diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18954c0..afec4c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Added async support with async-std and tokio runtimes.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Added missing method comments to improve documentation clarity.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 24c687f..2a1cc4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,5 +16,14 @@ all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
+async-std = { version = "1.12.0", optional = true }
+async-trait = { version = "0.1.77", optional = true }
 chksum-hash-core = "0.0.0"
+futures-lite = { version = "2.2.0", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.51"
+tokio = { version = "1.36.0", optional = true, features = ["fs", "io-util", "io-std"] }
+
+[features]
+default = []
+async-runtime-async-std = ["async-std", "async-trait", "futures-lite"]
+async-runtime-tokio = ["async-trait", "async-std?/tokio1", "tokio"]
diff --git a/src/async_std.rs b/src/async_std.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d5c8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/async_std.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#[cfg(not(feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use async_std::fs::{metadata, read_dir, DirEntry, File, ReadDir};
+use async_std::io::{BufReader, Stdin};
+use async_std::path::{Path as AsyncPath, PathBuf as AsyncPathBuf};
+use async_std::stream::StreamExt;
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use futures_lite::io::AsyncBufReadExt;
+
+use crate::{AsyncChksumable, Hash, Hashable, Result};
+
+macro_rules! impl_async_chksumable {
+    ($($t:ty),+ => $i:tt) => {
+        $(
+            #[async_trait]
+            impl AsyncChksumable for $t $i
+        )*
+    };
+}
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(AsyncPath, &AsyncPath, &mut AsyncPath => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        let metadata = metadata(&self).await?;
+        if metadata.is_dir() {
+            read_dir(self).await?.chksum_with(hash).await
+        } else {
+            // everything treat as a file when it is not a directory
+            File::open(self).await?.chksum_with(hash).await
+        }
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(AsyncPathBuf, &AsyncPathBuf, &mut AsyncPathBuf => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        self.as_path().chksum_with(hash).await
+    }
+});
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+impl_async_chksumable!(Path, &Path, &mut Path => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        let metadata = metadata(&self).await?;
+        if metadata.is_dir() {
+            read_dir(self).await?.chksum_with(hash).await
+        } else {
+            // everything treat as a file when it is not a directory
+            File::open(self).await?.chksum_with(hash).await
+        }
+    }
+});
+
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+impl_async_chksumable!(PathBuf, &PathBuf, &mut PathBuf => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        self.as_path().chksum_with(hash).await
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(File, &File, &mut File => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        // TODO: check async-rs/async-std#1073
+        // if self.is_terminal() {
+        //     return Err(Error::IsTerminal);
+        // }
+
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(self);
+        loop {
+            let buffer = reader.fill_buf().await?;
+            let length = buffer.len();
+            if length == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            buffer.hash_with(hash);
+            reader.consume(length);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(DirEntry, &DirEntry, &mut DirEntry => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        self.path().chksum_with(hash).await
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(ReadDir, &mut ReadDir => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        let mut dir_entries = Vec::new();
+        while let Some(dir_entry) = self.next().await {
+            dir_entries.push(dir_entry?);
+        }
+        dir_entries.sort_by_key(DirEntry::path);
+        for mut dir_entry in dir_entries {
+            AsyncChksumable::chksum_with(&mut dir_entry, hash).await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(Stdin, &mut Stdin => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        // TODO: check async-rs/async-std#1073
+        // if self.is_terminal() {
+        //     return Err(Error::IsTerminal);
+        // }
+
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(self);
+        loop {
+            let buffer = reader.fill_buf().await?;
+            let length = buffer.len();
+            if length == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            buffer.hash_with(hash);
+            reader.consume(length);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+});
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7b072ef..e00736a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,13 +33,19 @@
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "async-runtime-async-std")]
+mod async_std;
 mod error;
+#[cfg(feature = "async-runtime-tokio")]
+mod tokio;
 
 use std::fmt::{Display, LowerHex, UpperHex};
 use std::fs::{read_dir, DirEntry, File, ReadDir};
 use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, IsTerminal, Stdin, StdinLock};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
+#[cfg(any(feature = "async-runtime-async-std", feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+use async_trait::async_trait;
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use chksum_hash_core as hash;
 
