diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyFunctionBuilder.java b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyFunctionBuilder.java
index bee9be967c88..d33d1aa46383 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyFunctionBuilder.java
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyFunctionBuilder.java
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ public class PyFunctionBuilder {
         }
       }
     }
+    if (source.isAsync()) {
+      functionBuilder.makeAsync();
+    }
     functionBuilder.myDocStringGenerator = PyDocstringGenerator.forDocStringOwner(source);
     return functionBuilder;
   }
diff --git a/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/Class.after.py b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/Class.after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffe987beed1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/Class.after.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from SuperClass import Parent
+
+class Child(Parent):
+    async def async_method(self):
+        """An async method that should be pulled up"""
+        return "result"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/Class.py b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/Class.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffe987beed1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/Class.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from SuperClass import Parent
+
+class Child(Parent):
+    async def async_method(self):
+        """An async method that should be pulled up"""
+        return "result"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/SuperClass.after.py b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/SuperClass.after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ac0ce5e3844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/SuperClass.after.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+
+
+class Parent(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def async_method(self):
+        """An async method that should be pulled up"""
+        pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/SuperClass.py b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/SuperClass.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a2fb14d0f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/refactoring/pullup/abstractAsyncMethod/SuperClass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Parent:
+    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/classes/pullUp/PyPullUpTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/classes/pullUp/PyPullUpTest.java
index 039d149441fd..34493f60469a 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/classes/pullUp/PyPullUpTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/classes/pullUp/PyPullUpTest.java
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ public class PyPullUpTest extends PyClassRefactoringTest {
     checkAbstract(".my_method", ".my_class_method");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Ensures that pulling async method up as abstract preserves the async keyword
+   */
+  public void testAbstractAsyncMethod() {
+    checkAbstract(".async_method");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Moves methods fromn Child to Parent and make them abstract
    * @param methodNames methods to check