diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cemerick/bandalore.clj b/src/main/clojure/cemerick/bandalore.clj
index 23272db..3e13561 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cemerick/bandalore.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cemerick/bandalore.clj
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 ;   You must not remove this notice, or any other, from this software.
 
 (ns cemerick.bandalore
-  (:import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQSClient
+  (:import (com.amazonaws.services.sqs AmazonSQS AmazonSQSClient AmazonSQSAsyncClient)
     (com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model
       AddPermissionRequest ChangeMessageVisibilityRequest CreateQueueRequest
       DeleteMessageRequest DeleteQueueRequest GetQueueAttributesRequest
       ListQueuesRequest Message ReceiveMessageRequest ReceiveMessageResult
       RemovePermissionRequest SendMessageRequest SendMessageResult
-      SetQueueAttributesRequest))
+      SetQueueAttributesRequest)
+    com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials
+    (com.amazonaws.services.sqs.buffered AmazonSQSBufferedAsyncClient QueueBufferConfig))
   (:refer-clojure :exclude (send)))
 
 (defn create-client
@@ -27,15 +29,28 @@
   ([id secret-key]
     (create-client id secret-key (com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration.)))
   ([id secret-key client-config]
-    (AmazonSQSClient. (com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials. id secret-key)
+    (AmazonSQSClient. (BasicAWSCredentials. id secret-key)
       (.withUserAgent client-config "Bandalore - SQS for Clojure"))))
 
+(defn create-async-client
+  "Creates a asynchronous AmazonSQSClient using the provided account id and secret key."
+  ([id secret-key]
+     (AmazonSQSAsyncClient. (BasicAWSCredentials. id secret-key))))
+
+(defn create-buffered-async-client
+  "Creates a buffered asynchronous AmazonSQSClient using the provided account id, secret key,
+   and optional com.amazonaws.services.sqs.buffered.QueueBufferConfig."
+  ([id secret-key]
+     (create-buffered-async-client id secret-key (QueueBufferConfig.)))
+  ([id secret-key client-config]
+     (AmazonSQSBufferedAsyncClient. (create-async-client id secret-key) client-config)))
+
 (def ^{:private true} visibility-warned? (atom false))
 
 (defn create-queue
   "Creates a queue with the given name, returning the corresponding URL string.
    Returns successfully if the queue already exists."
-  [^AmazonSQSClient client queue-name & {:as options}]
+  [^AmazonSQS client queue-name & {:as options}]
   (when (and (:visibility options) (not @visibility-warned?))
     (println "[WARNING] :visibility option to cemerick.bandalore/create-queue no longer supported;")
     (println "[WARNING] See https://github.com/cemerick/bandalore/issues/3")
@@ -46,12 +61,12 @@
 
 (defn delete-queue
   "Deletes the queue specified by the given URL string."
-  [^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url]
+  [^AmazonSQS client queue-url]
   (.deleteQueue client (DeleteQueueRequest. queue-url)))
 
 (defn list-queues
   "Returns a seq of all queues' URL strings."
-  [^AmazonSQSClient client]
+  [^AmazonSQS client]
   (->> (ListQueuesRequest.)
     (.listQueues client)
     .getQueueUrls
@@ -64,13 +79,13 @@
    and values.  Note that the SQS API only supports setting one queue attribute
    per request, so each attribute name/value pair in the provided `attr-map`
    will provoke a separate API request."
-  ([^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url]
+  ([^AmazonSQS client queue-url]
     (->>
       (.withAttributeNames (GetQueueAttributesRequest. queue-url) #{"All"})
       (.getQueueAttributes client)
       .getAttributes
       (into {})))
-  ([^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url attr-map]
+  ([^AmazonSQS client queue-url attr-map]
     (doseq [[k v] attr-map]
       (.setQueueAttributes client
         (SetQueueAttributesRequest. queue-url {(str k) (str v)})))))
@@ -78,7 +93,7 @@
 (defn send
   "Sends a new message with the given string body to the queue specified
    by the string URL.  Returns a map with :id and :body-md5 slots."
-  [^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url message]
+  [^AmazonSQS client queue-url message]
   (let [resp (.sendMessage client (SendMessageRequest. queue-url message))]
     {:id (.getMessageId resp)
      :body-md5 (.getMD5OfMessageBody resp)}))
@@ -115,7 +130,7 @@
    :receipt-handle - the ID used to delete the message from the queue after
              it has been fully processed.
    :source-queue - the URL of the queue from which the message was received"
-  [^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url & {:keys [limit visibility ^java.util.Collection attributes]
+  [^AmazonSQS client queue-url & {:keys [limit visibility ^java.util.Collection attributes]
                                         :or {limit 1
                                              attributes #{}}}]
   (let [req (-> (ReceiveMessageRequest. queue-url)
@@ -168,9 +183,9 @@
    if the `queue-url` is not provided explicitly.  Otherwise,
    `message` may be a message map, Message object,
    or the :receipt-handle value from a received message map."
-  ([^AmazonSQSClient client message]
+  ([^AmazonSQS client message]
     (delete client (:source-queue message) message))
-  ([^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url message]
+  ([^AmazonSQS client queue-url message]
     (->> message
       receipt-handle
       (DeleteMessageRequest. queue-url)
@@ -194,7 +209,7 @@
 
    `message` may be a message map, Message object,
    or the :receipt-handle value from a received message map."
-  [^AmazonSQSClient client queue-url message visibility-timeout]
+  [^AmazonSQS client queue-url message visibility-timeout]
   (.changeMessageVisibility client
     (ChangeMessageVisibilityRequest.
       queue-url (receipt-handle message) visibility-timeout)))