diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 98938ebc8..ce82e0efc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - restore_cache:
           key: sbtcache
-      - run: sbt ++2.12.10! coreJVM/test http4s/compile examples/compile catsInteropJVM/compile benchmarks/compile
+      - run: sbt ++2.12.10! coreJVM/test http4s/compile akkaHttp/compile examples/compile catsInteropJVM/compile benchmarks/compile
       - save_cache:
           key: sbtcache
           paths:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - restore_cache:
           key: sbtcache
-      - run: sbt ++2.13.1! coreJVM/test http4s/compile examples/compile catsInteropJVM/compile
+      - run: sbt ++2.13.1! coreJVM/test http4s/compile akkaHttp/compile examples/compile catsInteropJVM/compile
       - save_cache:
           key: sbtcache
           paths:
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/caliban/AkkaHttpAdapter.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/caliban/AkkaHttpAdapter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17eb9ba85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/caliban/AkkaHttpAdapter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package caliban
+
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.MediaTypes.`application/json`
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.{HttpEntity, HttpResponse}
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Route
+import caliban.Value.NullValue
+import de.heikoseeberger.akkahttpcirce.FailFastCirceSupport
+import io.circe.syntax._
+import zio.{Runtime, URIO}
+
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
+
+object AkkaHttpAdapter extends FailFastCirceSupport {
+
+
+  private def execute[R, Q, M, S, E](
+                                      interpreter: GraphQL[R, Q, M, S, E],
+                                      query: GraphQLRequest
+                                    ): URIO[R, GraphQLResponse[E]] =
+    interpreter.execute(query.query, query.operationName, query.variables.getOrElse(Map()))
+
+  def makeHttpService[R, Q, M, S, E](interpreter: GraphQL[R, Q, M, S, E])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext, runtime: Runtime[R]): Route = {
+    import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives._
+    post {
+        entity(as[GraphQLRequest]) { request =>
+          complete({
+            runtime.unsafeRunToFuture(
+              execute(interpreter, request)
+                .foldCause(cause => GraphQLResponse(NullValue, cause.defects).asJson, _.asJson)
+              .map(gqlResult => HttpResponse(200, entity = HttpEntity(`application/json`, gqlResult.toString())) ))
+              .future
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index f8d012ef1..1842e2f05 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -112,11 +112,29 @@ lazy val http4s = project
   )
   .dependsOn(coreJVM)
 
+lazy val akkaHttp = project
+  .in(file("akka-http"))
+  .settings(name := "caliban-akka-http")
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http"       % "10.1.11",
+      "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream"     % "2.5.26",
+      "de.heikoseeberger" %% "akka-http-circe" % "1.29.1",
+      "io.circe"          %% "circe-parser"    % "0.12.3",
+      compilerPlugin(
+        ("org.typelevel" %% "kind-projector" % "0.11.0")
+          .cross(CrossVersion.full)
+      )
+    )
+  )
+  .dependsOn(coreJVM)
+
 lazy val examples = project
   .in(file("examples"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
   .settings(skip in publish := true)
-  .dependsOn(http4s, catsInteropJVM)
+  .dependsOn(akkaHttp, http4s, catsInteropJVM)
 
 lazy val benchmarks = project
   .in(file("benchmarks"))
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/akkahttp/ExampleApp.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/akkahttp/ExampleApp.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00f5e4a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/akkahttp/ExampleApp.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package caliban.akkahttp
+
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives._
+import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
+import caliban.ExampleData.{Character, CharacterArgs, CharactersArgs, Role, sampleCharacters}
+import caliban.GraphQL.graphQL
+import caliban.schema.Annotations.{GQLDeprecated, GQLDescription}
+import caliban.schema.GenericSchema
+import caliban.{AkkaHttpAdapter, ExampleService, RootResolver}
+import zio.clock.Clock
+import zio.console.Console
+import zio.stream.ZStream
+import zio.{DefaultRuntime, URIO}
+
+import scala.io.StdIn
+
+object ExampleApp extends App with GenericSchema[Console with Clock] {
+
+  implicit val system = ActorSystem()
+  implicit val materializer = ActorMaterializer()
+  implicit val executionContext = system.dispatcher
+  implicit val defaultRuntime = new DefaultRuntime {}
+
+  implicit val roleSchema = gen[Role]
+  implicit val characterSchema = gen[Character]
+  implicit val characterArgsSchema = gen[CharacterArgs]
+  implicit val charactersArgsSchema = gen[CharactersArgs]
+
+  case class Queries(
+                      @GQLDescription("Return all characters from a given origin")
+                      characters: CharactersArgs => URIO[Console, List[Character]],
+                      @GQLDeprecated("Use `characters`")
+                      character: CharacterArgs => URIO[Console, Option[Character]]
+                    )
+  case class Mutations(deleteCharacter: CharacterArgs => URIO[Console, Boolean])
+  case class Subscriptions(characterDeleted: ZStream[Console, Nothing, String])
+
+  val interpreter = defaultRuntime.unsafeRun(ExampleService.make(sampleCharacters).map(service => {
+    graphQL(
+      RootResolver(
+        Queries(
+          args => service.getCharacters(args.origin),
+          args => service.findCharacter(args.name)
+        ),
+        Mutations(args => service.deleteCharacter(args.name)),
+        Subscriptions(service.deletedEvents)))
+  }))
+
+  /**
+   * curl -X POST \
+   * http://localhost:8080/api/graphql \
+   * -H 'Host: localhost:8080' \
+   * -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+   * -d '{
+   * "query": "query { characters { name }}"
+   * }'
+   */
+
+  val route =
+      path("api" / "graphql") {
+        AkkaHttpAdapter.makeHttpService(interpreter)
+      } ~ path("graphiql") {
+        getFromResource("graphiql.html")
+      }
+
+  val bindingFuture = Http().bindAndHandle(route, "localhost", 8080)
+  println(s"Server online at http://localhost:8080/\nPress RETURN to stop...")
+  StdIn.readLine()
+  bindingFuture
+    .flatMap(_.unbind())
+    .onComplete(_ => system.terminate())
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/ExampleApp.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/http4s/ExampleApp.scala
similarity index 92%
rename from examples/src/main/scala/caliban/ExampleApp.scala
rename to examples/src/main/scala/caliban/http4s/ExampleApp.scala
index c7b2cdd54..41114da4e 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/ExampleApp.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/caliban/http4s/ExampleApp.scala
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-package caliban
+package caliban.http4s
 
 import caliban.ExampleData._
 import caliban.GraphQL._
 import caliban.execution.QueryAnalyzer._
-import caliban.schema.Annotations.{ GQLDeprecated, GQLDescription }
+import caliban.schema.Annotations.{GQLDeprecated, GQLDescription}
 import caliban.schema.GenericSchema
+import caliban.{CalibanError, ExampleService, GraphQL, Http4sAdapter, RootResolver}
 import cats.data.Kleisli
 import cats.effect.Blocker
 import org.http4s.StaticFile
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import org.http4s.server.middleware.CORS
 import zio._
 import zio.blocking.Blocking
 import zio.clock.Clock
-import zio.console.{ putStrLn, Console }
+import zio.console.{Console, putStrLn}
 import zio.interop.catz._
 import zio.stream.ZStream