diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7c949e5..7b1c052 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "tcp", "http1"] }
 async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes"] }
 smol = "1"
 anyhow = "1"
-serial_test = "0.5"
+serial_test = "3"
+axum = "0.7"
 
 [[example]]
 name = "simple"
 
+[[example]]
+name = "axum"
+required-features = ["tokio"]
+
 [[example]]
 name = "tokio"
 required-features = ["tokio"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba0644c..6b72e53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ elegant-departure = { version = "0.2", features = "tokio" }
 Examples can be found in the [example](./examples/) directory:
 
 - [Simple](./examples/simple.rs): simple example without tokio integration
+- [Simple](./examples/axum.rs): Axum integration example
 - [Tokio](./examples/tokio.rs): Tokio integration example
 - [Hyper](./examples/hyper.rs): a shutdown example using the Hyper webserver
 - [Worker](./examples/worker.rs): example implementation of a worker using `select!`
diff --git a/examples/axum.rs b/examples/axum.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4df4198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/axum.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use axum::{routing::get, Router};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }));
+
+    println!("Listening on port 3000!");
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000").await?;
+
+    axum::serve(listener, app)
+        .with_graceful_shutdown(elegant_departure::tokio::depart().on_termination())
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ee67c4d..396eb84 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@
 //! elegant-departure = { version = "0.2", features = "tokio" }
 //! ```
 //!
+//! # Example: Axum
+//!
+//! Axum is easily integrated through the `tokio` integration.
+//!
+//! ```no_run
+//! use axum::{routing::get, Router};
+//!
+//! #[tokio::main]
+//! async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+//!     let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }));
+//!
+//!     println!("Listening on port 3000!");
+//!     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000").await?;
+//!
+//!     axum::serve(listener, app)
+//!         .with_graceful_shutdown(elegant_departure::tokio::depart().on_termination())
+//!         .await?;
+//!
+//!     Ok(())
+//! }
+//! ```
+//!
 //! # Example: Simple worker
 //!
 //! A minimal example with multiple workers getting notified on shutdown.
@@ -110,6 +132,7 @@
 //! More examples can be found in the [examples] directory of the source code repository:
 //!
 //! - [Simple]: the full simple example from above
+//! - [Axum]: the full axum example from above
 //! - [Tokio]: the full tokio example from above
 //! - [Hyper]: a shutdown example using the Hyper webserver
 //! - [Worker]: example implementation of a worker using `select!`
@@ -118,6 +141,7 @@
 //!
 //! [examples]: https://github.com/Dav1dde/elegant-departure/tree/master/examples
 //! [Simple]: https://github.com/Dav1dde/elegant-departure/tree/master/examples/simple.rs
+//! [Axum]: https://github.com/Dav1dde/elegant-departure/tree/master/examples/axum.rs
 //! [Tokio]: https://github.com/Dav1dde/elegant-departure/tree/master/examples/tokio.rs
 //! [Hyper]: https://github.com/Dav1dde/elegant-departure/tree/master/examples/hyper.rs
 //! [Worker]: https://github.com/Dav1dde/elegant-departure/tree/master/examples/worker.rs