diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dc491d5db..86ba0b30c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ decimal = ["rust_decimal"]
 cbor = ["serde_cbor"]
 chrono-duration = ["chrono", "iso8601-duration"]
 password-strength-validator = ["zxcvbn"]
+tokio-sync = ["tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
 async-graphql-derive = { path = "derive", version = "3.0.38" }
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ rust_decimal = { version = "1.14.3", optional = true }
 url = { version = "2.2.1", optional = true }
 smol_str = { version = "0.1.21", optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.3.5", optional = true, features = ["parsing", "formatting", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.17.0", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
 
 # Non-feature optional dependencies
 blocking = { version = "1.0.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/types/external/mod.rs b/src/types/external/mod.rs
index 3082e3045..0f164ef9b 100644
--- a/src/types/external/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/external/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ mod list;
 mod non_zero_integers;
 mod optional;
 mod string;
+mod tokio;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "bson")]
 mod bson;
diff --git a/src/types/external/tokio/mod.rs b/src/types/external/tokio/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d086d5bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/external/tokio/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod sync;
diff --git a/src/types/external/tokio/sync/mod.rs b/src/types/external/tokio/sync/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86312700e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/external/tokio/sync/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio-sync")]
+mod rw_lock;
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio-sync")]
+mod mutex;
diff --git a/src/types/external/tokio/sync/mutex.rs b/src/types/external/tokio/sync/mutex.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42d1a6bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/external/tokio/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
+use async_graphql_parser::types::Field;
+
+use crate::{registry, ContextSelectionSet, OutputType, Positioned, ServerResult, Value};
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl<T: OutputType> OutputType for Mutex<T>
+{
+    fn type_name() -> Cow<'static, str> {
+        T::type_name()
+    }
+
+    fn create_type_info(registry: &mut registry::Registry) -> String {
+        <T as OutputType>::create_type_info(registry)
+    }
+
+    async fn resolve(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &ContextSelectionSet<'_>,
+        field: &Positioned<Field>,
+    ) -> ServerResult<Value> {
+        self.lock().await.resolve(ctx, field).await
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/external/tokio/sync/rw_lock.rs b/src/types/external/tokio/sync/rw_lock.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de28940b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/external/tokio/sync/rw_lock.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
+use async_graphql_parser::types::Field;
+
+use crate::{registry, ContextSelectionSet, OutputType, Positioned, ServerResult, Value};
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl<T: OutputType> OutputType for RwLock<T>
+{
+    fn type_name() -> Cow<'static, str> {
+        T::type_name()
+    }
+
+    fn create_type_info(registry: &mut registry::Registry) -> String {
+        <T as OutputType>::create_type_info(registry)
+    }
+
+    async fn resolve(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &ContextSelectionSet<'_>,
+        field: &Positioned<Field>,
+    ) -> ServerResult<Value> {
+        self.read().await.resolve(ctx, field).await
+    }
+}