diff --git a/src/data/conversions/promise-to-future.js b/src/data/conversions/promise-to-future.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29b727b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/conversions/promise-to-future.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// This source file is part of the Folktale project.
+//
+// Licensed under MIT. See LICENCE for full licence information.
+// See CONTRIBUTORS for the list of contributors to the project.
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const { Cancelled } = require('folktale/data/future/_execution-state');
+const Deferred = require('folktale/data/future/_deferred');
+
+/*~
+ * stability: experimental
+ * type: |
+ *   forall e, v:
+ *     (Promise v e) => Future e v
+ */
+const promiseToFuture = (aPromise) => {
+  const deferred = new Deferred();
+  aPromise.then(
+    (value) => deferred.resolve(value),
+    (error) => {
+      if (Cancelled.hasInstance(error)) {
+        deferred.cancel();
+      } else {
+        deferred.reject(error);
+      }
+    }
+  )
+  return deferred.future();
+};
+
+
+module.exports = promiseToFuture;
diff --git a/src/data/future/_future.js b/src/data/future/_future.js
index fe48183..70913a5 100644
--- a/src/data/future/_future.js
+++ b/src/data/future/_future.js
@@ -247,6 +247,16 @@ Object.assign(Future, {
     let result = new Future();      // eslint-disable-line prefer-const
     result._state = Rejected(reason);
     return result;
+  },
+
+
+  /*~
+   * stability: experimental
+   * type: |
+   *   forall e, v: (Promise v e) => Future e v
+   */
+  fromPromise(aPromise) {
+    return require('folktale/data/conversions/promise-to-future')(aPromise);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/src/data/future/index.js b/src/data/future/index.js
index 48d02f8..3a7a654 100644
--- a/src/data/future/index.js
+++ b/src/data/future/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const Future = require('./_future');
 module.exports = {
   of: Future.of,
   rejected: Future.rejected,
+  fromPromise: Future.fromPromise,
   _Deferred: require('./_deferred'),
   _ExecutionState: require('./_execution-state'),
   _Future: Future
diff --git a/test/specs-src/data.future.es6 b/test/specs-src/data.future.es6
index d670ce5..40012c7 100644
--- a/test/specs-src/data.future.es6
+++ b/test/specs-src/data.future.es6
@@ -16,6 +16,39 @@ const { _ExecutionState, _Deferred: Deferred } = Future;
 const { Resolved, Rejected } = _ExecutionState;
 
 describe('Data.Future', function() {
+  describe('conversions', () => {
+    property('Promise.resolve(v) → Future.resolve(v)', 'nat', (a) => {
+      return new Promise((ok, error) => {
+        Future.fromPromise(Promise.resolve(a)).listen({
+          onResolved: (v) => v === a ? ok(true) : error(`Assertion failed: ${a} === ${v}`),
+          onRejected: (v) => error(`Expected a resolved future with ${a}, got a rejected future with ${v}`),
+          onCancelled: () => error(`Expected a resolved future with ${a}, got a cancelled future`)
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    property('Promise.reject(v) → Future.reject(v)', 'nat', (a) => {
+      return new Promise((ok, error) => {
+        Future.fromPromise(Promise.reject(a)).listen({
+          onRejected: (v) => v === a ? ok(true) : error(`Assertion failed: ${a} === ${v}`),
+          onResolved: (v) => error(`Expected a rejected future with ${a}, got a resolved future with ${v}`),
+          onCancelled: () => error(`Expected a rejected future with ${a}, got a cancelled future`)
+        });
+      });
+    });
+    
+    property('Promise.reject(Cancelled()) → Future.cancel()', () => {
+      return new Promise((ok, error) => {
+        Future.fromPromise(Promise.reject(_ExecutionState.Cancelled())).listen({
+          onRejected: (v) => error(`Expected a cancelled future, got a rejected future with ${v}`),
+          onResolved: (v) => error(`Expected a cancelled future, got a resolved future with ${v}`),
+          onCancelled: () => ok(true)
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+
   describe('Deferreds', function() {
     it('new Deferred() should start in a pending state', () => {
       let deferred = new Deferred();