diff --git a/asyncgit/src/blame.rs b/asyncgit/src/blame.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8570e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asyncgit/src/blame.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+use crate::{
+    error::Result,
+    hash,
+    sync::{self, BlameAt, FileBlame},
+    AsyncNotification, CWD,
+};
+use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
+use std::{
+    hash::Hash,
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+        Arc, Mutex,
+    },
+};
+
+///
+#[derive(Hash, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct BlameParams {
+    /// path to the file to blame
+    pub file_path: String,
+}
+
+struct Request<R, A>(R, Option<A>);
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone)]
+struct LastResult<P, R> {
+    params: P,
+    hash: u64,
+    result: R,
+}
+
+///
+pub struct AsyncBlame {
+    current: Arc<Mutex<Request<u64, FileBlame>>>,
+    last: Arc<Mutex<Option<LastResult<BlameParams, FileBlame>>>>,
+    sender: Sender<AsyncNotification>,
+    pending: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+}
+
+impl AsyncBlame {
+    ///
+    pub fn new(sender: &Sender<AsyncNotification>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            current: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Request(0, None))),
+            last: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+            sender: sender.clone(),
+            pending: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    ///
+    pub fn last(
+        &mut self,
+    ) -> Result<Option<(BlameParams, FileBlame)>> {
+        let last = self.last.lock()?;
+
+        Ok(last.clone().map(|last_result| {
+            (last_result.params, last_result.result)
+        }))
+    }
+
+    ///
+    pub fn refresh(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Ok(Some(param)) = self.get_last_param() {
+            self.clear_current()?;
+            self.request(param)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    ///
+    pub fn is_pending(&self) -> bool {
+        self.pending.load(Ordering::Relaxed) > 0
+    }
+
+    ///
+    pub fn request(
+        &mut self,
+        params: BlameParams,
+    ) -> Result<Option<FileBlame>> {
+        log::trace!("request");
+
+        let hash = hash(&params);
+
+        {
+            let mut current = self.current.lock()?;
+
+            if current.0 == hash {
+                return Ok(current.1.clone());
+            }
+
+            current.0 = hash;
+            current.1 = None;
+        }
+
+        let arc_current = Arc::clone(&self.current);
+        let arc_last = Arc::clone(&self.last);
+        let sender = self.sender.clone();
+        let arc_pending = Arc::clone(&self.pending);
+
+        self.pending.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        rayon_core::spawn(move || {
+            let notify = Self::get_blame_helper(
+                params,
+                &arc_last,
+                &arc_current,
+                hash,
+            );
+
+            let notify = match notify {
+                Err(err) => {
+                    log::error!("get_blame_helper error: {}", err);
+                    true
+                }
+                Ok(notify) => notify,
+            };
+
+            arc_pending.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+            sender
+                .send(if notify {
+                    AsyncNotification::Blame
+                } else {
+                    AsyncNotification::FinishUnchanged
+                })
+                .expect("error sending blame");
+        });
+
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    fn get_blame_helper(
+        params: BlameParams,
+        arc_last: &Arc<
+            Mutex<Option<LastResult<BlameParams, FileBlame>>>,
+        >,
+        arc_current: &Arc<Mutex<Request<u64, FileBlame>>>,
+        hash: u64,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        let file_blame = sync::blame::blame_file(
+            CWD,
+            &params.file_path,
+            &BlameAt::Head,
+        )?;
+
+        let mut notify = false;
+        {
+            let mut current = arc_current.lock()?;
+            if current.0 == hash {
+                current.1 = Some(file_blame.clone());
+                notify = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        {
+            let mut last = arc_last.lock()?;
+            *last = Some(LastResult {
+                result: file_blame,
+                hash,
+                params,
+            });
+        }
+
+        Ok(notify)
+    }
+
+    fn get_last_param(&self) -> Result<Option<BlameParams>> {
+        Ok(self
+            .last
+            .lock()?
+            .clone()
+            .map(|last_result| last_result.params))
+    }
+
+    fn clear_current(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut current = self.current.lock()?;
+        current.0 = 0;
+        current.1 = None;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/lib.rs b/asyncgit/src/lib.rs
index c82623db..1ed4a9cc 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 //TODO: get this in someday since expect still leads us to crashes sometimes
 // #![deny(clippy::expect_used)]
 
+mod blame;
 pub mod cached;
 mod commit_files;
 mod diff;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ pub mod sync;
 mod tags;
 
 pub use crate::{
+    blame::{AsyncBlame, BlameParams},
     commit_files::AsyncCommitFiles,
     diff::{AsyncDiff, DiffParams, DiffType},
     fetch::{AsyncFetch, FetchRequest},
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ pub enum AsyncNotification {
     PushTags,
     ///
     Fetch,
+    ///
+    Blame,
 }
 
