diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0916e3a1..22a20201 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ explicitly.
   - `sh`
 - `clojure.java.io` aliased as `io`:
   - `as-relative-path`, `copy`, `delete-file`, `file`
+- [`clojure.core.async`](https://clojure.github.io/core.async/) aliased as
+  `async`. The `alt` and `go` macros are not available but `alts!!` does work as
+  it is a function.
 - [`me.raynes.conch.low-level`](https://github.com/clj-commons/conch#low-level-usage)
   aliased as `conch`
 
@@ -164,6 +167,20 @@ Waits for TCP connection to be available on host and port. Options map supports
   `:timeout` and `:pause`. If `:timeout` is provided and reached, exception will
   be thrown. The `:pause` option determines the time waited between retries.
 
+- `sig/pipe-signal-received?`. Usage:
+
+``` clojure
+(sig/pipe-signal-received?)
+```
+
+Returns true if `PIPE` signal was received. Example:
+
+``` shellsession
+$ bb '((fn [x] (println x) (when (not (sig/pipe-signal-received?)) (recur (inc x)))) 0)' | head -n2
+1
+2
+```
+
 ## Examples
 
 ``` shellsession
@@ -308,6 +325,23 @@ $ bb '
 (net/wait-for-it "localhost" 1777) (conch/destroy ws)'
 ```
 
+## Async
+
+Apart from `future` for creating threads and the `conch` namespace for creating
+processes, you may use `core.async` to script asynchronously. The following
+example shows how to get first available value from two different processes:
+
+``` clojure
+bb '
+(defn async-command [& args]
+  (async/thread (apply shell/sh "bash" "-c" args)))
+
+(-> (async/alts!! [(async-command "sleep 2 && echo process 1")
+                   (async-command "sleep 1 && echo process 2")])
+    first :out str/trim println)'
+process 2
+```
+
 ## Enabling SSL
 
