diff --git a/Include/ceval.h b/Include/ceval.h
index 81f4bbf..c682063 100644
--- a/Include/ceval.h
+++ b/Include/ceval.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_SetProfile(Py_tracefunc, PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_SetTrace(Py_tracefunc, PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyEval_SetCoroutineWrapper(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyEval_GetCoroutineWrapper(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyEval_SetAsyncGenFirstiter(PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyEval_GetAsyncGenFirstiter(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyEval_SetAsyncGenFinalizer(PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyEval_GetAsyncGenFinalizer(void);
 #endif
 
 struct _frame; /* Avoid including frameobject.h */
diff --git a/Include/code.h b/Include/code.h
index b39d6bd..9823f10 100644
--- a/Include/code.h
+++ b/Include/code.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct {
    ``async def`` keywords) */
 #define CO_COROUTINE            0x0080
 #define CO_ITERABLE_COROUTINE   0x0100
+#define CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR      0x0200
 
 /* These are no longer used. */
 #if 0
diff --git a/Include/genobject.h b/Include/genobject.h
index 1ff32a8..973bdd5 100644
--- a/Include/genobject.h
+++ b/Include/genobject.h
@@ -61,6 +61,37 @@ PyObject *_PyAIterWrapper_New(PyObject *aiter);
 PyObject *_PyCoro_GetAwaitableIter(PyObject *o);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyCoro_New(struct _frame *,
     PyObject *name, PyObject *qualname);
+
+/* Asynchronous Generators */
+
+typedef struct {
+    _PyGenObject_HEAD(ag)
+    PyObject *ag_finalizer;
+
+    /* Flag is set to 1 when hooks set up by sys.set_asyncgen_hooks
+       were called on the generator, to avoid calling them more
+       than once. */
+    int ag_hooks_inited;
+
+    /* Flag is set to 1 when aclose() is called for the first time, or
+       when a StopAsyncIteration exception is raised. */
+    int ag_closed;
+} PyAsyncGenObject;
+
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyAsyncGen_Type;
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) _PyAsyncGenASend_Type;
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_Type;
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) _PyAsyncGenAThrow_Type;
+
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyAsyncGen_New(struct _frame *,
+    PyObject *name, PyObject *qualname);
+
+#define PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyAsyncGen_Type)
+
+PyObject *_PyAsyncGenValueWrapperNew(PyObject *);
+
+int PyAsyncGen_ClearFreeLists(void);
+
 #endif
 
 #undef _PyGenObject_HEAD
diff --git a/Include/pylifecycle.h b/Include/pylifecycle.h
index cf149b2..8390467 100644
--- a/Include/pylifecycle.h
+++ b/Include/pylifecycle.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyGC_Fini(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySlice_Fini(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyType_Fini(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyRandom_Fini(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyAsyncGen_Fini(void);
 
 PyAPI_DATA(PyThreadState *) _Py_Finalizing;
 #endif
diff --git a/Include/pystate.h b/Include/pystate.h
index 5ab5c98..f1c9427 100644
--- a/Include/pystate.h
+++ b/Include/pystate.h
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ typedef struct _ts {
     Py_ssize_t co_extra_user_count;
     freefunc co_extra_freefuncs[MAX_CO_EXTRA_USERS];
 
+    PyObject *async_gen_firstiter;
+    PyObject *async_gen_finalizer;
+
     /* XXX signal handlers should also be here */
 
 } PyThreadState;
diff --git a/Include/symtable.h b/Include/symtable.h
index b0259d6..86ae3c2 100644
--- a/Include/symtable.h
+++ b/Include/symtable.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ typedef struct _symtable_entry {
     unsigned ste_child_free : 1;  /* true if a child block has free vars,
                                      including free refs to globals */
     unsigned ste_generator : 1;   /* true if namespace is a generator */
+    unsigned ste_coroutine : 1;   /* true if namespace is a coroutine */
     unsigned ste_varargs : 1;     /* true if block has varargs */
     unsigned ste_varkeywords : 1; /* true if block has varkeywords */
     unsigned ste_returns_value : 1;  /* true if namespace uses return with
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index 918b869..b420586 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ conscious design decision, leaving the door open for keyword arguments
 to modify the meaning of the API call itself.
 """
 
-
 import collections
 import concurrent.futures
 import heapq
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import time
 import traceback
 import sys
 import warnings
+import weakref
 
 from . import compat
 from . import coroutines
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
         self._task_factory = None
         self._coroutine_wrapper_set = False
 
+        # A weak set of all asynchronous generators that are being iterated
+        # by the loop.
+        self._asyncgens = weakref.WeakSet()
+
+        # Set to True when `loop.shutdown_asyncgens` is called.
+        self._asyncgens_shutdown_called = False
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return ('<%s running=%s closed=%s debug=%s>'
                 % (self.__class__.__name__, self.is_running(),
@@ -333,6 +340,46 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
         if self._closed:
             raise RuntimeError('Event loop is closed')
 
+    def _asyncgen_finalizer_hook(self, agen):
+        self._asyncgens.discard(agen)
+        if not self.is_closed():
+            self.create_task(agen.aclose())
+
+    def _asyncgen_firstiter_hook(self, agen):
+        if self._asyncgens_shutdown_called:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "asynchronous generator {!r} was scheduled after "
+                "loop.shutdown_asyncgens() call".format(agen),
+                ResourceWarning, source=self)
+
+        self._asyncgens.add(agen)
+
+    @coroutine
+    def shutdown_asyncgens(self):
+        """Shutdown all active asynchronous generators."""
+        self._asyncgens_shutdown_called = True
+
+        if not len(self._asyncgens):
+            return
+
+        closing_agens = list(self._asyncgens)
+        self._asyncgens.clear()
+
+        shutdown_coro = tasks.gather(
+            *[ag.aclose() for ag in closing_agens],
+            return_exceptions=True,
+            loop=self)
+
+        results = yield from shutdown_coro
+        for result, agen in zip(results, closing_agens):
+            if isinstance(result, Exception):
+                self.call_exception_handler({
+                    'message': 'an error occurred during closing of '
+                               'asynchronous generator {!r}'.format(agen),
+                    'exception': result,
+                    'asyncgen': agen
+                })
+
     def run_forever(self):
         """Run until stop() is called."""
         self._check_closed()
@@ -340,6 +387,9 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
             raise RuntimeError('Event loop is running.')
         self._set_coroutine_wrapper(self._debug)
         self._thread_id = threading.get_ident()
+        old_agen_hooks = sys.get_asyncgen_hooks()
+        sys.set_asyncgen_hooks(firstiter=self._asyncgen_firstiter_hook,
+                               finalizer=self._asyncgen_finalizer_hook)
         try:
             while True:
                 self._run_once()
@@ -349,6 +399,7 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
             self._stopping = False
             self._thread_id = None
             self._set_coroutine_wrapper(False)
+            sys.set_asyncgen_hooks(*old_agen_hooks)
 
     def run_until_complete(self, future):
         """Run until the Future is done.
@@ -1179,7 +1230,9 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
         - 'handle' (optional): Handle instance;
         - 'protocol' (optional): Protocol instance;
         - 'transport' (optional): Transport instance;
-        - 'socket' (optional): Socket instance.
+        - 'socket' (optional): Socket instance;
+        - 'asyncgen' (optional): Asynchronous generator that caused
+                                 the exception.
 
         New keys maybe introduced in the future.
 
