diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a13068e..5304f2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 1.1.0
+
+* The main function generated by this package will return a `Promise` if the
+  corresponding Dart main function returns a `Future`.
+
 # 1.0.0
 
 * Initial stable release.
diff --git a/lib/src/npm.dart b/lib/src/npm.dart
index 83670f1..ae33c4a 100644
--- a/lib/src/npm.dart
+++ b/lib/src/npm.dart
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ String get _wrapperLibrary {
   var wrapper = StringBuffer();
   wrapper.writeln("import 'dart:typed_data';");
   wrapper.writeln("import 'package:js/js.dart';");
+  wrapper.writeln("import 'package:node_interop/node_interop.dart';");
+  wrapper.writeln("import 'package:node_interop/util.dart';");
 
   // Dart-import each executable library so we can JS-export their `main()`
   // methods and call them from individual files in the npm package.
@@ -296,6 +298,18 @@ String get _wrapperLibrary {
     wrapper.writeln("import $target as module_main;");
   }
 
+  // Define a JS-interop Future to Promise translator so that we can export
+  // a Promise-based API
+  wrapper.writeln("""
+Object _translateReturnValue(Object val) {
+  if (val is Future) {
+    return futureToPromise(val);
+  } else {
+    return val;
+  }
+}
+""");
+
   // Define a JS-interop "exports" field that we can use to export the various
   // main methods.
   wrapper.writeln("""
@@ -326,10 +340,11 @@ class _Exports {""");
   wrapper.writeln("""
 Function _wrapMain(Function main) {
   if (main is Object Function()) {
-    return allowInterop((_) => main());
+    return allowInterop((_) => _translateReturnValue(main()));
   } else {
     return allowInterop(
-        (args) => main(List<String>.from(args as List<Object>)));
+        (args) => _translateReturnValue(
+            main(List<String>.from(args as List<Object>))));
   }
 }""");
 
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 66d28e4..17f487d 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: cli_pkg
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.1.0
 description: Grinder tasks for releasing Dart CLI packages.
 homepage: https://github.com/google/dart_cli_pkg
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
   js: "^0.6.0"
   meta: "^1.1.7"
   mustache: "^1.0.0"
+  node_interop: "^1.1.0"
   node_preamble: "^1.1.0"
   package_config: '^1.9.0'
   path: '^1.0.0'