diff --git a/lib/query.js b/lib/query.js
index 9c627fb..53b66ca 100644
--- a/lib/query.js
+++ b/lib/query.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 var _           = require('lodash'),
     expressions = require('./expressions'),
-    utils       = require('./utils');
+    utils       = require('./utils')
+    promise     = require('promise');
 
 var internals = {};
 
@@ -227,6 +228,18 @@ Query.prototype.filter = function (keyName) {
 };
 
 Query.prototype.exec = function(callback) {
+    if (!callback) {
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            this.exec((error, result) => {
+                if (error) {
+                    reject(error);
+                } else {
+                    resolve(result);
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
   var self = this;
 
   this.addKeyCondition(this.buildKey());
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2b72724..434695b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "dynamodb",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "asap": {
+      "version": "2.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asap/-/asap-2.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-5QNHYR1+aQlDIIu9r+vLwvuGbUY="
+    },
     "async": {
       "version": "1.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
@@ -264,7 +269,7 @@
     },
     "coffee-script": {
       "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script/-/coffee-script-1.12.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-gJ9FhUGRErv+RqBzrXVDrxjCc0Y=",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jEZAYpY8DrgMvs5hq2RJCVSxMLnOMvgw1VwdRxlOZPvX1R8lZK5LZp4FW7W5OyBBtR3+Enn7wJSirfSIWVgfYQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "events": {
@@ -1475,6 +1480,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-uuid/-/node-uuid-1.4.8.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-sEDrCSOWivq/jTL7HxfxFn/auQc="
     },
+    "promise": {
+      "version": "8.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/promise/-/promise-8.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-5F1osAoXZHttpxG/he1u1HII9FA=",
+      "requires": {
+        "asap": "2.0.6"
+      }
+    },
     "punycode": {
       "version": "1.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-1.3.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b0c7d1..33edfc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     "bunyan": "1.5.x",
     "joi": "10.x.x",
     "lodash": "4.x.x",
-    "node-uuid": "1.4.x"
+    "node-uuid": "1.4.x",
+    "promise": "^8.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "1.x.x",