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py b/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py
index 71bc6fb..9c338b0 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ def _format_coroutine(coro):
     try:
         coro_code = coro.gi_code
     except AttributeError:
-        coro_code = coro.cr_code
+        try:
+            coro_code = coro.cr_code
+        except AttributeError:
+            return repr(coro)
 
     try:
         coro_frame = coro.gi_frame
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/events.py b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
index c48c5be..cc9a986 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ class AbstractEventLoop:
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def shutdown_asyncgens(self):
+        """Shutdown all active asynchronous generators."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     # Methods scheduling callbacks.  All these return Handles.
 
     def _timer_handle_cancelled(self, handle):
diff --git a/Lib/dis.py b/Lib/dis.py
index 59886f1..556d84e 100644
--- a/Lib/dis.py
+++ b/Lib/dis.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ COMPILER_FLAG_NAMES = {
     64: "NOFREE",
    128: "COROUTINE",
    256: "ITERABLE_COROUTINE",
+   512: "ASYNC_GENERATOR",
 }
 
 def pretty_flags(flags):
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index 72c1691..2380095 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ def iscoroutinefunction(object):
     return bool((isfunction(object) or ismethod(object)) and
                 object.__code__.co_flags & CO_COROUTINE)
 
+def isasyncgenfunction(object):
+    return bool((isfunction(object) or ismethod(object)) and
+                object.__code__.co_flags & CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR)
+
+def isasyncgen(object):
+    return isinstance(object, types.AsyncGeneratorType)
+
 def isgenerator(object):
     """Return true if the object is a generator.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/badsyntax_async6.py b/Lib/test/badsyntax_async6.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cb0a23d..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/badsyntax_async6.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-async def foo():
-    yield
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncgen.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncgen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41b1b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncgen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,823 @@
+import asyncio
+import inspect
+import sys
+import types
+import unittest
+
+from unittest import mock
+
+
+class AwaitException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+@types.coroutine
+def awaitable(*, throw=False):
+    if throw:
+        yield ('throw',)
+    else:
+        yield ('result',)
+
+
+def run_until_complete(coro):
+    exc = False
+    while True:
+        try:
+            if exc:
+                exc = False
+                fut = coro.throw(AwaitException)
+            else:
+                fut = coro.send(None)
+        except StopIteration as ex:
+            return ex.args[0]
+
+        if fut == ('throw',):
+            exc = True
+
+
+def to_list(gen):
+    async def iterate():
+        res = []
+        async for i in gen:
+            res.append(i)
+        return res
+
+    return run_until_complete(iterate())
+
+
+class AsyncGenSyntaxTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_async_gen_syntax_01(self):
+        code = '''async def foo():
+            await abc
+            yield from 123
+        '''
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, 'yield from.*inside async'):
+            exec(code, {}, {})
+
+    def test_async_gen_syntax_02(self):
+        code = '''async def foo():
+            yield from 123
+        '''
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, 'yield from.*inside async'):
+            exec(code, {}, {})
+
+    def test_async_gen_syntax_03(self):
+        code = '''async def foo():
+            await abc
+            yield
+            return 123
+        '''
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, 'return.*value.*async gen'):
+            exec(code, {}, {})
+
+    def test_async_gen_syntax_04(self):
+        code = '''async def foo():
+            yield
+            return 123
+        '''
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, 'return.*value.*async gen'):
+            exec(code, {}, {})
+
+    def test_async_gen_syntax_05(self):
+        code = '''async def foo():
+            if 0:
+                yield
+            return 12
+        '''
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, 'return.*value.*async gen'):
+            exec(code, {}, {})
+
+
+class AsyncGenTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def compare_generators(self, sync_gen, async_gen):
+        def sync_iterate(g):
+            res = []
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    res.append(g.__next__())
+                except StopIteration:
+                    res.append('STOP')
+                    break
+                except Exception as ex:
+                    res.append(str(type(ex)))
+            return res
+
+        def async_iterate(g):
+            res = []
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    g.__anext__().__next__()
+                except StopAsyncIteration:
+                    res.append('STOP')
+                    break
+                except StopIteration as ex:
+                    if ex.args:
+                        res.append(ex.args[0])
+                    else:
+                        res.append('EMPTY StopIteration')
+                        break
+                except Exception as ex:
+                    res.append(str(type(ex)))
+            return res
+
+        sync_gen_result = sync_iterate(sync_gen)
+        async_gen_result = async_iterate(async_gen)
+        self.assertEqual(sync_gen_result, async_gen_result)
+        return async_gen_result
+
+    def test_async_gen_iteration_01(self):
+        async def gen():
+            await awaitable()
+            a = yield 123
+            self.assertIs(a, None)
+            await awaitable()
+            yield 456
+            await awaitable()
+            yield 789
+
+        self.assertEqual(to_list(gen()), [123, 456, 789])
+
+    def test_async_gen_iteration_02(self):
+        async def gen():
+            await awaitable()
+            yield 123
+            await awaitable()
+
+        g = gen()
+        ai = g.__aiter__()
+        self.assertEqual(ai.__anext__().__next__(), ('result',))
+
+        try:
+            ai.__anext__().__next__()
+        except StopIteration as ex:
+            self.assertEqual(ex.args[0], 123)
+        else:
+            self.fail('StopIteration was not raised')
+
+        self.assertEqual(ai.__anext__().__next__(), ('result',))
+
+        try:
+            ai.__anext__().__next__()
+        except StopAsyncIteration as ex:
+            self.assertFalse(ex.args)
+        else:
+            self.fail('StopAsyncIteration was not raised')
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_03(self):
+        async def gen():
+            await awaitable()
+            yield 123
+            await awaitable(throw=True)
+            yield 456
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AwaitException):
+            to_list(gen())
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_04(self):
+        async def gen():
+            await awaitable()
+            yield 123
+            1 / 0
+
+        g = gen()
+        ai = g.__aiter__()
+        self.assertEqual(ai.__anext__().__next__(), ('result',))
+
+        try:
+            ai.__anext__().__next__()
+        except StopIteration as ex:
+            self.assertEqual(ex.args[0], 123)
+        else:
+            self.fail('StopIteration was not raised')
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError):
+            ai.__anext__().__next__()
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_05(self):
+        async def gen():
+            yield 123
+            raise StopAsyncIteration
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError,
+                                    'async generator.*StopAsyncIteration'):
+            to_list(gen())
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_06(self):
+        async def gen():
+            yield 123
+            raise StopIteration
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError,
+                                    'async generator.*StopIteration'):
+            to_list(gen())
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_07(self):
+        def sync_gen():
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                1 / 0
+            finally:
+                yield 2
+                yield 3
+
+            yield 100
+
+        async def async_gen():
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                1 / 0
+            finally:
+                yield 2
+                yield 3
+
+            yield 100
+
+        self.compare_generators(sync_gen(), async_gen())
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_08(self):
+        def sync_gen():
+            try:
+                yield 1
+            finally:
+                yield 2
+                1 / 0
+                yield 3
+
+            yield 100
+
+        async def async_gen():
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                await awaitable()
+            finally:
+                await awaitable()
+                yield 2
+                1 / 0
+                yield 3
+
+            yield 100
+
+        self.compare_generators(sync_gen(), async_gen())
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_09(self):
+        def sync_gen():
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                1 / 0
+            finally:
+                yield 2
+                yield 3
+
+            yield 100
+
+        async def async_gen():
+            try:
+                await awaitable()
+                yield 1
+                1 / 0
+            finally:
+                yield 2
+                await awaitable()
+                yield 3
+
+            yield 100
+
+        self.compare_generators(sync_gen(), async_gen())
+
+    def test_async_gen_exception_10(self):
+        async def gen():
+            yield 123
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
+                                    "non-None value .* async generator"):
+            gen().__anext__().send(100)
+
+    def test_async_gen_api_01(self):
+        async def gen():
+            yield 123
+
+        g = gen()
+
+        self.assertEqual(g.__name__, 'gen')
+        g.__name__ = '123'
+        self.assertEqual(g.__name__, '123')
+
+        self.assertIn('.gen', g.__qualname__)
+        g.__qualname__ = '123'
+        self.assertEqual(g.__qualname__, '123')
+
+        self.assertIsNone(g.ag_await)
+        self.assertIsInstance(g.ag_frame, types.FrameType)
+        self.assertFalse(g.ag_running)
+        self.assertIsInstance(g.ag_code, types.CodeType)
+
+        self.assertTrue(inspect.isawaitable(g.aclose()))
+
+
+class AsyncGenAsyncioTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(None)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.loop.close()
+        self.loop = None
+
+    async def to_list(self, gen):
+        res = []
+        async for i in gen:
+            res.append(i)
+        return res
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_01(self):
+        async def gen():
+            yield 1
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+            yield 2
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+            return
+            yield 3
+
+        res = self.loop.run_until_complete(self.to_list(gen()))
+        self.assertEqual(res, [1, 2])
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_02(self):
+        async def gen():
+            yield 1
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+            yield 2
+            1 / 0
+            yield 3
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError):
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(self.to_list(gen()))
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_03(self):
+        loop = self.loop
+
+        class Gen:
+            async def __aiter__(self):
+                yield 1
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=loop)
+                yield 2
+
+        res = loop.run_until_complete(self.to_list(Gen()))
+        self.assertEqual(res, [1, 2])
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_anext_04(self):
+        async def foo():
+            yield 1
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+            try:
+                yield 2
+                yield 3
+            except ZeroDivisionError:
+                yield 1000
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+            yield 4
+
+        async def run1():
+            it = foo().__aiter__()
+
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 2)
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 3)
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 4)
+            with self.assertRaises(StopAsyncIteration):
+                await it.__anext__()
+            with self.assertRaises(StopAsyncIteration):
+                await it.__anext__()
+
+        async def run2():
+            it = foo().__aiter__()
+
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 2)
+            try:
+                it.__anext__().throw(ZeroDivisionError)
+            except StopIteration as ex:
+                self.assertEqual(ex.args[0], 1000)
+            else:
+                self.fail('StopIteration was not raised')
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 4)
+            with self.assertRaises(StopAsyncIteration):
+                await it.__anext__()
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run1())
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run2())
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_anext_05(self):
+        async def foo():
+            v = yield 1
+            v = yield v
+            yield v * 100
+
+        async def run():
+            it = foo().__aiter__()
+
+            try:
+                it.__anext__().send(None)
+            except StopIteration as ex:
+                self.assertEqual(ex.args[0], 1)
+            else:
+                self.fail('StopIteration was not raised')
+
+            try:
+                it.__anext__().send(10)
+            except StopIteration as ex:
+                self.assertEqual(ex.args[0], 10)
+            else:
+                self.fail('StopIteration was not raised')
+
+            try:
+                it.__anext__().send(12)
+            except StopIteration as ex:
+                self.assertEqual(ex.args[0], 1200)
+            else:
+                self.fail('StopIteration was not raised')
+
+            with self.assertRaises(StopAsyncIteration):
+                await it.__anext__()
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_aclose_06(self):
+        async def foo():
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                1 / 0
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                yield 12
+
+        async def run():
+            gen = foo()
+            it = gen.__aiter__()
+            await it.__anext__()
+            await gen.aclose()
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
+                RuntimeError,
+                "async generator ignored GeneratorExit"):
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_aclose_07(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        async def foo():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                1 / 0
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE += 1
+            DONE += 1000
+
+        async def run():
+            gen = foo()
+            it = gen.__aiter__()
+            await it.__anext__()
+            await gen.aclose()
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_aclose_08(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        fut = asyncio.Future(loop=self.loop)
+
+        async def foo():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                yield 1
+                await fut
+                DONE += 1000
+                yield 2
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE += 1
+            DONE += 1000
+
+        async def run():
+            gen = foo()
+            it = gen.__aiter__()
+            self.assertEqual(await it.__anext__(), 1)
+            t = self.loop.create_task(it.__anext__())
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+            await gen.aclose()
+            return t
+
+        t = self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+        # Silence ResourceWarnings
+        fut.cancel()
+        t.cancel()
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop))
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_gc_aclose_09(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        async def gen():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    yield 1
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE = 1
+
+        async def run():
+            g = gen()
+            await g.__anext__()
+            await g.__anext__()
+            del g
+
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1, loop=self.loop)
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_asend_01(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        # Sanity check:
+        def sgen():
+            v = yield 1
+            yield v * 2
+        sg = sgen()
+        v = sg.send(None)
+        self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+        v = sg.send(100)
+        self.assertEqual(v, 200)
+
+        async def gen():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                v = yield 1
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                yield v * 2
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                return
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE = 1
+
+        async def run():
+            g = gen()
+
+            v = await g.asend(None)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+
+            v = await g.asend(100)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 200)
+
+            with self.assertRaises(StopAsyncIteration):
+                await g.asend(None)
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_asend_02(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        async def sleep_n_crash(delay):
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay, loop=self.loop)
+            1 / 0
+
+        async def gen():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                v = yield 1
+                await sleep_n_crash(0.01)
+                DONE += 1000
+                yield v * 2
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE = 1
+
+        async def run():
+            g = gen()
+
+            v = await g.asend(None)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+
+            await g.asend(100)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError):
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_asend_03(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        async def sleep_n_crash(delay):
+            fut = asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.sleep(delay, loop=self.loop),
+                                        loop=self.loop)
+            self.loop.call_later(delay / 2, lambda: fut.cancel())
+            return await fut
+
+        async def gen():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                v = yield 1
+                await sleep_n_crash(0.01)
+                DONE += 1000
+                yield v * 2
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE = 1
+
+        async def run():
+            g = gen()
+
+            v = await g.asend(None)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+
+            await g.asend(100)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(asyncio.CancelledError):
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_athrow_01(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        class FooEr(Exception):
+            pass
+
+        # Sanity check:
+        def sgen():
+            try:
+                v = yield 1
+            except FooEr:
+                v = 1000
+            yield v * 2
+        sg = sgen()
+        v = sg.send(None)
+        self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+        v = sg.throw(FooEr)
+        self.assertEqual(v, 2000)
+        with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
+            sg.send(None)
+
+        async def gen():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                try:
+                    v = yield 1
+                except FooEr:
+                    v = 1000
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                yield v * 2
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                # return
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE = 1
+
+        async def run():
+            g = gen()
+
+            v = await g.asend(None)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+
+            v = await g.athrow(FooEr)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 2000)
+
+            with self.assertRaises(StopAsyncIteration):
+                await g.asend(None)
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_athrow_02(self):
+        DONE = 0
+
+        class FooEr(Exception):
+            pass
+
+        async def sleep_n_crash(delay):
+            fut = asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.sleep(delay, loop=self.loop),
+                                        loop=self.loop)
+            self.loop.call_later(delay / 2, lambda: fut.cancel())
+            return await fut
+
+        async def gen():
+            nonlocal DONE
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                try:
+                    v = yield 1
+                except FooEr:
+                    await sleep_n_crash(0.01)
+                yield v * 2
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                # return
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.01, loop=self.loop)
+                DONE = 1
+
+        async def run():
+            g = gen()
+
+            v = await g.asend(None)
+            self.assertEqual(v, 1)
+
+            try:
+                await g.athrow(FooEr)
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+                raise
+            else:
+                self.fail('CancelledError was not raised')
+
+        with self.assertRaises(asyncio.CancelledError):
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(run())
+        self.assertEqual(DONE, 1)
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_shutdown_01(self):
+        finalized = 0
+
+        async def waiter(timeout):
+            nonlocal finalized
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(timeout, loop=self.loop)
+                yield 1
+            finally:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0, loop=self.loop)
+                finalized += 1
+
+        async def wait():
+            async for _ in waiter(1):
+                pass
+
+        t1 = self.loop.create_task(wait())
+        t2 = self.loop.create_task(wait())
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.1, loop=self.loop))
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(self.loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
+        self.assertEqual(finalized, 2)
+
+        # Silence warnings
+        t1.cancel()
+        t2.cancel()
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.1, loop=self.loop))
+
+    def test_async_gen_asyncio_shutdown_02(self):
+        logged = 0
+
+        def logger(loop, context):
+            nonlocal logged
+            self.assertIn('asyncgen', context)
+            expected = 'an error occurred during closing of asynchronous'
+            if expected in context['message']:
+                logged += 1
+
+        async def waiter(timeout):
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(timeout, loop=self.loop)
+                yield 1
+            finally:
+                1 / 0
+
+        async def wait():
+            async for _ in waiter(1):
+                pass
+
+        t = self.loop.create_task(wait())
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.1, loop=self.loop))
+
+        self.loop.set_exception_handler(logger)
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(self.loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
+
+        self.assertEqual(logged, 1)
+
+        # Silence warnings
+        t.cancel()
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.1, loop=self.loop))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
index ee2482d..fee9ae3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ class AsyncBadSyntaxTest(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, 'invalid syntax'):
             import test.badsyntax_async5
 
