diff --git a/doxypypy/doxypypy.py b/doxypypy/doxypypy.py
index b45b7ba..1ed76a8 100755
--- a/doxypypy/doxypypy.py
+++ b/doxypypy/doxypypy.py
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ def visit_FunctionDef(self, node, **kwargs):
         self.generic_visit(node, containingNodes=containingNodes)
         # Remove the item we pushed onto the containing nodes hierarchy.
         containingNodes.pop()
+    visit_AsyncFunctionDef = visit_FunctionDef
 
     def visit_ClassDef(self, node, **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/doxypypy/test/sample_async.out.py b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.out.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..790f01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.out.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+## @brief An asynchronous function and an asynchronous method.
+#
+#Here we're testing out some straightforward Python 3 async
+#examples.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async
+
+
+
+## @brief     A sample non-asynchronous function.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async.non_asynchronous_function
+
+def non_asynchronous_function():
+    return "Not async."
+
+## @brief     A sample asynchronous function.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async.asynchronous_function
+
+async def asynchronous_function():
+    return "Async"
+
+
+## @brief     A sample class with an async method.
+#
+#    Nothing special, just a basic Python 3 class that has an
+#    async method in it.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async.ClassWithAsyncMethod
+
+class ClassWithAsyncMethod():
+
+    ## @brief         This is a regular, non-async method.
+    #
+    # @namespace sample_async.ClassWithAsyncMethod.non_asynchronous_method
+
+    def non_asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Not async."
+
+    ## @brief         This is an asynchronous method.
+    #
+    # @namespace sample_async.ClassWithAsyncMethod.asynchronous_method
+
+    async def asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Async"
+
diff --git a/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outbare.py b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outbare.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69b3b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outbare.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##
+#An asynchronous function and an asynchronous method.
+#
+#Here we're testing out some straightforward Python 3 async
+#examples.
+#
+
+
+##
+#    A sample non-asynchronous function.
+#
+def non_asynchronous_function():
+    return "Not async."
+
+##
+#    A sample asynchronous function.
+#
+async def asynchronous_function():
+    return "Async"
+
+
+##
+#    A sample class with an async method.
+#
+#    Nothing special, just a basic Python 3 class that has an
+#    async method in it.
+#
+class ClassWithAsyncMethod():
+
+    ##
+    #        This is a regular, non-async method.
+    #
+    def non_asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Not async."
+
+    ##
+    #        This is an asynchronous method.
+    #
+    async def asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Async"
+
diff --git a/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outnc.py b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outnc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..790f01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outnc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+## @brief An asynchronous function and an asynchronous method.
+#
+#Here we're testing out some straightforward Python 3 async
+#examples.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async
+
+
+
+## @brief     A sample non-asynchronous function.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async.non_asynchronous_function
+
+def non_asynchronous_function():
+    return "Not async."
+
+## @brief     A sample asynchronous function.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async.asynchronous_function
+
+async def asynchronous_function():
+    return "Async"
+
+
+## @brief     A sample class with an async method.
+#
+#    Nothing special, just a basic Python 3 class that has an
+#    async method in it.
+#
+# @namespace sample_async.ClassWithAsyncMethod
+
+class ClassWithAsyncMethod():
+
+    ## @brief         This is a regular, non-async method.
+    #
+    # @namespace sample_async.ClassWithAsyncMethod.non_asynchronous_method
+
+    def non_asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Not async."
+
+    ## @brief         This is an asynchronous method.
+    #
+    # @namespace sample_async.ClassWithAsyncMethod.asynchronous_method
+
+    async def asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Async"
+
diff --git a/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outnn.py b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outnn.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cdf821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.outnn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+## @brief An asynchronous function and an asynchronous method.
+#
+#Here we're testing out some straightforward Python 3 async
+#examples.
+#
+
+
+
+## @brief     A sample non-asynchronous function.
+#
+
+def non_asynchronous_function():
+    return "Not async."
+
+## @brief     A sample asynchronous function.
+#
+
+async def asynchronous_function():
+    return "Async"
+
+
+## @brief     A sample class with an async method.
+#
+#    Nothing special, just a basic Python 3 class that has an
+#    async method in it.
+#
+
+class ClassWithAsyncMethod():
+
+    ## @brief         This is a regular, non-async method.
+    #
+
+    def non_asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Not async."
+
+    ## @brief         This is an asynchronous method.
+    #
+
+    async def asynchronous_method(self):
+        return "Async"
+
diff --git a/doxypypy/test/sample_async.py b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63baa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxypypy/test/sample_async.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+An asynchronous function and an asynchronous method.
+
+Here we're testing out some straightforward Python 3 async
+examples.
+"""
+
+
+def non_asynchronous_function():
+    """
+    A sample non-asynchronous function.
+    """
+    return "Not async."
+
+async def asynchronous_function():
+    """
+    A sample asynchronous function.
+    """
+    return "Async"
+
+
+class ClassWithAsyncMethod():
+    """
+    A sample class with an async method.
+
+    Nothing special, just a basic Python 3 class that has an
+    async method in it.
+    """
+
+    def non_asynchronous_method(self):
+        """
+        This is a regular, non-async method.
+        """
+        return "Not async."
+
+    async def asynchronous_method(self):
+        """
+        This is an asynchronous method.
+        """
+        return "Async"
+
diff --git a/doxypypy/test/test_doxypypy.py b/doxypypy/test/test_doxypypy.py
index 4f8ab5f..5fb6967 100755
--- a/doxypypy/test/test_doxypypy.py
+++ b/doxypypy/test/test_doxypypy.py
@@ -766,6 +766,14 @@ def test_indentProcessing(self):
         sampleName = 'doxypypy/test/sample_rstexample.py'
         self.compareAgainstGoldStandard(sampleName, equalIndent=True)
 
+    @mark.skipif(version_info < (3, 0), reason="not supported in Python 2")
+    def test_asyncProcessing(self):
+        """
+        Test the examples with async functions and methods.
+        """
+        sampleName = 'doxypypy/test/sample_async.py'
+        self.compareAgainstGoldStandard(sampleName)
+
         
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # When executed from the command line, run all the tests via unittest.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78b511b..bcde9d3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
         'chardet'
     ],
     test_suite='doxypypy.test.test_doxypypy',
+    extras_require={
+        'testing': ['pytest', 'tox'],
+    },
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'doxypypy = doxypypy.doxypypy:main'