diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a16cd69..64458347 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ optional = true
 version = "0.1.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+futures-await = { git = 'https://github.com/alexcrichton/futures-await' }
 ruma-events = "0.9.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_await.rs b/examples/hello_world_await.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e833ec08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello_world_await.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#![feature(conservative_impl_trait)]
+#![feature(generators)]
+#![feature(proc_macro)]
+#![feature(try_from)]
+
+extern crate futures_await as futures;
+extern crate ruma_client;
+extern crate ruma_events;
+extern crate ruma_identifiers;
+extern crate tokio_core;
+extern crate url;
+
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+
+use futures::prelude::*;
+use ruma_client::Client;
+use ruma_client::api::r0;
+use ruma_events::EventType;
+use ruma_events::room::message::{MessageEventContent, MessageType, TextMessageEventContent};
+use ruma_identifiers::RoomAliasId;
+use tokio_core::reactor::{Core as TokioCore, Handle as TokioHandle};
+use url::Url;
+
+fn hello_world(
+    tokio_handle: &TokioHandle,
+    homeserver_url: Url,
+) -> impl Future<Item = (), Error = ruma_client::Error> + 'static {
+    let client = Client::https(tokio_handle, homeserver_url, None).unwrap();
+
+    async_block! {
+        await!(client.register_guest())?;
+
+        let response = await!(r0::alias::get_alias::call(
+            client.clone(),
+            r0::alias::get_alias::Request {
+                room_alias: RoomAliasId::try_from("#ruma-client-test:matrix.org").unwrap(),
+            }
+        ))?;
+
+        let room_id = response.room_id;
+
+        await!(r0::membership::join_room_by_id::call(
+            client.clone(),
+            r0::membership::join_room_by_id::Request {
+                room_id: room_id.clone(),
+                third_party_signed: None,
+            }
+        ))?;
+
+        await!(r0::send::send_message_event::call(
+            client.clone(),
+            r0::send::send_message_event::Request {
+                room_id: room_id,
+                event_type: EventType::RoomMessage,
+                txn_id: "1".to_owned(),
+                data: MessageEventContent::Text(TextMessageEventContent {
+                    body: "Hello World!".to_owned(),
+                    msgtype: MessageType::Text,
+                }),
+            }
+        ))?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut core = TokioCore::new().unwrap();
+    let handle = core.handle();
+    let server = Url::parse("https://matrix.org/").unwrap();
+
+    core.run(hello_world(&handle, server)).unwrap();
+}