diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt b/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt
index 555b96c7..08ce1605 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/resolver/FieldResolverScanner.kt
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.FieldUtils
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject
-import java.lang.reflect.Method
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier
-import java.lang.reflect.Type
+import java.lang.reflect.*
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
 import kotlin.reflect.full.valueParameters
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.javaType
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.kotlinFunction
@@ -131,7 +129,17 @@ internal class FieldResolverScanner(val options: SchemaParserOptions) {
     }
 
     private fun resolverMethodReturnsPublisher(method: Method) =
-        method.returnType.isAssignableFrom(Publisher::class.java) || receiveChannelToPublisherWrapper(method)
+        method.returnType.isAssignableFrom(Publisher::class.java)
+            || resolverMethodReturnsPublisherFuture(method)
+            || receiveChannelToPublisherWrapper(method)
+
+    private fun resolverMethodReturnsPublisherFuture(method: Method) =
+        method.returnType.isAssignableFrom(CompletableFuture::class.java)
+            && method.genericReturnType is ParameterizedType
+            && (method.genericReturnType as ParameterizedType).actualTypeArguments
+            .any {
+                it is ParameterizedType && it.unwrap().isAssignableFrom(Publisher::class.java)
+            }
 
     private fun receiveChannelToPublisherWrapper(method: Method) =
         method.returnType.isAssignableFrom(ReceiveChannel::class.java)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndSpecHelper.kt b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndSpecHelper.kt
index b728f7a0..4b9317d5 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndSpecHelper.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndSpecHelper.kt
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ type Mutation {
 
 type Subscription {
     onItemCreated: Item!
+    onItemCreatedFuture: Item!
     onItemCreatedCoroutineChannel: Item!
     onItemCreatedCoroutineChannelAndSuspendFunction: Item!
 }
@@ -373,7 +374,6 @@ class Subscription : GraphQLSubscriptionResolver {
     fun onItemCreated(env: DataFetchingEnvironment) =
         Publisher<Item> { subscriber ->
             subscriber.onNext(env.graphQlContext["newItem"])
-//            subscriber.onComplete()
         }
 
     fun onItemCreatedCoroutineChannel(env: DataFetchingEnvironment): ReceiveChannel<Item> {
@@ -382,6 +382,14 @@ class Subscription : GraphQLSubscriptionResolver {
         return channel
     }
 
+    fun onItemCreatedFuture(env: DataFetchingEnvironment): CompletableFuture<Publisher<Item>> {
+        return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync {
+            Publisher<Item> { subscriber ->
+                subscriber.onNext(env.graphQlContext["newItem"])
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     suspend fun onItemCreatedCoroutineChannelAndSuspendFunction(env: DataFetchingEnvironment): ReceiveChannel<Item> {
         return coroutineScope {
             val channel = Channel<Item>(1)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndTest.kt
index 34cb2a51..01c56965 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/EndToEndTest.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package graphql.kickstart.tools
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonMapperBuilder
 import graphql.*
 import graphql.execution.AsyncExecutionStrategy
 import graphql.schema.*
@@ -97,6 +96,44 @@ class EndToEndTest {
         assert(result.errors.isEmpty())
         assertEquals(returnedItem?.get("onItemCreated"), mapOf("id" to 1))
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    fun `generated schema should execute the subscription query future`() {
+        val newItem = Item(1, "item", Type.TYPE_1, UUID.randomUUID(), listOf())
+        var returnedItem: Map<String, Map<String, Any>>? = null
+
+        val closure = {
+            """
+            subscription {
+                onItemCreatedFuture {
+                    id
+                }
+            }
+            """
+        }
+
+        val result = gql.execute(ExecutionInput.newExecutionInput()
+            .query(closure.invoke())
+            .graphQLContext(mapOf("newItem" to newItem))
+            .variables(mapOf()))
+
+        val data = result.getData() as Publisher<ExecutionResult>
+        val latch = CountDownLatch(1)
+        data.subscribe(object : Subscriber<ExecutionResult> {
+            override fun onNext(item: ExecutionResult?) {
+                returnedItem = item?.getData()
+                latch.countDown()
+            }
+
+            override fun onError(throwable: Throwable?) {}
+            override fun onComplete() {}
+            override fun onSubscribe(p0: Subscription?) {}
+        })
+        latch.await(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+
+        assert(result.errors.isEmpty())
+        assertEquals(returnedItem?.get("onItemCreatedFuture"), mapOf("id" to 1))
+    }
 
     @Test
     fun `generated schema should handle interface types`() {
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/SchemaParserTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/SchemaParserTest.kt
index 87fb9daf..474c8bca 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/SchemaParserTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/graphql/kickstart/tools/SchemaParserTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completedFuture
 import java.util.concurrent.Future
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
@@ -665,6 +666,10 @@ class SchemaParserTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `parser should verify subscription resolver return type`() {
+        class Subscription : GraphQLSubscriptionResolver {
+            fun onItemCreated(env: DataFetchingEnvironment) = env.hashCode()
+        }
+
         val error = assertThrows(FieldResolverError::class.java) {
             SchemaParser.newParser()
                 .schemaString(
@@ -689,9 +694,9 @@ class SchemaParserTest {
         val expected = """
             No method or field found as defined in schema <unknown>:3 with any of the following signatures (with or without one of [interface graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment, class graphql.GraphQLContext] as the last argument), in priority order:
 
-              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}Subscription.onItemCreated()
-              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}Subscription.getOnItemCreated()
-              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}Subscription.onItemCreated
+              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}parser should verify subscription resolver return type${"$"}Subscription.onItemCreated()
+              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}parser should verify subscription resolver return type${"$"}Subscription.getOnItemCreated()
+              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}parser should verify subscription resolver return type${"$"}Subscription.onItemCreated
 
             Note that a Subscription data fetcher must return a Publisher of events
         """.trimIndent()
@@ -699,7 +704,43 @@ class SchemaParserTest {
         assertEquals(error.message, expected)
     }
 
-    class Subscription : GraphQLSubscriptionResolver {
-        fun onItemCreated(env: DataFetchingEnvironment) = env.hashCode()
+    @Test
+    fun `parser should verify subscription resolver generic future return type`() {
+        class Subscription : GraphQLSubscriptionResolver {
+            fun onItemCreated(env: DataFetchingEnvironment) = completedFuture(env.hashCode())
+        }
+
+        val error = assertThrows(FieldResolverError::class.java) {
+            SchemaParser.newParser()
+                .schemaString(
+                    """
+                    type Subscription {
+                        onItemCreated: Int!
+                    }
+
+                    type Query {
+                        test: String
+                    }
+                    """
+                )
+                .resolvers(
+                    Subscription(),
+                    object : GraphQLQueryResolver { fun test() = "test" }
+                )
+                .build()
+                .makeExecutableSchema()
+        }
+
+        val expected = """
+            No method or field found as defined in schema <unknown>:3 with any of the following signatures (with or without one of [interface graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment, class graphql.GraphQLContext] as the last argument), in priority order:
+
+              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}parser should verify subscription resolver generic future return type${"$"}Subscription.onItemCreated()
+              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}parser should verify subscription resolver generic future return type${"$"}Subscription.getOnItemCreated()
+              graphql.kickstart.tools.SchemaParserTest${"$"}parser should verify subscription resolver generic future return type${"$"}Subscription.onItemCreated
+
+            Note that a Subscription data fetcher must return a Publisher of events
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        assertEquals(error.message, expected)
     }
 }