diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 02ba05d4..95d9d3f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -129,3 +129,7 @@ required-features = ["serialize"]
 [[test]]
 name = "serde-migrated"
 required-features = ["serialize"]
+
+[[test]]
+name = "async_test"
+required-features = ["async"]
diff --git a/tests/async_test.rs b/tests/async_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50f8b1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/async_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use quick_xml::events::Event::*;
+use quick_xml::Reader;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_sample() {
+    let path = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let mut reader = Reader::from_file_async(path.join("tests/documents/sample_rss.xml"))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    let mut count = 0;
+    loop {
+        match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf).await.unwrap() {
+            Start(_) => count += 1,
+            Decl(e) => println!("{:?}", e.version()),
+            Eof => break,
+            _ => (),
+        }
+        buf.clear();
+    }
+    println!("{}", count);
+}