diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3076763..8e62ea6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This is somewhat of a port python's `os.walk`, but using Node.JS conventions.
   * Asynchronous
   * Chronological (optionally)
   * Built-in flow-control
+  * includes Synchronous version (same API as Asynchronous)
 
 As few file descriptors are opened at a time as possible.
 This is particularly well suited for single hard disks which are not flash or solid state.
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ Installation
 Usage
 ====
 
+Both Asynchronous and Synchronous versions are provided.
+
+The Synchronous version still uses callbacks, so it is safe to use with other Asynchronous functions and will still work as expected.
+
     var walk = require('walk'),
       fs = require('fs'),
       options,
@@ -30,7 +35,10 @@ Usage
         followLinks: false,
     };
 
-    walker = walk("/tmp", options);
+    walker = walk.walk("/tmp", options);
+
+    // OR
+    // walker = walk.walkSync("/tmp", options);
 
     walker.on("names", function (root, nodeNamesArray) {
       nodeNames.sort(function (a, b) {
@@ -148,4 +156,4 @@ Note that `find.js` omits the start directory
     user  0m17.661s
     sys 0m24.008s
 
-In conclusion node.js asynchronous walk is much slower than regular "find".
\ No newline at end of file
+In conclusion node.js asynchronous walk is much slower than regular "find".
diff --git a/lib/walk-async-only.js b/lib/walk-async-only.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..319f5ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/walk-async-only.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+(function () {
+  "use strict"
+
+  // Array.prototype.forEachAsync(next, item, i, collection)
+  require('futures/forEachAsync');
+
+  function noop() {}
+
+  var fs = require('fs'),
+    EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter,
+    TypeEmitter = require('./node-type-emitter');
+
+  // 2010-11-25 jorge@jorgechamorro.com
+  function create(pathname, cb) {
+    var emitter = new EventEmitter(),
+      q = [],
+      queue = [q],
+      curpath;
+
+    function walk() { 
+      fs.readdir(curpath, function(err, files) {
+        if (err) {
+          emitter.emit('directoryError', curpath, { error: err }, noop);
+          //emitter.emit('error', curpath, { error: err });
+        }
+        // XXX bug was here. next() was omitted
+        if (!files || 0 == files.length) {
+          return next();
+        }
+
+        var fnodeGroups = TypeEmitter.createNodeGroups();
+
+        // TODO could allow user to selectively stat
+        // and don't stat if there are no stat listeners
+        emitter.emit('names', curpath, files, noop);
+        files.forEachAsync(function (cont, file) {
+          emitter.emit('name', curpath, file, noop);
+          fs.lstat(curpath + '/' + file, function (err, stat) {
+            stat = stat || {};
+            stat.name = file;
+            if (err) {
+              stat.error = err;
+              //emitter.emit('error', curpath, stat);
+              emitter.emit('nodeError', curpath, stat, noop);
+              fnodeGroups.errors.push(stat);
+              cont();
+            } else {
+              TypeEmitter.sortFnodesByType(stat, fnodeGroups);
+              TypeEmitter.emitNodeType(emitter, curpath, stat, cont);
+            }
+          });
+        }).then(function () {
+          if (fnodeGroups.errors.length) {
+            emitter.emit('errors', curpath, fnodeGroups.errors, noop);
+          }
+          TypeEmitter.emitNodeTypeGroups(emitter, curpath, fnodeGroups, function () {
+            var dirs = [];
+            fnodeGroups.directories.forEach(function (stat) {
+              dirs.push(stat.name);
+            });
+            dirs.forEach(fullPath);
+            queue.push(q = dirs);
+            next();
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    }
+    
+    function next() {
+      if (q.length) {
+        curpath = q.pop();
+        return walk();
+      }
+      if (queue.length -= 1) {
+        q = queue[queue.length-1];
+        return next();
+      }
+      emitter.emit('end');
+    }
+    
+    function fullPath(v,i,o) {
+      o[i]= [curpath, '/', v].join('');
+    }
+    
+    curpath = pathname;
+    walk();
+    
+    return emitter;
+  }
+
+  module.exports = create;
+}());
diff --git a/lib/walk.js b/lib/walk.js
index 319f5ec..4ff2745 100644
--- a/lib/walk.js
+++ b/lib/walk.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Adapted from work by jorge@jorgechamorro.com on 2010-11-25
 (function () {
   "use strict"
 
@@ -10,60 +11,104 @@
     EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter,
     TypeEmitter = require('./node-type-emitter');
 
