diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 236dcb5fc..3b51e66b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ portpicker = "0.1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.117", features = ["derive"] }
 surf = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["h1-client"] }
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
+async-graphql = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }
 
 [[test]]
 name = "nested"
diff --git a/examples/async-graphql.rs b/examples/async-graphql.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a066b5a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/async-graphql.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+use async_graphql::http::{playground_source, receive_json, GraphQLPlaygroundConfig};
+use async_graphql::{Context, EmptySubscription, InputObject, Object, Schema};
+use async_std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use tide::http::mime;
+use tide::{Body, Request, Response, Server};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct User {
+    id: Option<u16>,
+    first_name: String,
+}
+
+/// A user
+#[Object]
+impl User {
+    /// A user id
+    async fn id(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.id.unwrap_or(0) as i32
+    }
+
+    /// A user first_name
+    async fn first_name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.first_name
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(InputObject)]
+struct NewUser {
+    first_name: String,
+}
+
+impl NewUser {
+    fn into_internal(self) -> User {
+        User {
+            id: None,
+            first_name: self.first_name,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct State(Schema<QueryRoot, MutationRoot, EmptySubscription>);
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Users(Arc<RwLock<Vec<User>>>);
+
+pub struct QueryRoot;
+
+#[Object]
+impl QueryRoot {
+    /// Get all Users
+    async fn users(&self, ctx: &Context<'_>) -> Vec<User> {
+        let users = ctx.data_unchecked::<Users>().0.read().await;
+        users.iter().cloned().collect()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct MutationRoot;
+
+#[Object]
+impl MutationRoot {
+    /// Add new user
+    async fn add_user(&self, ctx: &Context<'_>, user: NewUser) -> User {
+        let mut users = ctx.data_unchecked::<Users>().0.write().await;
+        let mut user = user.into_internal();
+        user.id = Some((users.len() + 1) as u16);
+        users.push(user.clone());
+        user
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_graphql(req: Request<State>) -> tide::Result<impl Into<Response>> {
+    let schema = req.state().0.clone();
+    let resp = schema.execute(receive_json(req).await?).await;
+    let mut http_resp = Response::new(http_types::StatusCode::Ok);
+    http_resp.set_body(Body::from_json(&resp)?);
+    Ok(http_resp)
+}
+
+async fn handle_playground(_: Request<State>) -> tide::Result<impl Into<Response>> {
+    Ok(Response::builder(200)
+        .body(playground_source(GraphQLPlaygroundConfig::new("/")))
+        .content_type(mime::HTML))
+}
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let schema = Schema::build(QueryRoot, MutationRoot, EmptySubscription)
+        .data(Users::default())
+        .finish();
+    let mut app = Server::with_state(State(schema));
+    app.at("/").post(handle_graphql);
+    app.at("/").get(handle_playground);
+    app.listen("0.0.0.0:8080").await?;
+    Ok(())
+}