-    def test_badsyntax_6(self):
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
-            SyntaxError, "'yield' inside async function"):
-
-            import test.badsyntax_async6
-
     def test_badsyntax_7(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(
             SyntaxError, "'yield from' inside async function"):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dis.py b/Lib/test/test_dis.py
index 6081073..21b8cb7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dis.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dis.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ Argument count:    0
 Kw-only arguments: 0
 Number of locals:  2
 Stack size:        17
-Flags:             OPTIMIZED, NEWLOCALS, GENERATOR, NOFREE, COROUTINE
+Flags:             OPTIMIZED, NEWLOCALS, NOFREE, COROUTINE
 Constants:
    0: None
    1: 1"""
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index 47244ae..97634e5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class IsTestBase(unittest.TestCase):
                       inspect.isframe, inspect.isfunction, inspect.ismethod,
                       inspect.ismodule, inspect.istraceback,
                       inspect.isgenerator, inspect.isgeneratorfunction,
-                      inspect.iscoroutine, inspect.iscoroutinefunction])
+                      inspect.iscoroutine, inspect.iscoroutinefunction,
+                      inspect.isasyncgen, inspect.isasyncgenfunction])
 
     def istest(self, predicate, exp):
         obj = eval(exp)
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ class IsTestBase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         for other in self.predicates - set([predicate]):
             if (predicate == inspect.isgeneratorfunction or \
+               predicate == inspect.isasyncgenfunction or \
                predicate == inspect.iscoroutinefunction) and \
                other == inspect.isfunction:
                 continue
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ def generator_function_example(self):
     for i in range(2):
         yield i
 
+async def async_generator_function_example(self):
+    async for i in range(2):
+        yield i
+
 async def coroutine_function_example(self):
     return 'spam'
 
@@ -122,6 +128,10 @@ class TestPredicates(IsTestBase):
         self.istest(inspect.isdatadescriptor, 'collections.defaultdict.default_factory')
         self.istest(inspect.isgenerator, '(x for x in range(2))')
         self.istest(inspect.isgeneratorfunction, 'generator_function_example')
+        self.istest(inspect.isasyncgen,
+                    'async_generator_function_example(1)')
+        self.istest(inspect.isasyncgenfunction,
+                    'async_generator_function_example')
 
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index a6cd95e..37ee0b0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -1192,6 +1192,32 @@ class SizeofTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # sys.flags
         check(sys.flags, vsize('') + self.P * len(sys.flags))
 
+    def test_asyncgen_hooks(self):
+        old = sys.get_asyncgen_hooks()
+        self.assertIsNone(old.firstiter)
+        self.assertIsNone(old.finalizer)
+
+        firstiter = lambda *a: None
+        sys.set_asyncgen_hooks(firstiter=firstiter)
+        hooks = sys.get_asyncgen_hooks()
+        self.assertIs(hooks.firstiter, firstiter)
+        self.assertIs(hooks[0], firstiter)
+        self.assertIs(hooks.finalizer, None)
+        self.assertIs(hooks[1], None)
+
+        finalizer = lambda *a: None
+        sys.set_asyncgen_hooks(finalizer=finalizer)
+        hooks = sys.get_asyncgen_hooks()
+        self.assertIs(hooks.firstiter, firstiter)
+        self.assertIs(hooks[0], firstiter)
+        self.assertIs(hooks.finalizer, finalizer)
+        self.assertIs(hooks[1], finalizer)
+
+        sys.set_asyncgen_hooks(*old)
+        cur = sys.get_asyncgen_hooks()
+        self.assertIsNone(cur.firstiter)
+        self.assertIsNone(cur.finalizer)
+
 
 def test_main():
     test.support.run_unittest(SysModuleTest, SizeofTest)
diff --git a/Lib/types.py b/Lib/types.py
index 48891cd..d8d8470 100644
--- a/Lib/types.py
+++ b/Lib/types.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ _c = _c()
 CoroutineType = type(_c)
 _c.close()  # Prevent ResourceWarning
 
+async def _ag():
+    yield
+_ag = _ag()
+AsyncGeneratorType = type(_ag)
+
 class _C:
     def _m(self): pass
 MethodType = type(_C()._m)
diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index 0c6f444..07950a6 100644
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ clear_freelists(void)
     (void)PyList_ClearFreeList();
     (void)PyDict_ClearFreeList();
     (void)PySet_ClearFreeList();
+    (void)PyAsyncGen_ClearFreeLists();
 }
 
 /* This is the main function.  Read this to understand how the
diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index 19d388e..bc5309a 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
 #include "structmember.h"
 #include "opcode.h"
 
-static PyObject *gen_close(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args);
+static PyObject *gen_close(PyGenObject *, PyObject *);
+static PyObject *async_gen_asend_new(PyAsyncGenObject *, PyObject *);
+static PyObject *async_gen_athrow_new(PyAsyncGenObject *, PyObject *);
+
+static char *NON_INIT_CORO_MSG = "can't send non-None value to a "
+                                 "just-started coroutine";
+
+static char *ASYNC_GEN_IGNORED_EXIT_MSG =
+                                 "async generator ignored GeneratorExit";
 
 static int
 gen_traverse(PyGenObject *gen, visitproc visit, void *arg)
@@ -28,6 +36,26 @@ _PyGen_Finalize(PyObject *self)
         /* Generator isn't paused, so no need to close */
         return;
 
+    if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(self)) {
+        PyAsyncGenObject *agen = (PyAsyncGenObject*)self;
+        PyObject *finalizer = agen->ag_finalizer;
+        if (finalizer && !agen->ag_closed) {
+            /* Save the current exception, if any. */
+            PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+
+            res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(finalizer, self, NULL);
+
+            if (res == NULL) {
+                PyErr_WriteUnraisable(self);
+            } else {
+                Py_DECREF(res);
+            }
+            /* Restore the saved exception. */
+            PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Save the current exception, if any. */
     PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
 
@@ -74,6 +102,12 @@ gen_dealloc(PyGenObject *gen)
         return;                     /* resurrected.  :( */
 
     _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(self);
+    if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen)) {
+        /* We have to handle this case for asynchronous generators
+           right here, because this code has to be between UNTRACK
+           and GC_Del. */
+        Py_CLEAR(((PyAsyncGenObject*)gen)->ag_finalizer);
+    }
     if (gen->gi_frame != NULL) {
         gen->gi_frame->f_gen = NULL;
         Py_CLEAR(gen->gi_frame);
@@ -84,6 +118,33 @@ gen_dealloc(PyGenObject *gen)
     PyObject_GC_Del(gen);
 }
 
