diff --git a/fire/core.py b/fire/core.py
index 763b3d13..6abc22a5 100644
--- a/fire/core.py
+++ b/fire/core.py
@@ -669,7 +669,16 @@ def _CallAndUpdateTrace(component, args, component_trace, treatment='class',
   fn = component.__call__ if treatment == 'callable' else component
   parse = _MakeParseFn(fn, metadata)
   (varargs, kwargs), consumed_args, remaining_args, capacity = parse(args)
-  component = fn(*varargs, **kwargs)
+
+  if six.PY34:
+    import asyncio  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(fn):
+      loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+      component = loop.run_until_complete(fn(*varargs, **kwargs))
+    else:
+      component = fn(*varargs, **kwargs)
+  else:
+    component = fn(*varargs, **kwargs)
 
   if treatment == 'class':
     action = trace.INSTANTIATED_CLASS
diff --git a/fire/fire_test.py b/fire/fire_test.py
index 2c7a580b..1a6b9e35 100644
--- a/fire/fire_test.py
+++ b/fire/fire_test.py
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ def testFireKeywordArgsWithMissingPositionalArgs(self):
         fire.Fire(tc.Kwargs, command=['run', 'Hello', '--cell', 'ok']),
         ('Hello', None, {'cell': 'ok'}))
 
+  @unittest.skipUnless(six.PY34, 'Asyncio only available in Python 3.4+')
+  def testFireAsyncio(self):
+    self.assertEqual(fire.Fire(tc.py3.WithAsyncio,
+                               command=['double', '--count', '5']), 10)
+
   def testFireObject(self):
     self.assertEqual(
         fire.Fire(tc.WithDefaults(), command=['double', '--count', '5']), 10)
diff --git a/fire/test_components_py3.py b/fire/test_components_py3.py
index e714be30..43a102f7 100644
--- a/fire/test_components_py3.py
+++ b/fire/test_components_py3.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 # Lint as: python3
 """This module has components that use Python 3 specific syntax."""
+import six
 
+import asyncio
 import functools
 
 
@@ -43,3 +45,10 @@ def lru_cache_in_class(self, arg1):
 @functools.lru_cache()
 def lru_cache_decorated(arg1):
   return arg1
+
+
+class WithAsyncio(object):
+
+  @asyncio.coroutine
+  def double(self, count=0):
+    return 2 * count