diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2ac0c4..705e505 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ and whenever one is found, it runs the cmake command there, assuming the CMakeLi
 file is just one directory above. Any arguments given to :CMake will be directly passed
 on to the cmake command. It also sets the working directory of the make command, so 
 you can just use quickfix as with a normal Makefile project.
+If you have the [AsyncRun plugin](https://github.com/skywind3000/asyncrun.vim)
+installed, it will be used automatically and you will be able to check the
+result of the cmake command in the quickfix as well.
 
  * `:CMakeClean` deletes all files in the build directory. You can think of this as a CMake version of make clean.
 
diff --git a/plugin/cmake.vim b/plugin/cmake.vim
index a4b16b5..2757096 100644
--- a/plugin/cmake.vim
+++ b/plugin/cmake.vim
@@ -68,8 +68,14 @@ function! s:cmake(...)
 
     let s:cmd = 'cmake '. l:argumentstr . " " . join(a:000) .' .. '
     echo s:cmd
-    let s:res = system(s:cmd)
-    echo s:res
+    if exists(":AsyncRun")
+        execute 'copen'
+        execute 'AsyncRun ' . s:cmd
+        execute 'wincmd p'
+    else
+        let s:res = system(s:cmd)
+        echo s:res
+    endif
 
     exec 'cd - '