diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 9c7b696..ca8fd19 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,29 @@ task:
     - cargo check --features mio_08
     - cargo check --features tokio
   test_script:
-    - cargo test --all-features --no-fail-fast -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
+    - cargo test --features mio_08,tokio --no-fail-fast -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
+  before_cache_script:
+    - rm -rf $HOME/.cargo/registry/index
+
+task:
+  name: Linux amd64 1.75
+  container:
+    image: rust:1.75.0
+    cpu: 1
+    memory: 1G # OOMs with 512MB
+  allow_failures: false
+  env:
+    RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+  cargo_cache:
+    folder: $HOME/.cargo/registry
+    fingerprint_script: cat Cargo.lock 2> /dev/null || true
+  target_cache:
+    folder: target
+    fingerprint_script: cat Cargo.lock 2> /dev/null || true
+  check_script:
+    - cargo check --features tokio,async_trait
+  test_script:
+    - cargo test --features tokio,async_trait --no-fail-fast -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
   before_cache_script:
     - rm -rf $HOME/.cargo/registry/index
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f4458a3..809fd49 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ categories = ["os::unix-apis", "asynchronous"]
 edition = "2021"
 exclude = ["tests", "src/bin", ".vscode"]
 
+[features]
+mio_08 = [ "dep:mio_08" ]
+tokio = [ "dep:tokio" ]
+async_trait = []
+
 [target."cfg(unix)".dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.90" # peer credentials for DragonFly BSD and NetBSD, SO_PEERSEC on all Linux architectures
 # enabling this feature implements the extension traits for mio 0.8's unix socket types
@@ -26,4 +31,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.28", features = ["net"], optional=true }
 tokio = { version = "1.28", features = ["io-util", "macros", "rt", 'rt-multi-thread'] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["mio_08", "tokio"]
+features = ["mio_08", "tokio", "async_trait"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adf846d..7801a27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ To enable it, add this to Cargo.toml:
 uds = {version="0.4.2", features=["tokio"]}
 ```
 
+### async
+
+The combination of `tokio` and `async_trait` add async `send` and `recv` methods to the extension trait, in addition to everything already added by the `tokio` feature.
+This increases the minimum Rust version to 1.75.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+uds = {version="0.4.2", features=["tokio", "async_trait"]}
+```
+
 ## Minimum Rust version
 
 The minimum Rust version is 1.63.  
diff --git a/src/tokio/traits.rs b/src/tokio/traits.rs
index 3aa3d86..da7021a 100644
--- a/src/tokio/traits.rs
+++ b/src/tokio/traits.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ use crate::addr::UnixSocketAddr;
 use crate::helpers::*;
 use crate::credentials::*;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "async_trait")]
+use crate::ancillary::*;
+#[cfg(feature = "async_trait")]
+use std::os::fd::RawFd;
+
 mod private {
     use super::*;
     pub trait Sealed {}
@@ -20,9 +25,6 @@ mod private {
 }
 
 /// Extension trait for `tokio::net::UnixStream`.
-///
-/// Doesn't have `send_fds()` or `recv_fds()`,
-/// because they would be `async` which isn't supported in traits yet.
 pub trait UnixStreamExt: AsRawFd + private::Sealed {
     /// Get the address of this socket, as a type that fully supports abstract addresses.
     fn local_unix_addr(&self) -> Result<UnixSocketAddr, io::Error> {
@@ -56,6 +58,22 @@ pub trait UnixStreamExt: AsRawFd + private::Sealed {
     fn initial_peer_selinux_context(&self,  buffer: &mut[u8]) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
         selinux_context(self.as_raw_fd(), buffer)
     }
+
+    /// Sends file descriptors in addition to bytes.
+    #[cfg(feature = "async_trait")]
+    fn send_fds(
+        &self,
+        bytes: &[u8],
+        fds: &[RawFd],
+    ) -> (impl Send + std::future::Future<Output = Result<usize, io::Error>>);
+
+    /// Receives file descriptors in addition to bytes.