-  // 2010-11-25 jorge@jorgechamorro.com
-  function create(pathname, cb) {
-    var emitter = new EventEmitter(),
-      q = [],
-      queue = [q],
-      curpath;
+  function create(pathname, options, sync) {
+    var emitter = new EventEmitter()
+      , q = []
+      , queue = [q]
+      , curpath;
+
+    function readdirHandler(err, files) {
+      var fnodeGroups = TypeEmitter.createNodeGroups();
+
+      function filesHandler(cont, file) {
+        var statPath;
+
+        emitter.emit('name', curpath, file, noop);
+
+        function lstatHandler(err, stat) {
+          stat = stat || {};
+          stat.name = file;
+          if (err) {
+            stat.error = err;
+            //emitter.emit('error', curpath, stat);
+            emitter.emit('nodeError', curpath, stat, noop);
+            fnodeGroups.errors.push(stat);
+            cont();
+          } else {
+            TypeEmitter.sortFnodesByType(stat, fnodeGroups);
+            TypeEmitter.emitNodeType(emitter, curpath, stat, cont);
+          }
+        }
+
+        statPath = curpath + '/' + file;
+        if (sync) {
+          try {
+            lstatHandler(null, fs.lstatSync(statPath));
+          } catch(e) {
+            lstatHandler(e);
+          }
+        } else {
+          fs.lstat(statPath, lstatHandler);
+        }
+      }
+
+      function postFilesHandler() {
+        if (fnodeGroups.errors.length) {
+          emitter.emit('errors', curpath, fnodeGroups.errors, noop);
+        }
+        TypeEmitter.emitNodeTypeGroups(emitter, curpath, fnodeGroups, function () {
+          var dirs = [];
+          fnodeGroups.directories.forEach(function (stat) {
+            dirs.push(stat.name);
+          });
+          dirs.forEach(fullPath);
+          queue.push(q = dirs);
+          next();
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (err) {
+        emitter.emit('directoryError', curpath, { error: err }, noop);
+        //emitter.emit('error', curpath, { error: err });
+      }
+
+      if (!files || 0 == files.length) {
+        return next();
+      }
+
+      // TODO could allow user to selectively stat
+      // and don't stat if there are no stat listeners
+      emitter.emit('names', curpath, files, noop);
+
+      if (sync) {
+        files.forEach(function (items) {
+          filesHandler(noop, items);
+        });
+        postFilesHandler();
+      } else {
+        files.forEachAsync(filesHandler).then(postFilesHandler);
+      }
+    }
+
+    function walkSync() {
+      var err, files;
+
+      try {
+        files = fs.readdirSync(curpath);
+      } catch(e) {
+        err = e;
+      }
+
+      readdirHandler(err, files);
+    }
 
     function walk() { 
-      fs.readdir(curpath, function(err, files) {
-        if (err) {
-          emitter.emit('directoryError', curpath, { error: err }, noop);
-          //emitter.emit('error', curpath, { error: err });
-        }
-        // XXX bug was here. next() was omitted
-        if (!files || 0 == files.length) {
-          return next();
-        }
+      if (sync) {
+        walkSync();
+        return;
+      }
 
-        var fnodeGroups = TypeEmitter.createNodeGroups();
-
-        // TODO could allow user to selectively stat
-        // and don't stat if there are no stat listeners
-        emitter.emit('names', curpath, files, noop);
-        files.forEachAsync(function (cont, file) {
-          emitter.emit('name', curpath, file, noop);
-          fs.lstat(curpath + '/' + file, function (err, stat) {
-            stat = stat || {};
-            stat.name = file;
-            if (err) {
-              stat.error = err;
-              //emitter.emit('error', curpath, stat);
-              emitter.emit('nodeError', curpath, stat, noop);
-              fnodeGroups.errors.push(stat);
-              cont();
-            } else {
-              TypeEmitter.sortFnodesByType(stat, fnodeGroups);
-              TypeEmitter.emitNodeType(emitter, curpath, stat, cont);
-            }
-          });
-        }).then(function () {
-          if (fnodeGroups.errors.length) {
-            emitter.emit('errors', curpath, fnodeGroups.errors, noop);
-          }
-          TypeEmitter.emitNodeTypeGroups(emitter, curpath, fnodeGroups, function () {
-            var dirs = [];
-            fnodeGroups.directories.forEach(function (stat) {
-              dirs.push(stat.name);
-            });
-            dirs.forEach(fullPath);
-            queue.push(q = dirs);
-            next();
-          });
-        });
-      });
+      fs.readdir(curpath, readdirHandler);
     }
     
     function next() {
@@ -72,21 +117,32 @@
         return walk();
       }
       if (queue.length -= 1) {
-        q = queue[queue.length-1];
+        q = queue[queue.length - 1];
         return next();
       }
       emitter.emit('end');
     }
     
-    function fullPath(v,i,o) {
-      o[i]= [curpath, '/', v].join('');
+    function fullPath(v, i, o) {
+      o[i] = [curpath, '/', v].join('');
     }
     
     curpath = pathname;
-    walk();
-    
+
+    if (sync) {
+      process.nextTick(walk);
+    } else {
+      walk();
+    }
+
     return emitter;
   }
 
-  module.exports = create;
+  exports.walk = function (path, opts) {
+    return create(path, opts, false);
+  };
+
+  exports.walkSync = function (path, opts) {
+    return create(path, opts, true);
+  };
 }());
diff --git a/testSync.js b/testSync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30da449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testSync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+(function () {
+  "use strict";
+
+  var walk = require('./lib/walk')
+    , _ = require('underscore')
+    , fs = require('fs')
+    , sync = false
+    , walker;
+
+  console.log(walk);
+
+  walker = walk.walk(".");
+
+  walker.on("directory", function (root, dirStatsArray, next) {
+    // dirStatsArray is an array of `stat` objects with the additional attributes
+    // * type
+    // * error
+    // * name
+    //console.log(_.pluck(dirStatsArray, 'name'));
+    console.log(root + '/' + dirStatsArray.name);
+    
+    next();
+  });
+
+  walker.on("file", function (root, fileStats, next) {
+    console.log(root + '/' + fileStats.name);
+
+    next();
+  });
+
+  walker.on("errors", function (root, nodeStatsArray, next) {
+    //console.log(nodeStatsArray);
+
+    next();
+  });
+
+  walker.on("end", function () {
+    console.log("all done");
+  });
+}());
diff --git a/walk-test.sh b/walk-test.sh
index 15504fc..4be671f 100755
--- a/walk-test.sh
+++ b/walk-test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mkdir -p walk-test/dir1
+touch walk-test/file-0
 touch walk-test/file-1
-touch walk-test/file-2
-touch walk-test/dir1/file-1
 touch walk-test/dir1/file-2
+touch walk-test/dir1/file-3
+echo "4 files and 2 directories (including '.')"