diff --git a/lib/nodejs/package.json b/lib/nodejs/package.json
index b2b92d6..d7e39e4 100755
--- a/lib/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/lib/nodejs/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   "engines": { "node": ">= 0.2.4" },
   "dependencies": {
     "node-int64": "~0.3.0",
+	"q": "1.0.x",
     "nodeunit": "~0.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/test/client.js b/lib/nodejs/test/client.js
index 43d88f0..2aa2295 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/test/client.js
+++ b/lib/nodejs/test/client.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 var ThriftProtocols = require('thrift/protocol');
 var ThriftTest = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest');
 var ThriftTestDriver = require('./thrift_test_driver').ThriftTestDriver;
+var ThriftTestDriverPromise = require('./thrift_test_driver_promise').ThriftTestDriver;
 
 var program = require('commander');
 
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@
   .option('-p, --protocol <protocol>', 'Set thrift protocol (binary|json) [protocol]')
   .option('-t, --transport <transport>', 'Set thrift transport (buffered|framed) [transport]')
   .option('--ssl', 'use SSL transport')
+  .option('--promise', 'test with promise style functions')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 var protocol = undefined;
 var transport =  undefined;
+var testDriver = undefined;
 
 if (program.protocol === "binary") {
   protocol = ThriftProtocols.TBinaryProtocol;
@@ -58,6 +61,12 @@
   transport = ThriftTransports.TBufferedTransport;
 }
 
+if (program.promise) {
+  testDriver = ThriftTestDriverPromise;
+} else {
+  testDriver = ThriftTestDriver;
+}
+
 var options = {
   transport: transport,
   protocol: protocol
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@
   assert(false, err);
 });
 
-ThriftTestDriver(client, function (status) {
+testDriver(client, function (status) {
   console.log(status);
   connection.end();
 });
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/test/server.js b/lib/nodejs/test/server.js
index 69519ab..acc0398 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/test/server.js
+++ b/lib/nodejs/test/server.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 var ThriftProtocols = require('thrift/protocol');
 var ThriftTest = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest');
 var ThriftTestHandler = require('./test_handler').ThriftTestHandler;
+var ThriftTestHandlerPromise = require('./test_handler_promise').ThriftTestHandler;
 
 
 var program = require('commander');
@@ -37,10 +38,12 @@
   .option('-p, --protocol <protocol>', 'Set thift protocol (binary|json) [protocol]')
   .option('-t, --transport <transport>', 'Set thift transport (buffered|framed) [transport]')
   .option('--ssl', 'use ssl transport')
+  .option('--promise', 'test with promise style functions')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 var protocol = undefined;
 var transport =  undefined;
+var handler = undefined;
 
 if (program.protocol === "binary") {
   protocol = ThriftProtocols.TBinaryProtocol;
@@ -60,6 +63,12 @@
   transport = ThriftTransports.TBufferedTransport;
 }
 
+if (program.promise) {
+  handler = ThriftTestHandlerPromise;
+} else {
+  handler = ThriftTestHandler;
+}
+
 var options = {
   protocol: protocol,
   transport: transport
@@ -69,9 +78,9 @@
   //ssl options
   options.key = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'server.key'));
   options.cert = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'server.crt'));
-  thrift.createSSLServer(ThriftTest, ThriftTestHandler, options).listen(9090);
+  thrift.createSSLServer(ThriftTest, handler, options).listen(9090);
 
 } else {
   //default
-  thrift.createServer(ThriftTest, ThriftTestHandler, options).listen(9090);
+  thrift.createServer(ThriftTest, handler, options).listen(9090);
 }
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/test/testAll.sh b/lib/nodejs/test/testAll.sh
index cdd0c79..96f8a2a 100755
--- a/lib/nodejs/test/testAll.sh
+++ b/lib/nodejs/test/testAll.sh
@@ -75,5 +75,7 @@
 testClientServer binary framed --ssl || TESTOK=1
 testMultiplexedClientServer binary framed --ssl || TESTOK=1
 
