diff --git a/datasette/utils/asyncdi.py b/datasette/utils/asyncdi.py
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+import asyncio
+from functools import wraps
+import inspect
+
+try:
+    import graphlib
+except ImportError:
+    from . import vendored_graphlib as graphlib
+
+
+class AsyncMeta(type):
+    def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
+        # Decorate any items that are 'async def' methods
+        _registry = {}
+        new_attrs = {"_registry": _registry}
+        for key, value in attrs.items():
+            if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(value) and not value.__name__ == "resolve":
+                new_attrs[key] = make_method(value)
+                _registry[key] = new_attrs[key]
+            else:
+                new_attrs[key] = value
+        # Gather graph for later dependency resolution
+        graph = {
+            key: {
+                p
+                for p in inspect.signature(method).parameters.keys()
+                if p != "self" and not p.startswith("_")
+            }
+            for key, method in _registry.items()
+        }
+        new_attrs["_graph"] = graph
+        return super().__new__(cls, name, bases, new_attrs)
+
+
+def make_method(method):
+    parameters = inspect.signature(method).parameters.keys()
+
+    @wraps(method)
+    async def inner(self, _results=None, **kwargs):
+        # Any parameters not provided by kwargs are resolved from registry
+        to_resolve = [p for p in parameters if p not in kwargs and p != "self"]
+        missing = [p for p in to_resolve if p not in self._registry]
+        assert (
+            not missing
+        ), "The following DI parameters could not be found in the registry: {}".format(
+            missing
+        )
+
+        results = {}
+        results.update(kwargs)
+        if to_resolve:
+            resolved_parameters = await self.resolve(to_resolve, _results)
+            results.update(resolved_parameters)
+        return_value = await method(self, **results)
+        if _results is not None:
+            _results[method.__name__] = return_value
+        return return_value
+
+    return inner
+
+
+class AsyncBase(metaclass=AsyncMeta):
+    async def resolve(self, names, results=None):
+        if results is None:
+            results = {}
+
+        # Come up with an execution plan, just for these nodes
+        ts = graphlib.TopologicalSorter()
+        to_do = set(names)
+        done = set()
+        while to_do:
+            item = to_do.pop()
+            dependencies = self._graph[item]
+            ts.add(item, *dependencies)
+            done.add(item)
+            # Add any not-done dependencies to the queue
+            to_do.update({k for k in dependencies if k not in done})
+
+        ts.prepare()
+        plan = []
+        while ts.is_active():
+            node_group = ts.get_ready()
+            plan.append(node_group)
+            ts.done(*node_group)
+
+        results = {}
+        for node_group in plan:
+            awaitables = [
+                self._registry[name](
+                    self,
+                    _results=results,
+                    **{k: v for k, v in results.items() if k in self._graph[name]},
+                )
+                for name in node_group
+            ]
+            awaitable_results = await asyncio.gather(*awaitables)
+            results.update(
+                {p[0].__name__: p[1] for p in zip(awaitables, awaitable_results)}
+            )
+
+        return {key: value for key, value in results.items() if key in names}
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncdi.py b/tests/test_asyncdi.py
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+++ b/tests/test_asyncdi.py
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+import asyncio
+from datasette.utils.asyncdi import AsyncBase
+import pytest
+from random import random
+
+
+class Simple(AsyncBase):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.log = []
+
+    async def two(self):
+        self.log.append("two")
+
+    async def one(self, two):
+        self.log.append("one")
+        return self.log
+
+
+class Complex(AsyncBase):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.log = []
+
+    async def d(self):
+        await asyncio.sleep(random() * 0.1)
+        self.log.append("d")
+
+    async def c(self):
+        await asyncio.sleep(random() * 0.1)
+        self.log.append("c")
+
+    async def b(self, c, d):
+        self.log.append("b")
+
+    async def a(self, b, c):
+        self.log.append("a")
+
+    async def go(self, a):
+        self.log.append("go")
+        return self.log
+
+
+class WithParameters(AsyncBase):
+    async def go(self, calc1, calc2, param1):
+        return param1 + calc1 + calc2
+
+    async def calc1(self):
+        return 5
+
+    async def calc2(self):
+        return 6
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_simple():
+    assert await Simple().one() == ["two", "one"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_complex():
+    result = await Complex().go()
+    # 'c' should only be called once
+    assert tuple(result) in (
+        # c and d could happen in either order
+        ("c", "d", "b", "a", "go"),
+        ("d", "c", "b", "a", "go"),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_with_parameters():
+    result = await WithParameters().go(param1=4)
+    assert result == 15
+
+    # Should throw an error if that parameter is missing
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError) as e:
+        await WithParameters().go()
+        assert e.args[0] == (
+            "The following DI parameters could not be "
+            "found in the registry: ['param1']"
+        )