diff --git a/examples/oneway/sleep.thrift b/examples/oneway/sleep.thrift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..917e57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/oneway/sleep.thrift
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Simple example to show how to use `oneway` with thriftpy.
+ */
+service Sleep {
+    /**
+     * Tell the server to sleep!
+     */
+    oneway void sleep(1: i32 seconds)
+}
diff --git a/examples/oneway/sleep_client.py b/examples/oneway/sleep_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6354115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/oneway/sleep_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import thriftpy
+sleep_thrift = thriftpy.load("sleep.thrift", module_name="sleep_thrift")
+
+from thriftpy.rpc import make_client
+
+
+def main():
+    client = make_client(sleep_thrift.Sleep, '127.0.0.1', 6000)
+    # sleep multiple times, but the client won't wait any more
+    client.sleep(1)
+    client.sleep(2)
+    client.sleep(3)
+    client.sleep(4)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/examples/oneway/sleep_server.py b/examples/oneway/sleep_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a65ff39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/oneway/sleep_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import time
+import thriftpy
+sleep_thrift = thriftpy.load("sleep.thrift", module_name="sleep_thrift")
+
+from thriftpy.rpc import make_server
+
+
+class Dispatcher(object):
+    def sleep(self, seconds):
+        print("I'm going to sleep %d seconds" % seconds)
+        time.sleep(seconds)
+        print("Sleep over!")
+
+
+def main():
+    server = make_server(sleep_thrift.Sleep, Dispatcher(),
+                         '127.0.0.1', 6000)
+    print("serving...")
+    server.serve()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/thriftpy/parser/__init__.py b/thriftpy/parser/__init__.py
index b981fd9..50955f0 100644
--- a/thriftpy/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/thriftpy/parser/__init__.py
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ def _ttype_spec(ttype, name):
             result_name = "%s_result" % api_name
             result_attrs = {"__module__": module_name}
 
+            # if oneway
+            result_attrs["oneway"] = api["oneway"]
+
             if api["type"] == "void":
                 result_thrift_spec = {}
             else:
diff --git a/thriftpy/thrift.py b/thriftpy/thrift.py
index 24b4c31..135e4f0 100644
--- a/thriftpy/thrift.py
+++ b/thriftpy/thrift.py
@@ -133,7 +133,12 @@ def _req(self, api, *args, **kwargs):
                           *args)
         kwargs.update(_kw)
         self._send(api, **kwargs)
-        return self._recv(api)
+
+        result_cls = getattr(self._service, api + "_result")
+
+        if not getattr(result_cls, "oneway"):
+            # wait result only if non-oneway
+            return self._recv(api)
 
     def _send(self, api, **kwargs):
         self._oprot.write_message_begin(api, TMessageType.CALL, self._seqid)
@@ -225,8 +230,10 @@ def handle_exception(self, e, result):
 
     def process(self, iprot, oprot):
         api, seqid, result, call = self.process_in(iprot)
+
         if isinstance(result, TApplicationException):
-            self.send_exception(oprot, api, result, seqid)
+            if not result.oneway:
+                self.send_exception(oprot, api, result, seqid)
         else:
             try:
                 result.success = call()
@@ -234,7 +241,8 @@ def process(self, iprot, oprot):
                 # raise if api don't have throws
                 self.handle_exception(e, result)
 
-            self.send_result(oprot, api, result, seqid)
+            if not result.oneway:
+                self.send_result(oprot, api, result, seqid)
 
 
 class TException(TPayload, Exception):