+#test promise style
+testClientServer binary framed --promise || TESTOK=1
 
 exit $TESTOK
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/test/test_handler_promise.js b/lib/nodejs/test/test_handler_promise.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc698eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodejs/test/test_handler_promise.js
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * 'License'); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+//This is the server side Node test handler for the standard
+//  Apache Thrift test service.
+
+var ttypes = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest_types');
+var TException = require('thrift/thrift').TException;
+
+var ThriftTestHandler = exports.ThriftTestHandler = {
+  testVoid: function() {
+    console.log('testVoid()');
+  },
+  testString: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testString(\'' + thing + '\')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testByte: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testByte(' + thing + ')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testI32: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testI32(' + thing + ')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testI64: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testI64(' + thing + ')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testDouble: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testDouble(' + thing + ')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testStruct: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testStruct(');
+    console.log(thing);
+    console.log(')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testNest: function(nest) {
+    console.log('testNest(');
+    console.log(nest);
+    console.log(')');
+    return nest;
+  },
+  testMap: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testMap(');
+    console.log(thing);
+    console.log(')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testStringMap: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testStringMap(');
+    console.log(thing);
+    console.log(')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testSet: function(thing, result) {
+    console.log('testSet(');
+    console.log(thing);
+    console.log(')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testList: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testList(');
+    console.log(thing);
+    console.log(')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testEnum: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testEnum(' + thing + ')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testTypedef: function(thing) {
+    console.log('testTypedef(' + thing + ')');
+    return thing;
+  },
+  testMapMap: function(hello) {
+    console.log('testMapMap(' + hello + ')');
+
+    var mapmap = [];
+    var pos = [];
+    var neg = [];
+    for (var i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
+      pos[i] = i;
+      neg[-i] = -i;
+    }
+    mapmap[4] = pos;
+    mapmap[-4] = neg;
+
+    return mapmap;
+  },
+  testInsanity: function(argument) {
+    console.log('testInsanity(');
+    console.log(argument);
+    console.log(')');
+
+    var hello = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+    hello.string_thing = 'Hello2';
+    hello.byte_thing = 2;
+    hello.i32_thing = 2;
+    hello.i64_thing = 2;
+
+    var goodbye = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+    goodbye.string_thing = 'Goodbye4';
+    goodbye.byte_thing = 4;
+    goodbye.i32_thing = 4;
+    goodbye.i64_thing = 4;
+
+    var crazy = new ttypes.Insanity();
+    crazy.userMap = [];
+    crazy.userMap[ttypes.Numberz.EIGHT] = 8;
+    crazy.userMap[ttypes.Numberz.FIVE] = 5;
+    crazy.xtructs = [goodbye, hello];
+
+    var first_map = [];
+    var second_map = [];
+
+    first_map[ttypes.Numberz.TWO] = crazy;
+    first_map[ttypes.Numberz.THREE] = crazy;
+
+    var looney = new ttypes.Insanity();
+    second_map[ttypes.Numberz.SIX] = looney;
+
+    var insane = [];
+    insane[1] = first_map;
+    insane[2] = second_map;
+
+    console.log('insane result:');
+    console.log(insane);
+    return insane;
+  },
+  testMulti: function(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5) {
+    console.log('testMulti()');
+
+    var hello = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+    hello.string_thing = 'Hello2';
+    hello.byte_thing = arg0;
+    hello.i32_thing = arg1;
+    hello.i64_thing = arg2;
+    return hello;
+  },
+  testException: function(arg) {
+    console.log('testException('+arg+')');
+    if (arg === 'Xception') {
+      var x = new ttypes.Xception();
+      x.errorCode = 1001;
+      x.message = arg;
+      throw x;
+    } else if (arg === 'TException') {
+      throw new TException(arg);
+    } else {
+      return;
+    }
+  },
+  testMultiException: function(arg0, arg1) {
+    console.log('testMultiException(' + arg0 + ', ' + arg1 + ')');
+    if (arg0 === ('Xception')) {
+      var x = new ttypes.Xception();
+      x.errorCode = 1001;
+      x.message = 'This is an Xception';
+      throw x;
+    } else if (arg0 === ('Xception2')) {
+      var x2 = new ttypes.Xception2();
+      x2.errorCode = 2002;
+      x2.struct_thing = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+      x2.struct_thing.string_thing = 'This is an Xception2';