@@ -70,6 +76,15 @@ where
     data.chksum::<T>()
 }
 
+/// Computes the hash of the given input.
+#[cfg(any(feature = "async-runtime-async-std", feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+pub async fn async_chksum<T>(mut data: impl AsyncChksumable + Send) -> Result<T::Digest>
+where
+    T: Hash + Send,
+{
+    data.chksum::<T>().await
+}
+
 /// A trait for hash digests.
 pub trait Digest: Display {
     /// Returns a byte slice of the digest's contents.
@@ -235,7 +250,7 @@ impl_chksumable!(PathBuf, &PathBuf, &mut PathBuf => {
     where
         H: Hash,
     {
-        self.as_path().chksum_with(hash)
+        Chksumable::chksum_with(&mut self.as_path(), hash)
     }
 });
 
@@ -267,7 +282,7 @@ impl_chksumable!(DirEntry, &DirEntry, &mut DirEntry => {
     where
         H: Hash,
     {
-        self.path().chksum_with(hash)
+        Chksumable::chksum_with(&mut self.path(), hash)
     }
 });
 
@@ -316,3 +331,38 @@ impl_chksumable!(StdinLock<'_>, &mut StdinLock<'_> => {
         Ok(())
     }
 });
+
+/// A trait for complex objects which must be processed chunk by chunk.
+#[cfg(any(feature = "async-runtime-async-std", feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait AsyncChksumable {
+    /// Calculates the checksum of the object.
+    async fn chksum<H>(&mut self) -> Result<H::Digest>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        let mut hash = H::default();
+        self.chksum_with(&mut hash).await?;
+        Ok(hash.digest())
+    }
+
+    /// Updates the given hash instance with the data from the object.
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send;
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "async-runtime-async-std", feature = "async-runtime-tokio"))]
+#[async_trait]
+impl<T> AsyncChksumable for T
+where
+    T: Hashable + Send,
+{
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        self.hash_with(hash);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tokio.rs b/src/tokio.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d04a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tokio.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use tokio::fs::{metadata, read_dir, DirEntry, File, ReadDir};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt as _, BufReader, Stdin};
+
+use crate::{AsyncChksumable, Hash, Hashable, Result};
+
+macro_rules! impl_async_chksumable {
+    ($($t:ty),+ => $i:tt) => {
+        $(
+            #[async_trait]
+            impl AsyncChksumable for $t $i
+        )*
+    };
+}
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(Path, &Path, &mut Path => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        let metadata = metadata(&self).await?;
+        if metadata.is_dir() {
+            read_dir(self).await?.chksum_with(hash).await
+        } else {
+            // everything treat as a file when it is not a directory
+            File::open(self).await?.chksum_with(hash).await
+        }
+    }
+
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(PathBuf, &PathBuf, &mut PathBuf => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        self.as_path().chksum_with(hash).await
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(File, &mut File => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        // TODO: check tokio-rs/tokio#6407
+        // if self.is_terminal() {
+        //     return Err(Error::IsTerminal);
+        // }
+
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(self);
+        loop {
+            let buffer = reader.fill_buf().await?;
+            let length = buffer.len();
+            if length == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            buffer.hash_with(hash);
+            reader.consume(length);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(DirEntry, &DirEntry, &mut DirEntry => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        self.path().chksum_with(hash).await
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(ReadDir, &mut ReadDir => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        let mut dir_entries = Vec::new();
+        while let Some(dir_entry) = self.next_entry().await? {
+            dir_entries.push(dir_entry);
+        }
+        dir_entries.sort_by_key(DirEntry::path);
+        for mut dir_entry in dir_entries {
+            dir_entry.chksum_with(hash).await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+});
+
+impl_async_chksumable!(Stdin, &mut Stdin => {
+    async fn chksum_with<H>(&mut self, hash: &mut H) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        H: Hash + Send,
+    {
+        // TODO: check tokio-rs/tokio#6407
+        // if self.is_terminal() {
+        //     return Err(Error::IsTerminal);
+        // }
+
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(self);
+        loop {
+            let buffer = reader.fill_buf().await?;
+            let length = buffer.len();
+            if length == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            buffer.hash_with(hash);
+            reader.consume(length);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+});