diff --git a/_examples/basic_async.go b/_examples/basic_async.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d33c3052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/basic_async.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/zk"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	c, _, err := zk.Connect([]string{"127.0.0.1:2181", "127.0.0.1:2182", "127.0.0.1:2183"}, time.Second) //*10)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err = c.AddWatchCtxAsync(context.Background(), "/", true, func(ctx context.Context, e zk.Event) {
+		fmt.Printf("Got event: %+v\n", e)
+		c.GetCtxAsync(ctx, e.Path, func(ctx context.Context, b []byte, s *zk.Stat, err error) {
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s err => %+v\n", e.Path, err)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("%s (%+v): %+v\n", e.Path, s, b)
+			}
+		})
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/_examples/tree_walker_async.go b/_examples/tree_walker_async.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..530fe142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/tree_walker_async.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/zk"
+)
+
+var (
+	zkConn = struct{}{}
+)
+
+func walk(ctx context.Context, parent string, childrens []string, stat *zk.Stat, err error) {
+	if ctx.Err() != nil || err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("%s err1 => %+v\n", parent, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c := ctx.Value(zkConn).(*zk.Conn)
+
+	if stat.NumChildren == 0 {
+		c.GetCtxAsync(ctx, parent, func(ctx context.Context, b []byte, s *zk.Stat, err error) {
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s err2 => %+v\n", parent, err)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("Leaf %s => %+v\n", parent, b)
+			}
+		})
+	} else {
+		for _, child := range childrens {
+			c.ChildrenCtxAsync(ctx, path.Join(parent, child), walk)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	c, _, err := zk.Connect([]string{"127.0.0.1:2181", "127.0.0.1:2182", "127.0.0.1:2183"}, time.Second) //*10)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), zkConn, c)
+	c.ChildrenCtxAsync(ctx, "/", walk)
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 175e2769..3f8e3f81 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -1086,6 +1086,20 @@ func (c *Conn) AddAuthCtx(ctx context.Context, scheme string, auth []byte) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Conn) AddWatchCtxAsync(ctx context.Context, path string, recursive bool, callback func(context.Context, Event)) error {
+	ch, err := c.AddWatchCtx(ctx, path, recursive)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		for e := range ch {
+			callback(ctx, e)
+		}
+	}()
+	return nil
+}
+
 // AddWatch creates a persistent (optionally recursive) watch at the given path.
 func (c *Conn) AddWatch(path string, recursive bool) (<-chan Event, error) {
 	return c.AddWatchCtx(context.Background(), path, recursive)
@@ -1143,6 +1157,13 @@ func (c *Conn) RemoveWatchCtx(ctx context.Context, ech <-chan Event) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Conn) ChildrenCtxAsync(ctx context.Context, path string, callback func(context.Context, string, []string, *Stat, error)) {
+	go func() {
+		childrens, stat, err := c.ChildrenCtx(ctx, path)
+		callback(ctx, path, childrens, stat, err)
+	}()
+}
+
 // Children returns the children of a znode.
 func (c *Conn) Children(path string) ([]string, *Stat, error) {
 	return c.ChildrenCtx(context.Background(), path)
@@ -1186,6 +1207,13 @@ func (c *Conn) ChildrenWCtx(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]string, *Stat,
 	return res.Children, &res.Stat, ech, err
 }
 
+func (c *Conn) GetCtxAsync(ctx context.Context, path string, callback func(context.Context, []byte, *Stat, error)) {
+	go func() {
+		data, stat, err := c.GetCtx(ctx, path)
+		callback(ctx, data, stat, err)
+	}()
+}
+
 // Get gets the contents of a znode.
 func (c *Conn) Get(path string) ([]byte, *Stat, error) {
 	return c.GetCtx(context.Background(), path)