+      throw x2;
+    }
+
+    var res = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+    res.string_thing = arg1;
+    return res;
+  },
+  testOneway: function(sleepFor) {
+    console.log('testOneway(' + sleepFor + ') => JavaScript (like Rust) never sleeps!');
+  }
+};   //ThriftTestSvcHandler
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/test/thrift_test_driver_promise.js b/lib/nodejs/test/thrift_test_driver_promise.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5c1b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodejs/test/thrift_test_driver_promise.js
@@ -0,0 +1,394 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * 'License'); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+ // This is the Node test driver for the standard Apache Thrift
+ // test service. The driver invokes every function defined in the
+ // Thrift Test service with a representative range of parameters.
+ //
+ // The ThriftTestDriver function requires a client object
+ // connected to a server hosting the Thrift Test service and
+ // supports an optional callback function which is called with
+ // a status message when the test is complete.
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var ttypes = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest_types');
+
+var ThriftTestDriver = exports.ThriftTestDriver = function(client, callback) {
+
+// deepEqual doesn't work with fields using node-int64
+function checkRecursively(map1, map2) {
+  if (typeof map1 !== 'function' && typeof map2 !== 'function') {
+    if (!map1 || typeof map1 !== 'object') {
+        assert.equal(map1, map2);
+    } else {
+      for (var key in map1) {
+        checkRecursively(map1[key], map2[key]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+client.testVoid()
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(undefined, response); //void
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+
+client.testString("Test")
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal("Test", response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testString("")
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal("", response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+//all Languages in UTF-8
+var stringTest = "Afrikaans, Alemannisch, Aragonés, العربية, مصرى, " +
+    "Asturianu, Aymar aru, Azərbaycan, Башҡорт, Boarisch, Žemaitėška, " +
+    "Беларуская, Беларуская (тарашкевіца), Български, Bamanankan, " +
+    "বাংলা, Brezhoneg, Bosanski, Català, Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄, Нохчийн, " +
+    "Cebuano, ᏣᎳᎩ, Česky, Словѣ́ньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ, Чӑвашла, Cymraeg, " +
+    "Dansk, Zazaki, ދިވެހިބަސް, Ελληνικά, Emiliàn e rumagnòl, English, " +
+    "Esperanto, Español, Eesti, Euskara, فارسی, Suomi, Võro, Føroyskt, " +
+    "Français, Arpetan, Furlan, Frysk, Gaeilge, 贛語, Gàidhlig, Galego, " +
+    "Avañe'ẽ, ગુજરાતી, Gaelg, עברית, हिन्दी, Fiji Hindi, Hrvatski, " +
+    "Kreyòl ayisyen, Magyar, Հայերեն, Interlingua, Bahasa Indonesia, " +
+    "Ilokano, Ido, Íslenska, Italiano, 日本語, Lojban, Basa Jawa, " +
+    "ქართული, Kongo, Kalaallisut, ಕನ್ನಡ, 한국어, Къарачай-Малкъар, " +
+    "Ripoarisch, Kurdî, Коми, Kernewek, Кыргызча, Latina, Ladino, " +
+    "Lëtzebuergesch, Limburgs, Lingála, ລາວ, Lietuvių, Latviešu, Basa " +
+    "Banyumasan, Malagasy, Македонски, മലയാളം, मराठी, مازِرونی, Bahasa " +
+    "Melayu, Nnapulitano, Nedersaksisch, नेपाल भाषा, Nederlands, ‪" +
+    "Norsk (nynorsk)‬, ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬, Nouormand, Diné bizaad, " +
+    "Occitan, Иронау, Papiamentu, Deitsch, Polski, پنجابی, پښتو, " +
+    "Norfuk / Pitkern, Português, Runa Simi, Rumantsch, Romani, Română, " +
+    "Русский, Саха тыла, Sardu, Sicilianu, Scots, Sámegiella, Simple " +
+    "English, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Српски / Srpski, Seeltersk, " +
+    "Svenska, Kiswahili, தமிழ், తెలుగు, Тоҷикӣ, ไทย, Türkmençe, Tagalog, " +
+    "Türkçe, Татарча/Tatarça, Українська, اردو, Tiếng Việt, Volapük, " +
+    "Walon, Winaray, 吴语, isiXhosa, ייִדיש, Yorùbá, Zeêuws, 中文, " +
+    "Bân-lâm-gú, 粵語";
+
+client.testString(stringTest)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(stringTest, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+
+var specialCharacters = 'quote: \" backslash:' +
+    ' forwardslash-escaped: \/ ' +
+    ' backspace: \b formfeed: \f newline: \n return: \r tab: ' +
+    ' now-all-of-them-together: "\\\/\b\n\r\t' +
+    ' now-a-bunch-of-junk: !@#$%&()(&%$#{}{}<><><' +
+    ' char-to-test-json-parsing: ]] \"]] \\" }}}{ [[[ ';
+client.testString(specialCharacters)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(specialCharacters, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+
+client.testByte(1)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(1, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+