+    #[cfg(feature = "async_trait")]
+    fn recv_fds(
+        &self,
+        buf: &mut [u8],
+        fd_buf: &mut [RawFd],
+    ) -> (impl Send + std::future::Future<Output = Result<(usize, usize), io::Error>>);
 }
 
 impl UnixStreamExt for UnixStream {
@@ -71,6 +89,29 @@ impl UnixStreamExt for UnixStream {
         set_unix_addr(socket.as_raw_fd(), SetAddr::PEER, to)?;
         UnixStream::from_std(unsafe { stdUnixStream::from_raw_fd(socket.into_raw_fd()) })
     }
+
+    /// Sends file descriptors in addition to bytes.
+    #[cfg(feature = "async_trait")]
+    async fn send_fds(&self, bytes: &[u8], fds: &[RawFd]) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+        self.async_io(tokio_crate::io::Interest::WRITABLE, || {
+            send_ancillary(self.as_raw_fd(), None, 0, &[io::IoSlice::new(bytes)], fds, None)
+        })
+        .await
+    }
+
+    /// Receives file descriptors in addition to bytes.
+    #[cfg(feature = "async_trait")]
+    async fn recv_fds(
+        &self,
+        buf: &mut [u8],
+        fd_buf: &mut [RawFd],
+    ) -> Result<(usize, usize), io::Error> {
+        self.async_io(tokio_crate::io::Interest::READABLE, || {
+            recv_fds(self.as_raw_fd(), None, &mut [io::IoSliceMut::new(buf)], fd_buf)
+                .map(|(bytes, _, fds)| (bytes, fds))
+        })
+        .await
+    }
 }
 
 /// Extension trait for using [`UnixSocketAddr`](struct.UnixSocketAddr.html) with `tokio::net::UnixListener`.
diff --git a/tests/tokio_traits.rs b/tests/tokio_traits.rs
index 5341aef..7a9fc58 100644
--- a/tests/tokio_traits.rs
+++ b/tests/tokio_traits.rs
@@ -103,3 +103,59 @@ async fn initial_pair_credentials() {
     let me = a.initial_pair_credentials().expect("get peer credentials");
     assert_eq!(me, b.initial_pair_credentials().unwrap());
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature="async_trait")]
+mod async_trait {
+    use super::*;
+
+    use std::os::unix::io::IntoRawFd;
+
+    use libc::close;
+
+    #[cfg_attr(not(any(target_os = "illumos", target_os = "solaris")), tokio::test)]
+    async fn many_fds() {
+        let (a, b) = std::os::unix::net::UnixStream::pair().expect("create stream socket pair");
+
+        a.set_nonblocking(true).expect("set a to nonblocking");
+        let a = UnixStream::from_std(a).expect("convert to tokio unix stream");
+
+        // only odd numbers cause difference between CMSG_SPACE() and CMSG_LEN(), and only on 64bit.
+        let mut fds = [-1; 99];
+        for (i, fd) in fds.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            match b.try_clone() {
+                Ok(clone) => *fd = clone.into_raw_fd(),
+                Err(e) => panic!("failed to clone the {}nt fd: {}", i + 1, e),
+            }
+        }
+        a.send_fds(&b"99"[..], &fds).await.expect("send 99 fds");
+
+        let mut recv_buf = [0; 10];
+        let mut recv_fds = [-1; 200];
+
+        b.set_nonblocking(true).expect("set b to nonblocking");
+        let b = UnixStream::from_std(b).expect("convert to tokio unix stream");
+        b.recv_fds(&mut recv_buf, &mut recv_fds)
+            .await
+            .expect("receive 99 of 200 fds");
+        for (i, &received) in recv_fds[..fds.len()].iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_ne!(received, -1, "rerceived fd {} is not -1", i + 1);
+            assert_eq!(
+                unsafe { close(received) },
+                0,
+                "close(received fd {}) failed: {}",
+                i + 1,
+                std::io::Error::last_os_error(),
+            );
+        }
+
+        for (i, &sent) in fds.iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                unsafe { close(sent) },
+                0,
+                "close(sent fd {}) failed: {}",
+                i + 1,
+                std::io::Error::last_os_error(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}