diff --git a/lib/wrench.js b/lib/wrench.js
index 1ddd91d..c509bcf 100644
--- a/lib/wrench.js
+++ b/lib/wrench.js
@@ -55,6 +55,70 @@ exports.readdirSyncRecursive = function(baseDir) {
     return fileList;
 };
 
+/*  wrench.readdirRecursive("directory_path", function(error, files) {});
+ *
+ *  Recursively dives through directories and read the contents of all the
+ *  children directories.
+ *
+ *  Asynchronous, so returns results/error in callback.
+ *  Callback receives the of files in currently recursed directory.
+ *  When no more directories are left, callback is called with null for all arguments.
+ *
+ */
+exports.readdirRecursive = function(baseDir, fn) {
+    baseDir = baseDir.replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+    var waitCount = 0;
+
+    function readdirRecursive(curDir) {
+        var files = [],
+            curFiles,
+            nextDirs,
+            prependcurDir = function(fname){
+                return _path.join(curDir, fname);
+            };
+
+        waitCount++;
+        fs.readdir(curDir, function(e, curFiles) {
+            waitCount--;
+
+            curFiles = curFiles.map(prependcurDir);
+
+            curFiles.forEach(function(it) {
+                waitCount++;
+
+                fs.stat(it, function(e, stat) {
+                    waitCount--;
+
+                    if (e) {
+                        fn(e);
+                    } else {
+                        if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+                            readdirRecursive(it);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (waitCount == 0) {
+                        fn(null, null);
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+
+            fn(null, curFiles.map(function(val) {
+                // convert absolute paths to relative
+                return val.replace(baseDir + '/', '');
+            }));
+
+            if (waitCount == 0) {
+                fn(null, null);
+            }
+        });
+    };
+
+    readdirRecursive(baseDir);
+};
+
+
 
 /*  wrench.rmdirSyncRecursive("directory_path", forceDelete, failSilent);
  *
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index e821b19..1462160 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ Usage
 ``` javascript
 var wrench = require('wrench'),
 	util = require('util');
+```
 
+### Synchronous operations
+``` javascript
 // Recursively create directories, sub-trees and all.
 wrench.mkdirSyncRecursive(dir, 0777);
 
@@ -43,6 +46,19 @@ while(f.hasNextLine()) {
 	util.puts(x.getNextLine());
 }
 ```
-It should be noted that these are all currently synchronous operations. 
+
+### Asynchronous operations
+``` javascript
+// Recursively read directories contents
+var files = [];
+wrench.readdirRecursive('my_directory_name', function(error, curFiles) {
+    if (files) {
+        files = files.concat(curFiles);
+    } else {
+        // files list contains all the directory contents now
+    }
+});
+
+```
 
 Questions, comments? Hit me up. (ryan [at] venodesigns.net | http://twitter.com/ryanmcgrath)
diff --git a/tests/mkdirSyncRecursive.js b/tests/mkdir.js
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/mkdirSyncRecursive.js
rename to tests/mkdir.js
diff --git a/tests/readdir.js b/tests/readdir.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2d14f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/readdir.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+var testCase = require('nodeunit').testCase;
+var fs = require('fs');
+var wrench = require('../lib/wrench');
+var path = require('path');
+var _und = require("underscore");
+
+
+function checkResult(test, files) {
+    var check = [
+            'bar.txt',
+            'foo',
+            'foo/bar',
+            'foo/dolor.md',
+            'foo/lorem.txt',
+            'foo/bar/ipsum.js'
+        ];
+
+    test.equals(files.length, check.length, 'number of paths is correct');
+
+    _und.each(check, function(it) {
+        test.ok(_und.include(files, it), 'path ' + it + ' should be returned');
+    });
+
+    test.done();
+}
+
+module.exports = testCase({
+    test_readdirSyncRecursive: function(test) {
+        var dir = __dirname + '/readdir';
+
+        test.ok(path.existsSync(dir), 'Folders should exist');
+
+        var files = wrench.readdirSyncRecursive(dir);
+
+        checkResult(test, files);
+    },
+
+    test_readdirRecursive: function(test) {
+        var dir = __dirname + '/readdir';
+
+        test.ok(path.existsSync(dir), 'Folders should exist');
+
+        var allFiles = [];
+
+        wrench.readdirRecursive(dir, function(e, files) {
+            if (e) throw e;
+
+            if (files) {
+                allFiles = allFiles.concat(files);
+            } else {
+                checkResult(test, allFiles);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+});
+
+// vim: et ts=4 sw=4
diff --git a/tests/readdirSyncRecursive.js b/tests/readdirSyncRecursive.js
deleted file mode 100644
index afed9a0..0000000
--- a/tests/readdirSyncRecursive.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-var testCase = require('nodeunit').testCase;
-var fs = require('fs');
-var wrench = require('../lib/wrench');
-var path = require('path');
-var _und = require("underscore");
-
-module.exports = testCase({
-    test_readdirSyncRecursive: function(test) {
-        var dir = __dirname + '/readdir';
-
-        test.equals(path.existsSync(dir), true, 'Folders should exist');
-
-        var check = [
-                'bar.txt',
-                'foo',
-                'foo/bar',
-                'foo/dolor.md',
-                'foo/lorem.txt',
-                'foo/bar/ipsum.js'
-            ];
-
-        var files = wrench.readdirSyncRecursive(dir);
-
-        test.equals(files.length, check.length, 'number of paths is correct');
-        for (var filename in files) {
-                test.ok(_und.include(check, files[filename]));
-        }
-
-        test.done();
-    }
-});
-
-// vim: et ts=4 sw=4
diff --git a/tests/runner.js b/tests/runner.js
index b353d1f..a5cc8f7 100644
--- a/tests/runner.js
+++ b/tests/runner.js
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 // will run all the tests
 
 module.exports = {
-    group_mkdirSyncRecursive : require('./mkdirSyncRecursive'),
-    group_readdirSyncRecursive : require('./readdirSyncRecursive')
+    group_mkdir: require('./mkdir'),
+    group_readdir: require('./readdir')
 };