diff --git a/platypush/__init__.py b/platypush/__init__.py
index e17f7751af..9450454234 100644
--- a/platypush/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from .event.processor import EventProcessor
 from .message.event import Event, StopEvent
 from .message.request import Request
 from .message.response import Response
-from .procedure import Procedure
+
 
 __author__ = 'Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>'
 __version__ = '0.6.5'
diff --git a/platypush/config/__init__.py b/platypush/config/__init__.py
index 6828ebee80..d98b27fcf3 100644
--- a/platypush/config/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/config/__init__.py
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ class Config(object):
                 hook_name = '.'.join(key.split('.')[2:])
                 self.event_hooks[hook_name] = self._config[key]
             elif key.startswith('procedure.'):
-                procedure_name = '.'.join(key.split('.')[1:])
-                self.procedures[procedure_name] = self._config[key]
+                tokens = key.split('.')
+                async = True if tokens[1] == 'async' else False
+                procedure_name = '.'.join(tokens[2:])
+                self.procedures[procedure_name] = {
+                    'async': async,
+                    'actions': self._config[key]
+                }
             else:
                 self.plugins[key] = self._config[key]
 
diff --git a/platypush/message/request/__init__.py b/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
index da7b7fb9d3..3e711b0655 100644
--- a/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ class Request(Message):
         logging.info('Executing procedure request: {}'.format(self.action))
         proc_name = self.action.split('.')[-1]
         proc_config = Config.get_procedures()[proc_name]
-        proc = Procedure.build(name=proc_name, requests=proc_config, backend=self.backend, id=self.id)
+        proc = Procedure.build(name=proc_name, requests=proc_config['actions'],
+                               async=proc_config['async'],
+                               backend=self.backend, id=self.id)
+
         return proc.execute(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
index a7781fde39..5e9cf950e4 100644
--- a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ from ..message.response import Response
 class Procedure(object):
     """ Procedure class. A procedure is a pre-configured list of requests """
 
-    def __init__(self, name, requests, backend=None):
+    def __init__(self, name, async, requests, backend=None):
         """
         Params:
             name     -- Procedure name
+            async    -- Whether the actions in the procedure are supposed to
+                        be executed sequentially or in parallel (True or False)
             requests -- List of platylist.message.request.Request objects
         """
 
         self.name     = name
+        self.async    = async
         self.requests = requests
         self.backend  = backend
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ class Procedure(object):
             req.backend = self.backend
 
     @classmethod
-    def build(cls, name, requests, backend=None, id=None, **kwargs):
+    def build(cls, name, async, requests, backend=None, id=None, **kwargs):
         reqs = []
         for request_config in requests:
             request_config['origin'] = Config.get('device_id')
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ class Procedure(object):
             request = Request.build(request_config)
             reqs.append(request)
 
-        return cls(name=name, requests=reqs, backend=backend, **kwargs)
+        return cls(name=name, async=async, requests=reqs, backend=backend, **kwargs)
 
     def execute(self, n_tries=1):
         """
@@ -47,12 +50,15 @@ class Procedure(object):
         response = Response()
 
         for request in self.requests:
-            response = request.execute(n_tries, async=False, **context)
-            context = { k:v for (k,v) in response.output.items() } \
-                if isinstance(response.output, dict) else {}
+            if self.async:
+                request.execute(n_tries, async=True, **context)
+            else:
+                response = request.execute(n_tries, async=False, **context)
+                context = { k:v for (k,v) in response.output.items() } \
+                    if isinstance(response.output, dict) else {}
 
-            context['output'] = response.output
-            context['errors'] = response.errors
+                context['output'] = response.output
+                context['errors'] = response.errors
 
         return response