+static void
+gen_chain_runtime_error(const char *msg)
+{
+    PyObject *exc, *val, *val2, *tb;
+
+    /* TODO: This about rewriting using _PyErr_ChainExceptions. */
+
+    PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val, &tb);
+    PyErr_NormalizeException(&exc, &val, &tb);
+    if (tb != NULL) {
+        PyException_SetTraceback(val, tb);
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(exc);
+    Py_XDECREF(tb);
+
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, msg);
+    PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val2, &tb);
+    PyErr_NormalizeException(&exc, &val2, &tb);
+
+    Py_INCREF(val);
+    PyException_SetCause(val2, val);
+    PyException_SetContext(val2, val);
+
+    PyErr_Restore(exc, val2, tb);
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
 {
@@ -93,8 +154,12 @@ gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
 
     if (gen->gi_running) {
         char *msg = "generator already executing";
-        if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen))
+        if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen)) {
             msg = "coroutine already executing";
+        }
+        else if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen)) {
+            msg = "async generator already executing";
+        }
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, msg);
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -106,10 +171,16 @@ gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
             PyErr_SetString(
                 PyExc_RuntimeError,
                 "cannot reuse already awaited coroutine");
-        } else if (arg && !exc) {
+        }
+        else if (arg && !exc) {
             /* `gen` is an exhausted generator:
                only set exception if called from send(). */
-            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+            if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen)) {
+                PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration);
+            }
+            else {
+                PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+            }
         }
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -118,9 +189,13 @@ gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
         if (arg && arg != Py_None) {
             char *msg = "can't send non-None value to a "
                         "just-started generator";
-            if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen))
+            if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen)) {
+                msg = NON_INIT_CORO_MSG;
+            }
+            else if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen)) {
                 msg = "can't send non-None value to a "
-                      "just-started coroutine";
+                      "just-started async generator";
+            }
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, msg);
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -152,10 +227,20 @@ gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
     if (result && f->f_stacktop == NULL) {
         if (result == Py_None) {
             /* Delay exception instantiation if we can */
-            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
-        } else {
+            if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen)) {
+                PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration);
+            }
+            else {
+                PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
             PyObject *e = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(
                                PyExc_StopIteration, result, NULL);
+
+            /* Async generators cannot return anything but None */
+            assert(!PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen));
+
             if (e != NULL) {
                 PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_StopIteration, e);
                 Py_DECREF(e);
@@ -167,28 +252,38 @@ gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
         /* Check for __future__ generator_stop and conditionally turn
          * a leaking StopIteration into RuntimeError (with its cause
          * set appropriately). */
-        if (gen->gi_code != NULL && ((PyCodeObject *)gen->gi_code)->co_flags &
-              (CO_FUTURE_GENERATOR_STOP | CO_COROUTINE | CO_ITERABLE_COROUTINE))
+
+        const int check_stop_iter_error_flags = CO_FUTURE_GENERATOR_STOP |
+                                                CO_COROUTINE |
+                                                CO_ITERABLE_COROUTINE |
+                                                CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR;
+
+        if (gen->gi_code != NULL &&
+            ((PyCodeObject *)gen->gi_code)->co_flags &
+                check_stop_iter_error_flags)
         {
-            PyObject *exc, *val, *val2, *tb;
-            char *msg = "generator raised StopIteration";
-            if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen))
+            /* `gen` is either:
+                  * a generator with CO_FUTURE_GENERATOR_STOP flag;
+                  * a coroutine;
+                  * a generator with CO_ITERABLE_COROUTINE flag
+                    (decorated with types.coroutine decorator);
+                  * an async generator.
+            */
+            const char *msg = "generator raised StopIteration";
+            if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen)) {
                 msg = "coroutine raised StopIteration";
-            PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val, &tb);
-            PyErr_NormalizeException(&exc, &val, &tb);
-            if (tb != NULL)
-                PyException_SetTraceback(val, tb);
-            Py_DECREF(exc);
-            Py_XDECREF(tb);
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, msg);
-            PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val2, &tb);
-            PyErr_NormalizeException(&exc, &val2, &tb);
-            Py_INCREF(val);
-            PyException_SetCause(val2, val);
-            PyException_SetContext(val2, val);
-            PyErr_Restore(exc, val2, tb);
+            }
+            else if PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen) {
+                msg = "async generator raised StopIteration";
+            }
+            /* Raise a RuntimeError */
+            gen_chain_runtime_error(msg);
         }
         else {
+            /* `gen` is an ordinary generator without
+               CO_FUTURE_GENERATOR_STOP flag.
+            */
+
             PyObject *exc, *val, *tb;
 
             /* Pop the exception before issuing a warning. */
@@ -207,6 +302,15 @@ gen_send_ex(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *arg, int exc, int closing)
             }
         }
     }
+    else if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen) && !result &&
+             PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration))
+    {
+        /* code in `gen` raised a StopAsyncIteration error:
+           raise a RuntimeError.
+        */
+        const char *msg = "async generator raised StopAsyncIteration";
+        gen_chain_runtime_error(msg);
+    }
 
     if (!result || f->f_stacktop == NULL) {
         /* generator can't be rerun, so release the frame */
@@ -253,17 +357,19 @@ gen_close_iter(PyObject *yf)
     PyObject *retval = NULL;
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(close);
 
-    if (PyGen_CheckExact(yf)) {
+    if (PyGen_CheckExact(yf) || PyCoro_CheckExact(yf)) {
         retval = gen_close((PyGenObject *)yf, NULL);
         if (retval == NULL)
             return -1;
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         PyObject *meth = _PyObject_GetAttrId(yf, &PyId_close);
         if (meth == NULL) {
             if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError))
                 PyErr_WriteUnraisable(yf);
             PyErr_Clear();
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             retval = _PyObject_CallNoArg(meth);
             Py_DECREF(meth);
             if (retval == NULL)
@@ -311,8 +417,11 @@ gen_close(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
     retval = gen_send_ex(gen, Py_None, 1, 1);
     if (retval) {
         char *msg = "generator ignored GeneratorExit";
-        if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen))
+        if (PyCoro_CheckExact(gen)) {
             msg = "coroutine ignored GeneratorExit";
+        } else if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(gen)) {
+            msg = ASYNC_GEN_IGNORED_EXIT_MSG;
+        }
         Py_DECREF(retval);
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, msg);
         return NULL;
@@ -332,21 +441,22 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(throw_doc,
 return next yielded value or raise StopIteration.");
 
 static PyObject *
-gen_throw(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
+_gen_throw(PyGenObject *gen, int close_on_genexit,
+           PyObject *typ, PyObject *val, PyObject *tb)
 {
-    PyObject *typ;
-    PyObject *tb = NULL;
-    PyObject *val = NULL;
     PyObject *yf = _PyGen_yf(gen);
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(throw);
 
-    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "throw", 1, 3, &typ, &val, &tb))
-        return NULL;
-
     if (yf) {
         PyObject *ret;
         int err;
-        if (PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(typ, PyExc_GeneratorExit)) {
+        if (PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(typ, PyExc_GeneratorExit) &&
+            close_on_genexit
+        ) {
+            /* Asynchronous generators *should not* be closed right away.
+               We have to allow some awaits to work it through, hence the
+               `close_on_genexit` parameter here.
+            */
             gen->gi_running = 1;
             err = gen_close_iter(yf);
             gen->gi_running = 0;
@@ -355,11 +465,16 @@ gen_throw(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
                 return gen_send_ex(gen, Py_None, 1, 0);
             goto throw_here;
         }
-        if (PyGen_CheckExact(yf)) {
+        if (PyGen_CheckExact(yf) || PyCoro_CheckExact(yf)) {
+            /* `yf` is a generator or a coroutine. */
             gen->gi_running = 1;
-            ret = gen_throw((PyGenObject *)yf, args);
+            /* Close the generator that we are currently iterating with
+               'yield from' or awaiting on with 'await'. */
+            ret = _gen_throw((PyGenObject *)yf, close_on_genexit,
+                             typ, val, tb);
             gen->gi_running = 0;
         } else {
+            /* `yf` is an iterator or a coroutine-like object. */
             PyObject *meth = _PyObject_GetAttrId(yf, &PyId_throw);
             if (meth == NULL) {
                 if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
@@ -371,7 +486,7 @@ gen_throw(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
                 goto throw_here;
             }
             gen->gi_running = 1;
-            ret = PyObject_CallObject(meth, args);
+            ret = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(meth, typ, val, tb, NULL);
             gen->gi_running = 0;
             Py_DECREF(meth);
         }
@@ -454,6 +569,21 @@ failed_throw:
 
