diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 429362ad..d2fb892b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ members = [
    "basics/todo",
    "database_interactions/basic",
    "database_interactions/diesel",
+   "database_interactions/mongodb",
    "database_interactions/pg",
    "database_interactions/r2d2",
    "database_interactions/redis",
diff --git a/database_interactions/mongodb/Cargo.toml b/database_interactions/mongodb/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc6ca326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database_interactions/mongodb/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "mongodb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Isabel Atkinson <isabel.atkinson@mongodb.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+actix-rt = "2.2.0"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.8"
+futures-util = "0.3.17"
+mongodb = "2.0.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/database_interactions/mongodb/README.md b/database_interactions/mongodb/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cad53462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database_interactions/mongodb/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# MongoDB
+
+Simple example of MongoDB usage with Actix web. For more information on the MongoDB Rust driver,
+visit the [documentation](https://docs.rs/mongodb/2.0.0/mongodb/index.html) and
+[source code](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-rust-driver).
+
+## Usage
+
+### Install MongoDB
+
+Visit the [MongoDB Download Center](https://www.mongodb.com/try) for instructions on how to use
+MongoDB Atlas or set up MongoDB locally.
+
+### Set an environment variable
+
+The example code creates a client with the URI set by the `MONGODB_URI` environment variable. The
+default URI for a standalone `mongod` running on localhost is "mongodb://localhost:27017". For more
+information on MongoDB URIs, visit the
+[connection string](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/connection-string/) entry in the
+MongoDB manual.
+
+### Run the example
+
+To execute the example code, run `cargo run` in the `database_interactions/mongodb` directory.
+
diff --git a/database_interactions/mongodb/src/main.rs b/database_interactions/mongodb/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66c9e0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database_interactions/mongodb/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//! Example code for using MongoDB with Actix.
+
+mod model;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test;
+
+use actix_web::{get, post, web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use mongodb::{bson::doc, options::IndexOptions, Client, Collection, IndexModel};
+
+use model::User;
+
+const DB_NAME: &str = "myApp";
+const COLL_NAME: &str = "users";
+
+/// Adds a new user to the "users" collection in the database.
+#[post("/add_user")]
+async fn add_user(client: web::Data<Client>, form: web::Form<User>) -> HttpResponse {
+    let collection = client.database(DB_NAME).collection(COLL_NAME);
+    let result = collection.insert_one(form.into_inner(), None).await;
+    match result {
+        Ok(_) => HttpResponse::Ok().body("user added"),
+        Err(err) => HttpResponse::InternalServerError().body(err.to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Gets the user with the supplied username.
+#[get("/get_user/{username}")]
+async fn get_user(
+    client: web::Data<Client>,
+    username: web::Path<String>,
+) -> HttpResponse {
+    let username = username.into_inner();
+    let collection: Collection<User> = client.database(DB_NAME).collection(COLL_NAME);
+    match collection
+        .find_one(doc! { "username": &username }, None)
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(Some(user)) => HttpResponse::Ok().json(user),
+        Ok(None) => HttpResponse::NotFound()
+            .body(format!("No user found with username {}", username)),
+        Err(err) => HttpResponse::InternalServerError().body(err.to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Creates an index on the "username" field to force the values to be unique.
+async fn create_username_index(client: &Client) {
+    let options = IndexOptions::builder().unique(true).build();
+    let model = IndexModel::builder()
+        .keys(doc! { "username": 1 })
+        .options(options)
+        .build();
+    client
+        .database(DB_NAME)
+        .collection::<User>(COLL_NAME)
+        .create_index(model, None)
+        .await
+        .expect("creating an index should succeed");
+}
+
+#[actix_web::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let uri = std::env::var("MONGODB_URI")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "mongodb://localhost:27017".into());
+
+    let client = Client::with_uri_str(uri).await.expect("failed to connect");
+    create_username_index(&client).await;
+
+    HttpServer::new(move || {
+        App::new()
+            .app_data(web::Data::new(client.clone()))
+            .service(add_user)
+            .service(get_user)
+    })
+    .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
+    .run()
+    .await
+}
diff --git a/database_interactions/mongodb/src/model.rs b/database_interactions/mongodb/src/model.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e39dc34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database_interactions/mongodb/src/model.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct User {
+    pub first_name: String,
+    pub last_name: String,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub email: String,
+}
diff --git a/database_interactions/mongodb/src/test.rs b/database_interactions/mongodb/src/test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf621511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database_interactions/mongodb/src/test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use actix_web::{
+    test::{init_service, read_response, read_response_json, TestRequest},
+    web::Bytes,
+};
+use mongodb::Client;
+
+use super::*;
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+#[ignore = "requires MongoDB instance running"]
+async fn test() {
+    let uri = std::env::var("MONGODB_URI")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "mongodb://localhost:27017".into());
+
+    let client = Client::with_uri_str(uri).await.expect("failed to connect");
+
+    // Clear any data currently in the users collection.
+    client
+        .database(DB_NAME)
+        .collection::<User>(COLL_NAME)
+        .drop(None)
+        .await
+        .expect("drop collection should succeed");
+
+    let mut app = init_service(
+        App::new()
+            .app_data(web::Data::new(client))
+            .service(add_user)
+            .service(get_user),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let user = User {
+        first_name: "Jane".into(),
+        last_name: "Doe".into(),
+        username: "janedoe".into(),
+        email: "example@example.com".into(),
+    };
+
+    let req = TestRequest::post()
+        .uri("/add_user")
+        .set_form(&user)
+        .to_request();
+
+    let response = read_response(&mut app, req).await;
+    assert_eq!(response, Bytes::from_static(b"user added"));
+
+    let req = TestRequest::get()
+        .uri(&format!("/get_user/{}", &user.username))
+        .to_request();
+
+    let response: User = read_response_json(&mut app, req).await;
+    assert_eq!(response, user);
+}