 If you want to be able to use SSL to e.g. run `(slurp
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index a457e952..505fae96 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
             :url "http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php"}
   :source-paths ["src" "sci/src" "sci/inlined" "conch/src"]
   :resource-paths ["resources" "sci/resources"]
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]
+                 [org.clojure/core.async "0.4.500"]]
   :profiles {:test {:dependencies [[clj-commons/conch "0.9.2"]]}
              :uberjar {:global-vars {*assert* false}
                        :jvm-opts ["-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/async.clj b/src/babashka/impl/async.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cdaab5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/async.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+(ns babashka.impl.async
+  {:no-doc true}
+  (:require [clojure.core.async :as async]))
+
+(defn thread
+  [& body]
+  `(~'async/thread-call (fn [] ~@body)))
+
+(def async-bindings
+  {'async/<!! async/<!!
+   'async/>!! async/>!!
+   'async/admix async/admix
+   'async/alts! async/alts!
+   'async/alts!! async/alts!!
+   'async/buffer async/buffer
+   'async/chan async/chan
+   'async/close! async/close!
+   'async/do-alt async/do-alt
+   'async/do-alts async/do-alts
+   'async/dropping-buffer async/dropping-buffer
+   'async/filter< async/filter<
+   'async/filter> async/filter>
+   'async/into async/into
+   'async/map async/map
+   'async/map< async/map<
+   'async/map> async/map>
+   'async/mapcat< async/mapcat<
+   'async/mapcat> async/mapcat>
+   'async/merge async/merge
+   'async/mix async/mix
+   'async/mult async/mult
+   'async/offer! async/offer!
+   'async/onto-chan async/onto-chan
+   'async/partition async/partition
+   'async/partition-by async/partition-by
+   'async/pipe async/pipe
+   'async/pipeline async/pipeline
+   'async/pipeline-async async/pipeline-async
+   'async/pipeline-blocking async/pipeline-blocking
+   'async/poll! async/poll!
+   'async/promise-chan async/promise-chan
+   'async/pub async/pub
+   'async/put! async/put!
+   'async/reduce async/reduce
+   'async/remove< async/remove<
+   'async/remove> async/remove>
+   'async/sliding-buffer async/sliding-buffer
+   'async/solo-mode async/solo-mode
+   'async/split async/split
+   'async/sub async/sub
+   'async/take async/take
+   'async/take! async/take!
+   'async/tap async/tap
+   'async/thread (with-meta thread {:sci/macro true})
+   'async/thread-call async/thread-call
+   'async/timeout async/timeout
+   'async/to-chan async/to-chan
+   'async/toggle async/toggle
+   'async/transduce async/transduce
+   'async/unblocking-buffer? async/unblocking-buffer?
+   'async/unique async/unique
+   'async/unmix async/unmix
+   'async/unmix-all async/unmix-all
+   'async/unsub async/unsub
+   'async/unsub-all async/unsub-all
+   'async/untap async/untap
+   'async/untap-all async/untap-all})
+
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
index eb41f32c..d9c5eea1 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
@@ -10,17 +10,35 @@
   {;; atoms
    'atom atom
    'swap! swap!
+   'swap-vals! swap-vals!
    'reset! reset!
    'add-watch add-watch
-
+   'future-call future-call
+   'future (with-meta future {:sci/macro true})
+   'future-cancel future-cancel
+   'future-cancelled? future-cancelled?
+   'future-done? future-done?
+   'future? future?
+   'deref deref
+   'agent agent
+   'send send
+   'send-off send-off
+   'promise promise
+   'deliver deliver
+   'shutdown-agents shutdown-agents
    'run! run!
    'slurp slurp
    'spit spit
    'pmap pmap
-   'print print
+   'pr pr
    'pr-str pr-str
    'prn prn
+   'prn-str prn-str
+   'print-str print-str
+   'print print
    'println println
-   'future-call future-call
-   'future (with-meta future {:sci/macro true})
-   'deref deref})
+   'println-str println-str
+   'flush flush
+   'ex-info ex-info
+   'ex-data ex-data
+   })
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 6067dedc..00063cb5 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
    [babashka.impl.File :refer [file-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.System :refer [system-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.Thread :refer [thread-bindings]]
+   [babashka.impl.async :refer [async-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.core :refer [core-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.stacktrace :refer [print-stack-trace]]
    [babashka.impl.conch :refer [conch-bindings]]
@@ -147,12 +148,14 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
           'io/file io/file
           'io/reader io/reader
           'edn/read-string edn/read-string
-          'net/wait-for-it net/wait-for-it}
+          'net/wait-for-it net/wait-for-it
+          'sig/pipe-signal-received? pipe-signal-received?}
          core-bindings
          system-bindings
          file-bindings
          thread-bindings
-         conch-bindings))
+         conch-bindings
+         async-bindings))
 
 (defn read-edn []
   (edn/read {;;:readers *data-readers*
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
         t1 (System/currentTimeMillis)]
     (when time? (binding [*out* *err*]
                   (println "bb took" (str (- t1 t0) "ms."))))
+    (flush)
     exit-code))
 
 (defn -main
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index a4398840..7dd24392 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
   (let [tmp (java.io.File/createTempFile "script" ".clj")]
     (spit tmp "(defn foo [x y] (+ x y)) (defn bar [x y] (* x y))")
     (is (= "120\n" (test-utils/bb nil (format "(load-file \"%s\") (bar (foo 10 30) 3)"
-                                             (.getPath tmp)))))))
+                                              (.getPath tmp)))))))
 
 (deftest preloads-test
   ;; THIS TEST REQUIRES:
@@ -176,3 +176,12 @@
                 (net/wait-for-it \"127.0.0.1\" 7171)
                 (conch/destroy web-server)
                 (net/wait-for-it \"localhost\" 7172 {:timeout 50})"))))
+
+(deftest async-test
+  (is (= "process 2\n" (test-utils/bb nil "
+   (defn async-command [& args]
+     (async/thread (apply shell/sh \"bash\" \"-c\" args)))
+
+   (-> (async/alts!! [(async-command \"sleep 2 && echo process 1\")
+                      (async-command \"sleep 1 && echo process 2\")])
+     first :out str/trim println)"))))