 
 static PyObject *
+gen_throw(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *typ;
+    PyObject *tb = NULL;
+    PyObject *val = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "throw", 1, 3, &typ, &val, &tb)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return _gen_throw(gen, 1, typ, val, tb);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
 gen_iternext(PyGenObject *gen)
 {
     return gen_send_ex(gen, NULL, 0, 0);
@@ -997,21 +1127,21 @@ PyCoro_New(PyFrameObject *f, PyObject *name, PyObject *qualname)
 
 typedef struct {
     PyObject_HEAD
-    PyObject *aw_aiter;
+    PyObject *ags_aiter;
 } PyAIterWrapper;
 
 
 static PyObject *
 aiter_wrapper_iternext(PyAIterWrapper *aw)
 {
-    PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_StopIteration, aw->aw_aiter);
+    PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_StopIteration, aw->ags_aiter);
     return NULL;
 }
 
 static int
 aiter_wrapper_traverse(PyAIterWrapper *aw, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
-    Py_VISIT((PyObject *)aw->aw_aiter);
+    Py_VISIT((PyObject *)aw->ags_aiter);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1019,7 +1149,7 @@ static void
 aiter_wrapper_dealloc(PyAIterWrapper *aw)
 {
     _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK((PyObject *)aw);
-    Py_CLEAR(aw->aw_aiter);
+    Py_CLEAR(aw->ags_aiter);
     PyObject_GC_Del(aw);
 }
 
