diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 265aea283..7c4699b78 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ matrix:
   - env: TARGET=i686-unknown-freebsd
   - env: TARGET=i686-unknown-linux-gnu
 
+  # Test the async / await preview. We don't want to block PRs on this failing
+  # though.
+  - rust: nightly
+    env: ALLOW_FAILURES=true
+    script: |
+      cd tokio-async-await
+      cargo check --all
+  allow_failures:
+    - rust: nightly
+      env: ALLOW_FAILURES=true
+
+
 script:
   - |
     set -e
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/Cargo.toml b/tokio-async-await/Cargo.toml
index 1583de724..c8b077bf5 100644
--- a/tokio-async-await/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-async-await/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Experimental async/await support for Tokio
 categories = ["asynchronous"]
 
 [workspace]
+members = [
+  "./",
+  "examples",
+]
 
 [lib]
 name = "tokio"
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/examples/Cargo.toml b/tokio-async-await/examples/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..204c91dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-async-await/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+cargo-features = ["edition"]
+
+[package]
+name = "examples"
+edition = "2018"
+
+# When releasing to crates.io:
+# - Update html_root_url.
+version = "0.1.1"
+authors = ["Carl Lerche <me@carllerche.com>"]
+license = "MIT"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "hyper"
+path = "src/hyper.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+tokio-async-await = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../" }
+bytes = "0.4.9"
+hyper = "0.12.8"
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+tokio = { path = "../.." }
+tokio-executor = { path = "../../tokio-executor" }
+tokio-io = { path = "../../tokio-io" }
+tokio-reactor = { path = "../../tokio-reactor" }
+tokio-tcp = { path = "../../tokio-tcp" }
+tokio-timer = { path = "../../tokio-timer" }
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/examples/README.md b/tokio-async-await/examples/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd360f0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-async-await/examples/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Tokio async/await examples
+
+These are a separate crate in order to work around some cargo bugs. It also
+allows `[patch]` to be used in `Cargo.toml` to ensure the correct lib versions
+are being pulled in.
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/examples/chat.rs b/tokio-async-await/examples/src/chat.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tokio-async-await/examples/chat.rs
rename to tokio-async-await/examples/src/chat.rs
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/examples/echo_client.rs b/tokio-async-await/examples/src/echo_client.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tokio-async-await/examples/echo_client.rs
rename to tokio-async-await/examples/src/echo_client.rs
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/examples/echo_server.rs b/tokio-async-await/examples/src/echo_server.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tokio-async-await/examples/echo_server.rs
rename to tokio-async-await/examples/src/echo_server.rs
diff --git a/tokio-async-await/examples/hyper.rs b/tokio-async-await/examples/src/hyper.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tokio-async-await/examples/hyper.rs
rename to tokio-async-await/examples/src/hyper.rs