diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_stdlib.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_stdlib.hpp
index 8d4986a..92483fd 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_stdlib.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_stdlib.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 #include "dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp"
 #include "dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp"
 
+#ifndef CHAISCRIPT_NO_THREADS
+#include <future>
+#endif
+
+
 /// @file
 ///
 /// This file generates the standard library that normal ChaiScript usage requires.
@@ -40,6 +45,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
         lib->add(standard_library::map_type<std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value> >("Map"));
         lib->add(standard_library::pair_type<std::pair<Boxed_Value, Boxed_Value > >("Pair"));
 
+#ifndef CHAISCRIPT_NO_THREADS
+        lib->add(standard_library::future_type<std::future<chaiscript::Boxed_Value>>("future"));
+        lib->add(chaiscript::fun<std::future<Boxed_Value> (const std::function<chaiscript::Boxed_Value ()> &)>([](const std::function<chaiscript::Boxed_Value ()> &t_func){ return std::async(std::launch::async, t_func);}), "async");
+#endif
+
         return lib;
       }
 
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
index acb8344..b3be6fc 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
@@ -564,6 +564,25 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
           return m;
         }
+
+
+
+      /// Add a MapType container
+      /// http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Map.html
+      template<typename FutureType>
+        ModulePtr future_type(const std::string &type, ModulePtr m = ModulePtr(new Module()))
+        {
+          m->add(user_type<FutureType>(), type);
+
+          m->add(fun(&FutureType::valid), "valid");
+          m->add(fun(&FutureType::get), "get");
+          m->add(fun(&FutureType::wait), "wait");
+
+          return m;
+        }
+
+
+
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/handle_return.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/handle_return.hpp
index 8f2ebfe..cb1c977 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/handle_return.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/handle_return.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
           {
             return const_var(r);
           }
+
+          static Boxed_Value handle(Ret &&r)
+          {
+            return Boxed_Value(std::move(r));
+          }
         };
 
       template<typename Ret>
diff --git a/unittests/future.chai b/unittests/future.chai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afb9afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/future.chai
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var func = fun(){
+  var ret = 0;
+  for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) {
+    ret += i;
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
+var fut1 := async(func);
+var fut2 := async(func);
+var fut3 := async(func);
+var fut4 := async(func);
+
+// simply executing without crashing is good enough for this test
+
+print(" ${fut1.get()} ${fut2.get()} ${fut3.get()} ${fut4.get()}")