@@ -1081,7 +1211,817 @@ _PyAIterWrapper_New(PyObject *aiter)
         return NULL;
     }
     Py_INCREF(aiter);
-    aw->aw_aiter = aiter;
+    aw->ags_aiter = aiter;
     _PyObject_GC_TRACK(aw);
     return (PyObject *)aw;
 }
+
+
+/* ========= Asynchronous Generators ========= */
+
+
+typedef enum {
+    AWAITABLE_STATE_INIT,   /* new awaitable, has not yet been iterated */
+    AWAITABLE_STATE_ITER,   /* being iterated */
+    AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED, /* closed */
+} AwaitableState;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyAsyncGenObject *ags_gen;
+
+    /* Can be NULL, when in the __anext__() mode
+       (equivalent of "asend(None)") */
+    PyObject *ags_sendval;
+
+    AwaitableState ags_state;
+} PyAsyncGenASend;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyAsyncGenObject *agt_gen;
+
+    /* Can be NULL, when in the "aclose()" mode
+       (equivalent of "athrow(GeneratorExit)") */
+    PyObject *agt_args;
+
+    AwaitableState agt_state;
+} PyAsyncGenAThrow;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *agw_val;
+} _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue;
+
+
+#ifndef _PyAsyncGen_MAXFREELIST
+#define _PyAsyncGen_MAXFREELIST 80
+#endif
+
+/* Freelists boost performance 6-10%; they also reduce memory
+   fragmentation, as _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue and PyAsyncGenASend
+   are short-living objects that are instantiated for every
+   __anext__ call.
+*/
+
+static _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue *ag_value_freelist[_PyAsyncGen_MAXFREELIST];
+static int ag_value_freelist_free = 0;
+
+static PyAsyncGenASend *ag_asend_freelist[_PyAsyncGen_MAXFREELIST];
+static int ag_asend_freelist_free = 0;
+
+#define _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(o) \
+                    (Py_TYPE(o) == &_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_Type)
+
+#define PyAsyncGenASend_CheckExact(o) \
+                    (Py_TYPE(o) == &_PyAsyncGenASend_Type)
+
+
+static int
+async_gen_traverse(PyAsyncGenObject *gen, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(gen->ag_finalizer);
+    return gen_traverse((PyGenObject*)gen, visit, arg);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_repr(PyAsyncGenObject *o)
+{
+    return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<async_generator object %S at %p>",
+                                o->ag_qualname, o);
+}
+
+
+static int
+async_gen_init_hooks(PyAsyncGenObject *o)
+{
+    PyThreadState *tstate;
+    PyObject *finalizer;
+    PyObject *firstiter;
+
+    if (o->ag_hooks_inited) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    o->ag_hooks_inited = 1;
+
+    tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+
+    finalizer = tstate->async_gen_finalizer;
+    if (finalizer) {
+        Py_INCREF(finalizer);
+        o->ag_finalizer = finalizer;
+    }
+
+    firstiter = tstate->async_gen_firstiter;
+    if (firstiter) {
+        PyObject *res;
+
+        Py_INCREF(firstiter);
+        res = PyObject_CallFunction(firstiter, "O", o);
+        Py_DECREF(firstiter);
+        if (res == NULL) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(res);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_anext(PyAsyncGenObject *o)
+{
+    if (async_gen_init_hooks(o)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return async_gen_asend_new(o, NULL);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_asend(PyAsyncGenObject *o, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    if (async_gen_init_hooks(o)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return async_gen_asend_new(o, arg);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_aclose(PyAsyncGenObject *o, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    if (async_gen_init_hooks(o)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return async_gen_athrow_new(o, NULL);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_athrow(PyAsyncGenObject *o, PyObject *args)
+{
+    if (async_gen_init_hooks(o)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return async_gen_athrow_new(o, args);
+}
+
+
+static PyGetSetDef async_gen_getsetlist[] = {
+    {"__name__", (getter)gen_get_name, (setter)gen_set_name,
+     PyDoc_STR("name of the async generator")},
+    {"__qualname__", (getter)gen_get_qualname, (setter)gen_set_qualname,
+     PyDoc_STR("qualified name of the async generator")},
+    {"ag_await", (getter)coro_get_cr_await, NULL,
+     PyDoc_STR("object being awaited on, or None")},
+    {NULL} /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyMemberDef async_gen_memberlist[] = {
+    {"ag_frame",   T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyAsyncGenObject, ag_frame),   READONLY},
+    {"ag_running", T_BOOL,   offsetof(PyAsyncGenObject, ag_running), READONLY},
+    {"ag_code",    T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyAsyncGenObject, ag_code),    READONLY},
+    {NULL}      /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(async_aclose_doc,
+"aclose() -> raise GeneratorExit inside generator.");
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(async_asend_doc,
+"asend(v) -> send 'v' in generator.");
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(async_athrow_doc,
+"athrow(typ[,val[,tb]]) -> raise exception in generator.");
+
+static PyMethodDef async_gen_methods[] = {
+    {"asend", (PyCFunction)async_gen_asend, METH_O, async_asend_doc},
+    {"athrow",(PyCFunction)async_gen_athrow, METH_VARARGS, async_athrow_doc},
+    {"aclose", (PyCFunction)async_gen_aclose, METH_NOARGS, async_aclose_doc},
+    {NULL, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+
+static PyAsyncMethods async_gen_as_async = {
+    0,                                          /* am_await */
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                          /* am_aiter */
+    (unaryfunc)async_gen_anext                  /* am_anext */
+};
+
+
+PyTypeObject PyAsyncGen_Type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
+    "async_generator",                          /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(PyAsyncGenObject),                   /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                                          /* tp_itemsize */
+    /* methods */
+    (destructor)gen_dealloc,                    /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_print */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattr */
+    &async_gen_as_async,                        /* tp_as_async */
+    (reprfunc)async_gen_repr,                   /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                          /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                          /* tp_call */
+    0,                                          /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,                    /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC |
+        Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE,               /* tp_flags */
+    0,                                          /* tp_doc */
+    (traverseproc)async_gen_traverse,           /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                          /* tp_clear */
+    0,                                          /* tp_richcompare */
+    offsetof(PyAsyncGenObject, ag_weakreflist), /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_iter */
+    0,                                          /* tp_iternext */
+    async_gen_methods,                          /* tp_methods */
+    async_gen_memberlist,                       /* tp_members */
+    async_gen_getsetlist,                       /* tp_getset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_base */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dict */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_init */
+    0,                                          /* tp_alloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_new */
+    0,                                          /* tp_free */
+    0,                                          /* tp_is_gc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_bases */
+    0,                                          /* tp_mro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_cache */
+    0,                                          /* tp_subclasses */
+    0,                                          /* tp_weaklist */
+    0,                                          /* tp_del */
+    0,                                          /* tp_version_tag */
+    _PyGen_Finalize,                            /* tp_finalize */
+};
+
+
+PyObject *
+PyAsyncGen_New(PyFrameObject *f, PyObject *name, PyObject *qualname)
+{
+    PyAsyncGenObject *o;
+    o = (PyAsyncGenObject *)gen_new_with_qualname(
+        &PyAsyncGen_Type, f, name, qualname);
+    if (o == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    o->ag_finalizer = NULL;
+    o->ag_closed = 0;
+    o->ag_hooks_inited = 0;
+    return (PyObject*)o;
+}
+
+
+int
+PyAsyncGen_ClearFreeLists(void)
+{
+    int ret = ag_value_freelist_free + ag_asend_freelist_free;
+
+    while (ag_value_freelist_free) {
+        _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue *o;
+        o = ag_value_freelist[--ag_value_freelist_free];
+        assert(_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(o));
+        PyObject_Del(o);
+    }
+
+    while (ag_asend_freelist_free) {
+        PyAsyncGenASend *o;
+        o = ag_asend_freelist[--ag_asend_freelist_free];
+        assert(Py_TYPE(o) == &_PyAsyncGenASend_Type);
+        PyObject_Del(o);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void
+PyAsyncGen_Fini(void)
+{
+    PyAsyncGen_ClearFreeLists();
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_unwrap_value(PyAsyncGenObject *gen, PyObject *result)
+{
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
+            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration);
+        }
+
+        if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration)
+            || PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_GeneratorExit)
+        ) {
+            gen->ag_closed = 1;
+        }
+
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(result)) {
+        /* async yield */
+        PyObject *e = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(
+            PyExc_StopIteration,
+            ((_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue*)result)->agw_val,
+            NULL);
+        Py_DECREF(result);
+        if (e == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_StopIteration, e);
+        Py_DECREF(e);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+/* ---------- Async Generator ASend Awaitable ------------ */
+
+
+static void
+async_gen_asend_dealloc(PyAsyncGenASend *o)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(o->ags_gen);
+    Py_CLEAR(o->ags_sendval);
+    if (ag_asend_freelist_free < _PyAsyncGen_MAXFREELIST) {
+        assert(PyAsyncGenASend_CheckExact(o));
+        ag_asend_freelist[ag_asend_freelist_free++] = o;
+    } else {
+        PyObject_Del(o);
+    }
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_asend_send(PyAsyncGenASend *o, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    PyObject *result;
+
+    if (o->ags_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (o->ags_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_INIT) {
+        if (arg == NULL || arg == Py_None) {
+            arg = o->ags_sendval;
+        }
+        o->ags_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_ITER;
+    }
+
+    result = gen_send_ex((PyGenObject*)o->ags_gen, arg, 0, 0);
+    result = async_gen_unwrap_value(o->ags_gen, result);
+
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        o->ags_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_asend_iternext(PyAsyncGenASend *o)
+{
+    return async_gen_asend_send(o, NULL);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_asend_throw(PyAsyncGenASend *o, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *result;
+
+    if (o->ags_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    result = gen_throw((PyGenObject*)o->ags_gen, args);
+    result = async_gen_unwrap_value(o->ags_gen, result);
+
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        o->ags_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_asend_close(PyAsyncGenASend *o, PyObject *args)
+{
+    o->ags_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
+static PyMethodDef async_gen_asend_methods[] = {
+    {"send", (PyCFunction)async_gen_asend_send, METH_O, send_doc},
+    {"throw", (PyCFunction)async_gen_asend_throw, METH_VARARGS, throw_doc},
+    {"close", (PyCFunction)async_gen_asend_close, METH_NOARGS, close_doc},
+    {NULL, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+
+static PyAsyncMethods async_gen_asend_as_async = {
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                          /* am_await */
+    0,                                          /* am_aiter */
+    0                                           /* am_anext */
+};
+
+
+PyTypeObject _PyAsyncGenASend_Type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
