diff --git a/src/file-handlers.ts b/src/file-handlers.ts
index fd80bee..3fa4b47 100644
--- a/src/file-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/file-handlers.ts
@@ -241,4 +241,22 @@ function renderFile(
   return tryHandleCache(data, renderConfig, callback)
 }
 
-export { includeFile, renderFile }
+function renderFileAsync(
+  filename: string,
+  data: DataObj,
+  config?: PartialConfig,
+  cb?: CallbackFn
+): Promise<string> | void
+
+function renderFileAsync(filename: string, data: DataObj, cb?: CallbackFn): Promise<string> | void
+
+function renderFileAsync(
+  filename: string,
+  data: DataObj,
+  config?: PartialConfig,
+  cb?: CallbackFn
+): Promise<string> | void {
+  return renderFile(filename, data, { ...config, async: true }, cb)
+}
+
+export { includeFile, renderFile, renderFileAsync }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 055cceb..a175819 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { config } from './config'
 config.includeFile = includeFileHelper
 config.filepathCache = {}
 
-export { loadFile, renderFile, renderFile as __express } from './file-handlers'
+export { loadFile, renderFile, renderFileAsync, renderFile as __express } from './file-handlers'
 
 /* End file stuff */
 
diff --git a/src/render.ts b/src/render.ts
index df26126..30ab4c0 100644
--- a/src/render.ts
+++ b/src/render.ts
@@ -91,3 +91,7 @@ export default function render(
     return handleCache(template, options)(data, options)
   }
 }
+
+export function renderAsync(template: string | TemplateFunction, data: object, config?: PartialConfig, cb?: CallbackFn): string | Promise<string> | void {
+  return render(template, data, { ...config, async: true }, cb)
+}
diff --git a/test/file-handlers.spec.ts b/test/file-handlers.spec.ts
index 39354b1..fd93bba 100644
--- a/test/file-handlers.spec.ts
+++ b/test/file-handlers.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* global it, expect, describe */
 
-import { renderFile, __express, templates, compile } from '../src/index'
+import { renderFile, renderFileAsync, __express, templates, compile } from '../src/index'
 
 import { buildRegEx } from './err.spec'
 
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ if(cb){cb(null,tR)} return tR
   })
 })
 
+describe('renderFileAsync function', () => {
+  it('should render properly', async () => {
+    expect(await renderFileAsync(filePath, { name: 'foo' })).toBe('Hi foo')
+  })
+})
+
 // NOTE: the errors will really look like this:
 
 /*
diff --git a/test/render.spec.ts b/test/render.spec.ts
index 048ee8f..0cac576 100644
--- a/test/render.spec.ts
+++ b/test/render.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* global it, expect, describe */
 
-import render from '../src/render'
+import render, { renderAsync } from '../src/render'
 import compile from '../src/compile'
 import { templates } from '../src/containers'
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('Simple Render checks', () => {
       )
     })
     it('Rendering function works', async () => {
-      let template = 'Hello <%= await it.getName() %>!'
+      const template = 'Hello <%= await it.getName() %>!'
       let getName = () => {
         return new Promise((res) => {
           setTimeout(() => {
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ describe('Simple Render checks', () => {
       }
       expect(await render(template, { getName: getName }, { async: true })).toEqual('Hello Ada!')
     })
+    it('Rendering async function works', async () => {
+      const template = 'Hello <%= await it.getName() %>!'
+      let getName = () => {
+        return new Promise((res) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            res('Ada')
+          }, 20)
+        })
+      }
+      expect(await renderAsync(template, { getName })).toEqual('Hello Ada!')
+    })
   })
 })