diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1964b7b..f35ccca2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ features = ["full"]
 version = "0.11.11"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+futures = "0.1.13"
 serde = "1.0.4"
 serde_derive = "1.0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 382e0eec..5efe2a9b 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,34 @@ impl ToTokens for Api {
             Tokens::new()
         };
 
+        let deserialize_response_body = if self.response.has_body_fields() {
+            quote! {
+                let bytes = hyper_response.body().fold::<_, _, Result<_, ::hyper::Error>>(
+                    Vec::new(),
+                    |mut bytes, chunk| {
+                        bytes.write_all(&chunk).expect("failed to append body chunk");
+
+                        Ok(bytes)
+                    }).wait().expect("failed to read response body chunks into byte vector");
+
+                let response_body: ResponseBody = ::serde_json::from_slice(bytes.as_slice())
+                    .expect("failed to deserialize body");
+            }
+        } else {
+            Tokens::new()
+        };
+
+        let response_init_fields = if self.response.has_fields() {
+            self.response.init_fields()
+        } else {
+            Tokens::new()
+        };
+
         tokens.append(quote! {
             use std::convert::TryFrom;
+            use std::io::Write;
+
+            use ::futures::{Future, Stream};
 
             /// The API endpoint.
             #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -61,6 +87,7 @@ impl ToTokens for Api {
             impl TryFrom<Request> for ::hyper::Request {
                 type Error = ();
 
+                #[allow(unused_mut, unused_variables)]
                 fn try_from(request: Request) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
                     let mut hyper_request = ::hyper::Request::new(
                         ::hyper::#method,
@@ -79,7 +106,13 @@ impl ToTokens for Api {
                 type Error = ();
 
                 fn try_from(hyper_response: ::hyper::Response) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-                    Ok(Response)
+                    #deserialize_response_body
+
+                    let response = Response {
+                        #response_init_fields
+                    };
+
+                    Ok(response)
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 0f1b15b3..11067c35 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,39 @@ impl Response {
     pub fn has_body_fields(&self) -> bool {
         self.fields.iter().any(|field| field.is_body())
     }
+
+    pub fn has_fields(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fields.len() != 0
+    }
+
+    pub fn init_fields(&self) -> Tokens {
+        let mut tokens = Tokens::new();
+
+        for response_field in self.fields.iter() {
+            match *response_field {
+                ResponseField::Body(ref field) => {
+                    let field_name = field.ident.as_ref()
+                        .expect("expected body field to have a name");
+
+                    tokens.append(quote! {
+                        #field_name: response_body.#field_name,
+                    });
+                }
+                ResponseField::Header(ref name, ref field) => {
+                    let field_name = field.ident.as_ref()
+                        .expect("expected body field to have a name");
+
+                    tokens.append(quote! {
+                        #field_name: hyper_response.headers()
+                            .get_raw(#name)
+                            .expect("missing expected request header: {}", #name),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        tokens
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<Vec<Field>> for Response {
diff --git a/tests/ruma_api_macros.rs b/tests/ruma_api_macros.rs
index 9364d28a..9b477386 100644
--- a/tests/ruma_api_macros.rs
+++ b/tests/ruma_api_macros.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #![feature(associated_consts, proc_macro, try_from)]
 
+extern crate futures;
 extern crate hyper;
 extern crate ruma_api;
 extern crate ruma_api_macros;
 extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
+extern crate serde_json;
 
 pub mod get_supported_versions {
     use ruma_api_macros::ruma_api;