+    "async_generator_asend",                    /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(PyAsyncGenASend),                    /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                                          /* tp_itemsize */
+    /* methods */
+    (destructor)async_gen_asend_dealloc,        /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_print */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattr */
+    &async_gen_asend_as_async,                  /* tp_as_async */
+    0,                                          /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                          /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                          /* tp_call */
+    0,                                          /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,                    /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,                         /* tp_flags */
+    0,                                          /* tp_doc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                          /* tp_clear */
+    0,                                          /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                                          /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                          /* tp_iter */
+    (iternextfunc)async_gen_asend_iternext,     /* tp_iternext */
+    async_gen_asend_methods,                    /* tp_methods */
+    0,                                          /* tp_members */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_base */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dict */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_init */
+    0,                                          /* tp_alloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_new */
+};
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_asend_new(PyAsyncGenObject *gen, PyObject *sendval)
+{
+    PyAsyncGenASend *o;
+    if (ag_asend_freelist_free) {
+        ag_asend_freelist_free--;
+        o = ag_asend_freelist[ag_asend_freelist_free];
+        _Py_NewReference((PyObject *)o);
+    } else {
+        o = PyObject_New(PyAsyncGenASend, &_PyAsyncGenASend_Type);
+        if (o == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Py_INCREF(gen);
+    o->ags_gen = gen;
+
+    Py_XINCREF(sendval);
+    o->ags_sendval = sendval;
+
+    o->ags_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_INIT;
+    return (PyObject*)o;
+}
+
+
+/* ---------- Async Generator Value Wrapper ------------ */
+
+
+static void
+async_gen_wrapped_val_dealloc(_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue *o)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(o->agw_val);
+    if (ag_value_freelist_free < _PyAsyncGen_MAXFREELIST) {
+        assert(_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(o));
+        ag_value_freelist[ag_value_freelist_free++] = o;
+    } else {
+        PyObject_Del(o);
+    }
+}
+
+
+PyTypeObject _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_Type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
+    "async_generator_wrapped_value",            /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue),            /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                                          /* tp_itemsize */
+    /* methods */
+    (destructor)async_gen_wrapped_val_dealloc,  /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_print */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_async */
+    0,                                          /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                          /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                          /* tp_call */
+    0,                                          /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,                    /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,                         /* tp_flags */
+    0,                                          /* tp_doc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                          /* tp_clear */
+    0,                                          /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                                          /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_iter */
+    0,                                          /* tp_iternext */
+    0,                                          /* tp_methods */
+    0,                                          /* tp_members */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_base */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dict */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_init */
+    0,                                          /* tp_alloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_new */
+};
+
+
+PyObject *
+_PyAsyncGenValueWrapperNew(PyObject *val)
+{
+    _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue *o;
+    assert(val);
+
+    if (ag_value_freelist_free) {
+        ag_value_freelist_free--;
+        o = ag_value_freelist[ag_value_freelist_free];
+        assert(_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(o));
+        _Py_NewReference((PyObject*)o);
+    } else {
+        o = PyObject_New(_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue, &_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_Type);
+        if (o == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    o->agw_val = val;
+    Py_INCREF(val);
+    return (PyObject*)o;
+}
+
+
+/* ---------- Async Generator AThrow awaitable ------------ */
+
+
+static void
+async_gen_athrow_dealloc(PyAsyncGenAThrow *o)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(o->agt_gen);
+    Py_CLEAR(o->agt_args);
+    PyObject_Del(o);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_athrow_send(PyAsyncGenAThrow *o, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    PyGenObject *gen = (PyGenObject*)o->agt_gen;
+    PyFrameObject *f = gen->gi_frame;
+    PyObject *retval;
+
+    if (f == NULL || f->f_stacktop == NULL ||
+            o->agt_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (o->agt_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_INIT) {
+        if (o->agt_gen->ag_closed) {
+            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (arg != Py_None) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, NON_INIT_CORO_MSG);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        o->agt_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_ITER;
+
+        if (o->agt_args == NULL) {
+            /* aclose() mode */
+            o->agt_gen->ag_closed = 1;
+
+            retval = _gen_throw((PyGenObject *)gen,
+                                0,  /* Do not close generator when
+                                       PyExc_GeneratorExit is passed */
+                                PyExc_GeneratorExit, NULL, NULL);
+
+            if (retval && _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(retval)) {
+                Py_DECREF(retval);
+                goto yield_close;
+            }
+        } else {
+            PyObject *typ;
+            PyObject *tb = NULL;
+            PyObject *val = NULL;
+
+            if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(o->agt_args, "athrow", 1, 3,
+                                   &typ, &val, &tb)) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+
+            retval = _gen_throw((PyGenObject *)gen,
+                                0,  /* Do not close generator when
+                                       PyExc_GeneratorExit is passed */
+                                typ, val, tb);
+            retval = async_gen_unwrap_value(o->agt_gen, retval);
+        }
+        if (retval == NULL) {
+            goto check_error;
+        }
+        return retval;
+    }
+
+    assert(o->agt_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_ITER);
+
+    retval = gen_send_ex((PyGenObject *)gen, arg, 0, 0);
+    if (o->agt_args) {
+        return async_gen_unwrap_value(o->agt_gen, retval);
+    } else {
+        /* aclose() mode */
+        if (retval) {
+            if (_PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(retval)) {
+                Py_DECREF(retval);
+                goto yield_close;
+            }
+            else {
+                return retval;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            goto check_error;
+        }
+    }
+
+yield_close:
+    PyErr_SetString(
+        PyExc_RuntimeError, ASYNC_GEN_IGNORED_EXIT_MSG);
+    return NULL;
+
+check_error:
+    if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration)
+        || PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_GeneratorExit)
+    ) {
+        o->agt_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
+        PyErr_Clear();          /* ignore these errors */
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_athrow_throw(PyAsyncGenAThrow *o, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *retval;
+
+    if (o->agt_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_INIT) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, NON_INIT_CORO_MSG);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (o->agt_state == AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    retval = gen_throw((PyGenObject*)o->agt_gen, args);
+    if (o->agt_args) {
+        return async_gen_unwrap_value(o->agt_gen, retval);
+    } else {
+        /* aclose() mode */
+        if (retval && _PyAsyncGenWrappedValue_CheckExact(retval)) {
+            Py_DECREF(retval);
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, ASYNC_GEN_IGNORED_EXIT_MSG);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return retval;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_athrow_iternext(PyAsyncGenAThrow *o)
+{
+    return async_gen_athrow_send(o, Py_None);
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_athrow_close(PyAsyncGenAThrow *o, PyObject *args)
+{
+    o->agt_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
+static PyMethodDef async_gen_athrow_methods[] = {
+    {"send", (PyCFunction)async_gen_athrow_send, METH_O, send_doc},
+    {"throw", (PyCFunction)async_gen_athrow_throw, METH_VARARGS, throw_doc},
+    {"close", (PyCFunction)async_gen_athrow_close, METH_NOARGS, close_doc},
+    {NULL, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+
+static PyAsyncMethods async_gen_athrow_as_async = {
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                          /* am_await */
+    0,                                          /* am_aiter */
+    0                                           /* am_anext */
+};
+
+
+PyTypeObject _PyAsyncGenAThrow_Type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
+    "async_generator_athrow",                   /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(PyAsyncGenAThrow),                   /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                                          /* tp_itemsize */
+    /* methods */
+    (destructor)async_gen_athrow_dealloc,       /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_print */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattr */
+    &async_gen_athrow_as_async,                 /* tp_as_async */
+    0,                                          /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                          /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                          /* tp_call */
+    0,                                          /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,                    /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,                         /* tp_flags */
+    0,                                          /* tp_doc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                          /* tp_clear */
+    0,                                          /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                                          /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                          /* tp_iter */
+    (iternextfunc)async_gen_athrow_iternext,    /* tp_iternext */
+    async_gen_athrow_methods,                   /* tp_methods */
+    0,                                          /* tp_members */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_base */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dict */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                                          /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_init */
+    0,                                          /* tp_alloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_new */
+};
+
+
+static PyObject *
+async_gen_athrow_new(PyAsyncGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyAsyncGenAThrow *o;
+    o = PyObject_New(PyAsyncGenAThrow, &_PyAsyncGenAThrow_Type);
+    if (o == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    o->agt_gen = gen;
+    o->agt_args = args;
+    o->agt_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_INIT;
+    Py_INCREF(gen);
+    Py_XINCREF(args);
+    return (PyObject*)o;
+}
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index a52ee8a..f737a2f 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
     f->f_stacktop = NULL;       /* remains NULL unless yield suspends frame */
     f->f_executing = 1;
 
