diff --git a/src/fable-library-beam/fable_async.erl b/src/fable-library-beam/fable_async.erl
index df0b06307..056c803e7 100644
--- a/src/fable-library-beam/fable_async.erl
+++ b/src/fable-library-beam/fable_async.erl
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     ignore/1,
     from_continuations/1,
     start_as_task/1,
+    await_task/1,
     cancellation_token/0,
     create_cancellation_token/0, create_cancellation_token/1,
     wrap_error/1
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 -spec ignore(async(term())) -> async(ok).
 -spec from_continuations(fun()) -> async(term()).
 -spec start_as_task(async(term())) -> term().
+-spec await_task(async(term())) -> async(term()).
 -spec cancellation_token() -> async(reference() | undefined).
 -spec create_cancellation_token() -> reference().
 -spec create_cancellation_token(term()) -> reference().
@@ -315,6 +317,11 @@ from_continuations(F) ->
 start_as_task(Computation) ->
     run_synchronously(Computation).
 
+%% AwaitTask: identity. On the Beam a Task and an Async share one representation
+%% (the `task` CE is compiled onto the async builder), so there is nothing to
+%% convert — the task *is* the async computation.
+await_task(Task) -> Task.
+
 %% CancellationToken: returns async that extracts cancel_token from context
 cancellation_token() ->
     fun(Ctx) ->
diff --git a/tests/Beam/TaskTests.fs b/tests/Beam/TaskTests.fs
index 1d30e2470..1050c56a8 100644
--- a/tests/Beam/TaskTests.fs
+++ b/tests/Beam/TaskTests.fs
@@ -74,3 +74,17 @@ let ``test task sequential composition works`` () =
         return a + b
     }
     tsk.Result |> equal 3
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``test Async.AwaitTask works`` () =
+    let t = task { return 1 }
+    t |> Async.AwaitTask |> Async.RunSynchronously |> equal 1
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``test Async.AwaitTask works inside async CE`` () =
+    let comp = async {
+        let! x = task { return 10 } |> Async.AwaitTask
+        let! y = task { return 20 } |> Async.AwaitTask
+        return x + y
+    }
+    comp |> Async.RunSynchronously |> equal 30