diff --git a/adrf/routers.py b/adrf/routers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..388fad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adrf/routers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from rest_framework.routers import (
+    DefaultRouter as DRFDefaultRouter,
+)
+from rest_framework.routers import (
+    SimpleRouter as DRFSimpleRouter,
+)
+
+
+class SimpleRouter(DRFSimpleRouter):
+    sync_to_async_action_map = {
+        "list": "alist",
+        "create": "acreate",
+        "retrieve": "aretrieve",
+        "update": "aupdate",
+        "destroy": "adestroy",
+        "partial_update": "partial_aupdate",
+    }
+
+    def get_method_map(self, viewset, method_map):
+        """
+        Given a viewset, and a mapping of http methods to actions,
+        return a new mapping which only includes any mappings that
+        are actually implemented by the viewset.
+
+        To allow the use of a single router that registers sync and async
+        viewsets, the actions defined in the routes' method maps are
+        updated to be the "a"-prefixed names for async viewsets.
+        """
+        bound_methods = {}
+        if getattr(viewset, "view_is_async", False):
+            method_map = {
+                method: self.sync_to_async_action_map.get(action, action)
+                for method, action in method_map.items()
+            }
+        for method, action in method_map.items():
+            if hasattr(viewset, action):
+                bound_methods[method] = action
+        return bound_methods
+
+
+class DefaultRouter(SimpleRouter, DRFDefaultRouter):
+    pass
diff --git a/adrf/viewsets.py b/adrf/viewsets.py
index be1c4f7..3f5b8db 100644
--- a/adrf/viewsets.py
+++ b/adrf/viewsets.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ class ViewSetMixin(DRFViewSetMixin):
     the binding of HTTP methods to actions on the Resource.
 
     For example, to create a concrete view binding the 'GET' and 'POST' methods
-    to the 'list' and 'create' actions...
+    to the 'alist' and 'acreate' actions...
 
-    view = MyViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list', 'post': 'create'})
+    view = MyViewSet.as_view({'get': 'alist', 'post': 'acreate'})
     """
 
     @classonlymethod
@@ -155,14 +155,13 @@ def view_is_async(cls):
         """
         Checks whether any viewset methods are coroutines.
         """
-        result = [
+        return any(
             asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(function)
             for name, function in getmembers(
                 cls, inspect.iscoroutinefunction, exclude_names=["view_is_async"]
             )
             if not name.startswith("__") and name not in cls._ASYNC_NON_DISPATCH_METHODS
-        ]
-        return any(result)
+        )
 
 
 class GenericViewSet(ViewSet, GenericAPIView):
diff --git a/tests/test_routers.py b/tests/test_routers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb7058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_routers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test import Client, TestCase, override_settings
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
+from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet as DRFModelViewSet
+
+from adrf.routers import SimpleRouter, DefaultRouter
+from adrf.serializers import ModelSerializer
+from adrf.viewsets import ModelViewSet as AsyncModelViewSet
+from tests.test_views import JSON_ERROR, sanitise_json_error
+
+
+class SyncViewSet(DRFModelViewSet):
+    def list(self, request):
+        return Response({"method": "GET", "async": False})
+
+    def create(self, request):
+        return Response({"method": "POST", "data": request.data, "async": False})
+
+    def retrieve(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "GET", "data": {"pk": pk}, "async": False})
+
+    def update(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "PUT", "data": request.data, "async": False})
+
+    def partial_update(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "PATCH", "data": request.data, "async": False})
+
+    def destroy(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "DELETE", "async": False})
+
+
+class AsyncViewSet(AsyncModelViewSet):
+    async def alist(self, request):
+        return Response({"method": "GET", "async": True})
+
+    async def acreate(self, request):
+        return Response({"method": "POST", "data": request.data, "async": True})
+
+    async def aretrieve(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "GET", "data": {"pk": pk}, "async": True})
+
+    async def aupdate(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "PUT", "data": request.data, "async": True})
+
+    async def partial_aupdate(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "PATCH", "data": request.data, "async": True})
+
+    async def adestroy(self, request, pk):
+        return Response({"method": "DELETE", "async": True})
+
+
+router = SimpleRouter()
+router.register("sync", SyncViewSet, basename="sync")
+router.register("async", AsyncViewSet, basename="async")
+urlpatterns = router.urls
+
+
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF="tests.test_routers")
+class _RouterIntegrationTests(TestCase):
+    use_async = None
+    __test__ = False
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.client = Client()
+        self.url = "/" + ("async" if self.use_async else "sync") + "/"
+        self.detail_url = self.url + "1/"
+
+    def test_list(self):
+        resp = self.client.get(self.url)
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.data == {"method": "GET", "async": self.use_async}
+
+    def test_create(self):
+        resp = self.client.post(
+            self.url, {"foo": "bar"}, content_type="application/json"
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.data == {
+            "method": "POST",
+            "data": {"foo": "bar"},
+            "async": self.use_async,
+        }
+
+    def test_retrieve(self):
+        resp = self.client.get(self.detail_url)
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.data == {
+            "method": "GET",
+            "data": {"pk": "1"},
+            "async": self.use_async,
+        }
+
+    def test_update(self):
+        resp = self.client.put(
+            self.detail_url, {"foo": "bar"}, content_type="application/json"
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.data == {
+            "method": "PUT",
+            "data": {"foo": "bar"},
+            "async": self.use_async,
+        }
+
+    def test_partial_update(self):
+        resp = self.client.patch(
+            self.detail_url, {"foo": "bar"}, content_type="application/json"
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.data == {
+            "method": "PATCH",
+            "data": {"foo": "bar"},
+            "async": self.use_async,
+        }
+
+    def test_destroy(self):
+        resp = self.client.delete(self.detail_url)
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.data == {"method": "DELETE", "async": self.use_async}
+
+
+class TestSyncRouterIntegrationTests(_RouterIntegrationTests):
+    use_async = False
+    __test__ = True
+
+
+class AsyncRouterIntegrationTests(_RouterIntegrationTests):
+    use_async = True
+    __test__ = True