diff --git a/example/asio-example.cpp b/example/asio-example.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/server.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+
+int main()
+{
+    using GetSubTreeType = std::vector<std::pair<
+        std::string,
+        std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>>>>;
+    using message = sdbusplus::message::message;
+    // setup connection to dbus
+    boost::asio::io_service io;
+    auto conn = std::make_shared<sdbusplus::asio::connection>(io);
+
+    // test async method call and async send
+    auto mesg =
+        conn->new_method_call("xyz.openbmc_project.ObjectMapper",
+                              "/xyz/openbmc_project/object_mapper",
+                              "xyz.openbmc_project.ObjectMapper", "GetSubTree");
+
+    static const auto depth = 2;
+    static const std::vector<std::string> interfaces = {
+        "xyz.openbmc_project.Sensor.Value"};
+    mesg.append("/xyz/openbmc_project/Sensors", depth, interfaces);
+
+    conn->async_send(mesg, [](boost::system::error_code ec, message& ret) {
+        std::cout << "async_send callback\n";
+        if (ec || ret.is_method_error())
+        {
+            std::cerr << "error with async_send\n";
+            return;
+        }
+        GetSubTreeType data;
+        ret.read(data);
+        for (auto& item : data)
+        {
+            std::cout << item.first << "\n";
+        }
+    });
+
+    conn->async_method_call(
+        [](boost::system::error_code ec, GetSubTreeType& subtree) {
+            std::cout << "async_method_call callback\n";
+            if (ec)
+            {
+                std::cerr << "error with async_method_call\n";
+                return;
+            }
+            for (auto& item : subtree)
+            {
+                std::cout << item.first << "\n";
+            }
+
+        },
+        "xyz.openbmc_project.ObjectMapper",
+        "/xyz/openbmc_project/object_mapper",
+        "xyz.openbmc_project.ObjectMapper", "GetSubTree",
+        "/org/openbmc/control", 2, std::vector<std::string>());
+
+    io.run();
+
+    return 0;
+}