 /// current working directory `./`
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 354013e8..faea4f8e 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ impl App {
             ),
             blame_file_popup: BlameFileComponent::new(
                 &queue,
+                sender,
                 &strings::blame_title(&key_config),
                 theme.clone(),
                 key_config.clone(),
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ impl App {
         self.status_tab.update_git(ev)?;
         self.stashing_tab.update_git(ev)?;
         self.revlog.update_git(ev)?;
+        self.blame_file_popup.update_git(ev)?;
         self.inspect_commit_popup.update_git(ev)?;
         self.push_popup.update_git(ev)?;
         self.push_tags_popup.update_git(ev)?;
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ impl App {
         self.status_tab.anything_pending()
             || self.revlog.any_work_pending()
             || self.stashing_tab.anything_pending()
+            || self.blame_file_popup.any_work_pending()
             || self.inspect_commit_popup.any_work_pending()
             || self.input.is_state_changing()
             || self.push_popup.any_work_pending()
diff --git a/src/components/blame_file.rs b/src/components/blame_file.rs
index cba2458e..ae234c9a 100644
--- a/src/components/blame_file.rs
+++ b/src/components/blame_file.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use anyhow::Result;
 use asyncgit::{
-    sync::{blame_file, BlameAt, BlameHunk, CommitId, FileBlame},
-    CWD,
+    sync::{BlameHunk, CommitId, FileBlame},
+    AsyncBlame, AsyncNotification, BlameParams,
 };
+use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
 use crossterm::event::Event;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use tui::{
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@ pub struct BlameFileComponent {
     title: String,
     theme: SharedTheme,
     queue: Queue,
+    async_blame: AsyncBlame,
     visible: bool,
-    path: Option<String>,
+    file_path: Option<String>,
     file_blame: Option<FileBlame>,
     table_state: std::cell::Cell<TableState>,
     key_config: SharedKeyConfig,
@@ -66,27 +68,7 @@ impl DrawableComponent for BlameFileComponent {
         area: Rect,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         if self.is_visible() {
-            let path: &str = self
-                .path
-                .as_deref()
-                .unwrap_or("<no path for blame available>");
-
-            let title = self.file_blame.as_ref().map_or_else(
-                || {
-                    format!(
-                        "{} -- {} -- <no blame available>",
-                        self.title, path
-                    )
-                },
-                |file_blame| {
-                    format!(
-                        "{} -- {} -- {}",
-                        self.title,
-                        path,
-                        file_blame.commit_id.get_short_string()
-                    )
-                },
-            );
+            let title = self.get_title();
 
             let rows = self.get_rows(area.width.into());
             let author_width = get_author_width(area.width.into());
@@ -131,7 +113,11 @@ impl DrawableComponent for BlameFileComponent {
                 f,
                 area,
                 &self.theme,
-                number_of_rows,
+                // April 2021: `draw_scrollbar` assumes that the last parameter
+                // is `scroll_top`.  Therefore, it subtracts the area’s height
+                // before calculating the position of the scrollbar. To account
+                // for that, we add the current height.
+                number_of_rows + (area.height as usize),
                 // April 2021: we don’t have access to `table_state.offset`
                 // (it’s private), so we use `table_state.selected()` as a
                 // replacement.
@@ -259,6 +245,7 @@ impl BlameFileComponent {
     ///
     pub fn new(
         queue: &Queue,
+        sender: &Sender<AsyncNotification>,
         title: &str,
         theme: SharedTheme,
         key_config: SharedKeyConfig,
@@ -266,9 +253,10 @@ impl BlameFileComponent {
         Self {
             title: String::from(title),
             theme,
+            async_blame: AsyncBlame::new(sender),
             queue: queue.clone(),
             visible: false,
-            path: None,
+            file_path: None,
             file_blame: None,
             table_state: std::cell::Cell::new(TableState::default()),
             key_config,
@@ -277,16 +265,93 @@ impl BlameFileComponent {
     }
 
     ///
-    pub fn open(&mut self, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        self.path = Some(path.into());
-        self.file_blame = blame_file(CWD, path, &BlameAt::Head).ok();
+    pub fn open(&mut self, file_path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        self.file_path = Some(file_path.into());
+        self.file_blame = None;
         self.table_state.get_mut().select(Some(0));
-
         self.show()?;
 
+        self.update()?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    ///
+    pub fn any_work_pending(&self) -> bool {
+        self.async_blame.is_pending()
+    }
+
+    ///
+    pub fn update_git(
+        &mut self,
+        event: AsyncNotification,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.is_visible() {
+            if let AsyncNotification::Blame = event {
+                self.update()?
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn update(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.is_visible() {
+            if let Some(file_path) = &self.file_path {
+                let blame_params = BlameParams {
+                    file_path: file_path.into(),
+                };
+
+                if let Some((
+                    previous_blame_params,
+                    last_file_blame,
+                )) = self.async_blame.last()?
+                {
+                    if previous_blame_params == blame_params {
+                        self.file_blame = Some(last_file_blame);
+
+                        return Ok(());
+                    }
+                }
+
+                self.async_blame.request(blame_params)?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    ///
+    fn get_title(&self) -> String {
+        match (
+            self.any_work_pending(),
+            self.file_path.as_ref(),
+            self.file_blame.as_ref(),
+        ) {
+            (true, Some(file_path), _) => {
+                format!(
+                    "{} -- {} -- <waiting for blame>",
+                    self.title, file_path
+                )
+            }
+            (false, Some(file_path), Some(file_blame)) => {
+                format!(
+                    "{} -- {} -- {}",
+                    self.title,
+                    file_path,
+                    file_blame.commit_id.get_short_string()
+                )
+            }
+            (false, Some(file_path), None) => {
+                format!(
+                    "{} -- {} -- <no blame available>",
+                    self.title, file_path
+                )
+            }
+            _ => format!("{} -- <no blame available>", self.title),
+        }
+    }
+
     ///
     fn get_rows(&self, width: usize) -> Vec<Row> {
         if let Some(ref file_blame) = self.file_blame {