diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 65d0a8eb..2df17677 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ mkdir /opt/oracle
 # unzip instanclient in folder.
 sudo sh -c "echo /opt/oracle/instantclient_19_16 > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/oracle-instantclient.conf"
 sudo ldconfig
+# For Cassandra:
+sudo apt-get install libev4 libev-dev
diff --git a/asyncdb/drivers/cassandra.py b/asyncdb/drivers/cassandra.py
index 10e8c5cc..97e65500 100644
--- a/asyncdb/drivers/cassandra.py
+++ b/asyncdb/drivers/cassandra.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 from cassandra import ReadTimeout
 from cassandra.cluster import Cluster, EXEC_PROFILE_DEFAULT, ExecutionProfile, NoHostAvailable, ResultSet
 from cassandra.io.asyncorereactor import AsyncoreConnection
+from cassandra.io.asyncioreactor import AsyncioConnection
+
 try:
     from cassandra.io.libevreactor import LibevConnection
     LIBEV = True
diff --git a/examples/cassandra_aio.py b/examples/cassandra_aio.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fea09b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cassandra_aio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import asyncio
+from cassandra.cluster import Cluster, EXEC_PROFILE_DEFAULT, ExecutionProfile, NoHostAvailable, ResultSet
+from cassandra.io.asyncioreactor import AsyncioConnection
+from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
+from cassandra.query import (
+    dict_factory,
+    ordered_dict_factory,
+    named_tuple_factory,
+    ConsistencyLevel,
+    PreparedStatement,
+    BatchStatement,
+    SimpleStatement,
+    BatchType
+)
+from cassandra.policies import (
+    DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy,
+    DowngradingConsistencyRetryPolicy,
+    # RetryPolicy
+)
+try:
+    from cassandra.io.libevreactor import LibevConnection
+    LIBEV = True
+except ImportError:
+    LIBEV = False
+
+
+def main():
+    params = {
+        "host": "127.0.0.1",
+        "port": "9042",
+        "username": 'cassandra',
+        "password": 'cassandra'
+    }
+    _auth = {
+        "username": params["username"],
+        "password": params["password"],
+    }
+    policy = DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy()
+    defaultprofile = ExecutionProfile(
+        load_balancing_policy=policy,
+        retry_policy=DowngradingConsistencyRetryPolicy(),
+        request_timeout=60,
+        row_factory=dict_factory,
+        consistency_level=ConsistencyLevel.LOCAL_QUORUM,
+        serial_consistency_level=ConsistencyLevel.LOCAL_SERIAL,
+    )
+    profiles = {
+        EXEC_PROFILE_DEFAULT: defaultprofile
+    }
+    params = {
+        "port": params["port"],
+        "compression": True,
+        "connection_class": AsyncioConnection,
+        "protocol_version": 4,
+        "connect_timeout": 60,
+        "idle_heartbeat_interval": 0
+    }
+    auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(**_auth)
+    _cluster = Cluster(
+        ["127.0.0.1"],
+        auth_provider=auth_provider,
+        execution_profiles=profiles,
+        **params,
+    )
+    print(_cluster)
+    try:
+        connection = _cluster.connect(keyspace=None)
+        print('CONNECTION > ', connection)
+        response = connection.execute("SELECT release_version FROM system.local")
+        result = [row for row in response]
+        print(result)
+    except NoHostAvailable as ex:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f'Not able to connect to any of the Cassandra contact points: {ex}'
+        ) from ex
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        main()
+    finally:
+        pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 34b9a6a8..e3266528 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def readme():
     ],
     author=__author__,
     author_email=__author_email__,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["contrib", "docs", "tests", "examples"]),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["bin", "contrib", "docs", "tests", "examples", "libraries"]),
     package_data={"asyncdb": ["py.typed"]},
     license=__license__,
     setup_requires=[