: &CtxT,
+    ) -> GraphQLBatchResponse<'a, S>
+    where
+        QueryT: GraphQLType<S, Context = CtxT>,
+        MutationT: GraphQLType<S, Context = CtxT>,
+    {
+        match self {
+            &GraphQLBatchRequest::Single(ref request) => {
+                GraphQLBatchResponse::Single(request.execute_async(root_node, context).await)
+            }
+            &GraphQLBatchRequest::Batch(ref requests) => GraphQLBatchResponse::Batch(
+                let futures = requests
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|request| request.execute(root_node, context))
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+
+                let responses =  futures03::future::join_all(futures).await;
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn operation_names(&self) -> Vec<Option<&str>> {
         match self {
             GraphQLBatchRequest::Single(req) => vec![req.operation_name()],
@@ -184,6 +214,28 @@ where
         GraphQLResponse(status, json)
     }
 
+    /// Asynchronously execute an incoming GraphQL query
+    #[cfg(feature = "async")]
+    pub async fn execute_async<CtxT, QueryT, MutationT>(
+        &self,
+        root_node: &RootNode<QueryT, MutationT, S>,
+        context: &CtxT,
+    ) -> GraphQLResponse
+    where
+        QueryT: GraphQLType<S, Context = CtxT>,
+        MutationT: GraphQLType<S, Context = CtxT>,
+    {
+        let response = self.0.execute_async(root_node, context).await;
+        let status = if response.is_ok() {
+            Status::Ok
+        } else {
+            Status::BadRequest
+        };
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&response).unwrap();
+
+        GraphQLResponse(status, json)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the operation names associated with this request.
     ///
     /// For batch requests there will be multiple names.
@@ -340,7 +392,7 @@ where
     type Error = String;
 
     fn from_data(request: &Request, data: Data) -> FromDataFuture<'static, Self, Self::Error> {
-        use futures::io::AsyncReadExt;
+        use futures03::io::AsyncReadExt;
         use rocket::AsyncReadExt as _;
         if !request.content_type().map_or(false, |ct| ct.is_json()) {
             return Box::pin(async move { Forward(data) });