+client.testByte(0)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(0, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testByte(-1)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(-1, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testByte(-127)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(-127, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testI32(-1)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(-1, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testI64(5)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(5, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testI64(-5)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(-5, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testI64(-34359738368)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(-34359738368, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testDouble(-5.2098523)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(-5.2098523, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testDouble(7.012052175215044)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(7.012052175215044, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var out = new ttypes.Xtruct({
+  string_thing: 'Zero',
+  byte_thing: 1,
+  i32_thing: -3,
+  i64_thing: 1000000
+});
+client.testStruct(out)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    checkRecursively(out, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var out2 = new ttypes.Xtruct2();
+out2.byte_thing = 1;
+out2.struct_thing = out;
+out2.i32_thing = 5;
+client.testNest(out2)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    checkRecursively(out2, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var mapout = {};
+for (var i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+  mapout[i] = i-10;
+}
+client.testMap(mapout)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.deepEqual(mapout, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var mapTestInput = {
+  "a":"123", "a b":"with spaces ", "same":"same", "0":"numeric key",
+  "longValue":stringTest, stringTest:"long key"
+};
+client.testStringMap(mapTestInput)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.deepEqual(mapTestInput, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var setTestInput = [1,2,3];
+client.testSet(setTestInput)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.deepEqual(setTestInput, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+client.testList(setTestInput)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.deepEqual(setTestInput, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testEnum(ttypes.Numberz.ONE)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(ttypes.Numberz.ONE, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testTypedef(69)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(69, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var mapMapTest = {
+  "4": {"1":1, "2":2, "3":3, "4":4},
+  "-4": {"-4":-4, "-3":-3, "-2":-2, "-1":-1}
+};
+client.testMapMap(mapMapTest)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.deepEqual(mapMapTest, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+var crazy = new ttypes.Insanity({
+  "userMap":{ "5":5, "8":8 },
+  "xtructs":[new ttypes.Xtruct({
+      "string_thing":"Goodbye4",
+      "byte_thing":4,
+      "i32_thing":4,
+      "i64_thing":4
+    }), new ttypes.Xtruct({
+      "string_thing":"Hello2",
+      "byte_thing":2,
+      "i32_thing":2,
+      "i64_thing":2
+    })]
+});
+
+var insanity = {
+  "1":{ "2": crazy, "3": crazy },
+  "2":{ "6":{ "userMap":null, "xtructs":null } }
+};
+client.testInsanity(crazy)
+  .then(function(response) {
+    checkRecursively(insanity, response);
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testException('TException')
+  .then(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testException('Xception')
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(err.errorCode, 1001);
+    assert.equal('Xception', err.message)
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testException('no Exception')
+  .then(function(response) {
+    assert.equal(undefined, response); //void
+  })
+  .fail(function() {
+    assert(false);
+  });
+
+client.testOneway(0, function(error, response) {
+  assert(false); //should not answer
+});
+
+(function() {
+  var test_complete = false;
+  var retrys = 0;
+  var retry_limit = 30;
+  var retry_interval = 100;
+  /**
+   * redo a simple test after the oneway to make sure we aren't "off by one" --
+   * if the server treated oneway void like normal void, this next test will
+   * fail since it will get the void confirmation rather than the correct
+   * result. In this circumstance, the client will throw the exception:
+   *
+   * Because this is the last test against the server, when it completes
+   * the entire suite is complete by definition (the tests run serially).
+   */
+  client.testI32(-1)
+    .then(function(response) {
+        assert.equal(-1, response);
+        test_complete = true
+    })
+    .fail(function() {
+      assert(false);
+    });
+
+//We wait up to retry_limit * retry_interval for the test suite to complete
+  function TestForCompletion() {
+    if(test_complete) {
+      if (callback) {
+        callback("Server successfully tested!");
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (++retrys < retry_limit) {
+        setTimeout(TestForCompletion, retry_interval);
+      } else {
+    if (callback) {
+      callback("Server test failed to complete after " +
+        (retry_limit*retry_interval/1000) + " seconds");
+    }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  setTimeout(TestForCompletion, retry_interval);
+})();
+}