diff --git a/futures/src/main/scala/Futures.scala b/futures/src/main/scala/Futures.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..632afe1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/futures/src/main/scala/Futures.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package dispatch.futures
+
+import java.util.concurrent.{Executors,Callable,ExecutorService}
+
+object Futures extends AvailableFutures {
+  /** Structural type coinciding with scala.actors.Future */
+  type Future[T] = Function0[T] {
+    def isSet: Boolean
+  }
+}
+object DefaultFuture extends JucFuture {
+  lazy val futureExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool
+}
+trait AvailableFutures {
+  /** @return values of futures that have completed their processing */
+  def available[T](fs: Iterable[Futures.Future[T]]) = fs filter { _.isSet } map { _() } toList
+}
+/** Interface to futures functionality */
+trait Futures {
+  def future[T](result: => T): Futures.Future[T]
+}
+/** A java.util.concurrent Future accessor, executor undefined */
+trait JucFuture extends Futures {
+  def future[T](result: => T) = new JucFuture(result)
+  /** Implement to customize the java.util.concurrent Executor, defaults to Executors.newCachedThreadPool */
+  val futureExecutor: ExecutorService
+  /** Wraps java.util.concurrent.Future */
+  class JucFuture[T](f: => T) extends Function0[T] {
+    val delegate = futureExecutor.submit(new Callable[T]{
+      def call = f
+    })
+    def isSet = delegate.isDone
+    def apply() = delegate.get()
+  }
+}
+/** Future accessor using a scala.actors future */
+object ActorsFuture extends Futures {
+  def future[T](result: => T) = scala.actors.Futures.future(result)
+}
diff --git a/http/src/main/scala/dispatch/Threads.scala b/http/src/main/scala/dispatch/Threads.scala
index 298d84f7..72f609e7 100644
--- a/http/src/main/scala/dispatch/Threads.scala
+++ b/http/src/main/scala/dispatch/Threads.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package dispatch
 
-import java.util.concurrent.{Executors,Callable,ExecutorService}
-
 /** Http with a thread-safe client and non-blocking interfaces */
 trait Threads extends Http with FuturableExecutor {
   override val client = new ThreadSafeHttpClient
@@ -9,6 +7,7 @@ trait Threads extends Http with FuturableExecutor {
   def shutdown() = client.getConnectionManager.shutdown()
 }
 trait FuturableExecutor extends HttpExecutor {
+  import dispatch.futures.Futures
   /** @return an executor that will call `error` on any exception */
   def on_error (error: PartialFunction[Throwable, Unit]) = new FuturableExecutor {
     val execute = FuturableExecutor.this.execute
@@ -21,40 +20,11 @@ trait FuturableExecutor extends HttpExecutor {
   /** @return an asynchronous Http interface that packs responses through a Threads#Future */
   lazy val future = new HttpExecutor {
     val execute = FuturableExecutor.this.execute
-    type HttpPackage[T] = Futures#Future[FuturableExecutor.this.HttpPackage[T]]
+    type HttpPackage[T] = Futures.Future[FuturableExecutor.this.HttpPackage[T]]
     def pack[T](result: => T) = http_future.future(FuturableExecutor.this.pack(result))
   }
-  def http_future: Futures = DefaultJucFuture
-}
-/** Accessors for futures used by FuturableExecutor */
-trait Futures {
-  /** Structural type coinciding with scala.actors.Future */
-  type Future[T] = Function0[T] {
-    def isSet: Boolean
-  }
-  def future[T](result: => T): Future[T]
-}
-/** A java.util.concurrent Future accessor */
-trait JucFuture extends Futures {
-  def future[T](result: => T) = new JucFuture(result)
-  /** Implement to customize the java.util.concurrent Executor, defaults to Executors.newCachedThreadPool */
-  val futureExecutor: ExecutorService
-  /** Wraps java.util.concurrent.Future */
-  class JucFuture[T](f: => T) extends Function0[T] {
-    val delegate = futureExecutor.submit(new Callable[T]{
-      def call = f
-    })
-    def isSet = delegate.isDone
-    def apply() = delegate.get()
-  }
-}
-/** Future accessor using a cached therad pool */
-object DefaultJucFuture extends JucFuture {
-   lazy val futureExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool
-}
-/** Future accessor using a scala.actors future */
-object ActorsFuture extends Futures {
-  def future[T](result: => T) = scala.actors.Futures.future(result)
+  /** Override to use any Futures implementation */
+  def http_future: Futures = dispatch.futures.DefaultFuture
 }
 
 /** Client with a ThreadSafeClientConnManager */
diff --git a/project/build/DispatchProject.scala b/project/build/DispatchProject.scala
index 90d0ef9b..9af69d11 100644
--- a/project/build/DispatchProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/DispatchProject.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ class DispatchProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info)
 {
   override def parallelExecution = true
 
-  lazy val http = project("http", "Dispatch HTTP", new HttpProject(_))
+  lazy val futures = project("futures", "Dispatch Futures", new DispatchDefault(_))
+  lazy val http = project("http", "Dispatch HTTP", new HttpProject(_), futures)
   lazy val mime = project("mime", "Dispatch Mime", new DispatchDefault(_) {
     val mime = "org.apache.httpcomponents" % "httpmime" % "4.0.1"
   }, http)