diff --git a/actix-framed/Cargo.toml b/actix-framed/Cargo.toml
index a2919bcec..bbd7dd698 100644
--- a/actix-framed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-framed/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ actix-codec = "0.1.2"
 actix-service = "0.3.6"
 actix-utils = "0.3.4"
 actix-router = "0.1.2"
+actix-rt = "0.2.2"
 actix-http = { path = "../actix-http" }
 
 bytes = "0.4"
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ futures = "0.1.25"
 log = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-actix-rt = "0.2.2"
 actix-server = { version = "0.4.1", features=["ssl"] }
 actix-connect = { version = "0.1.0", features=["ssl"] }
 actix-http-test = { version = "0.1.0-alpha.3", features=["ssl"] }
diff --git a/actix-framed/src/test.rs b/actix-framed/src/test.rs
index 34a157279..3bc828df4 100644
--- a/actix-framed/src/test.rs
+++ b/actix-framed/src/test.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use actix_http::http::header::{Header, HeaderName, IntoHeaderValue};
 use actix_http::http::{HttpTryFrom, Method, Uri, Version};
 use actix_http::test::{TestBuffer, TestRequest as HttpTestRequest};
 use actix_router::{Path, Url};
+use actix_rt::Runtime;
+use futures::IntoFuture;
 
 use crate::{FramedRequest, State};
 
@@ -114,6 +116,16 @@ impl<S> TestRequest<S> {
         let framed = Framed::new(TestBuffer::empty(), Codec::default());
         FramedRequest::new(req, framed, self.path, self.state)
     }
+
+    /// This method generates `FramedRequest` instance and executes async handler
+    pub fn run<F, R, I, E>(self, f: F) -> Result<I, E>
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(FramedRequest<TestBuffer, S>) -> R,
+        R: IntoFuture<Item = I, Error = E>,
+    {
+        let mut rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        rt.block_on(f(self.finish()).into_future())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]