-    if (co->co_flags & (CO_GENERATOR | CO_COROUTINE)) {
+    if (co->co_flags & (CO_GENERATOR | CO_COROUTINE | CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR)) {
         if (!throwflag && f->f_exc_type != NULL && f->f_exc_type != Py_None) {
             /* We were in an except handler when we left,
                restore the exception state which was put aside
@@ -2083,36 +2083,45 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
             PyObject *aiter = TOP();
             PyTypeObject *type = Py_TYPE(aiter);
 
-            if (type->tp_as_async != NULL)
-                getter = type->tp_as_async->am_anext;
+            if (PyAsyncGen_CheckExact(aiter)) {
+                awaitable = type->tp_as_async->am_anext(aiter);
+                if (awaitable == NULL) {
+                    goto error;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (type->tp_as_async != NULL){
+                    getter = type->tp_as_async->am_anext;
+                }
 
-            if (getter != NULL) {
-                next_iter = (*getter)(aiter);
-                if (next_iter == NULL) {
+                if (getter != NULL) {
+                    next_iter = (*getter)(aiter);
+                    if (next_iter == NULL) {
+                        goto error;
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    PyErr_Format(
+                        PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "'async for' requires an iterator with "
+                        "__anext__ method, got %.100s",
+                        type->tp_name);
                     goto error;
                 }
-            }
-            else {
-                PyErr_Format(
-                    PyExc_TypeError,
-                    "'async for' requires an iterator with "
-                    "__anext__ method, got %.100s",
-                    type->tp_name);
-                goto error;
-            }
 
-            awaitable = _PyCoro_GetAwaitableIter(next_iter);
-            if (awaitable == NULL) {
-                PyErr_Format(
-                    PyExc_TypeError,
-                    "'async for' received an invalid object "
-                    "from __anext__: %.100s",
-                    Py_TYPE(next_iter)->tp_name);
+                awaitable = _PyCoro_GetAwaitableIter(next_iter);
+                if (awaitable == NULL) {
+                    PyErr_Format(
+                        PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "'async for' received an invalid object "
+                        "from __anext__: %.100s",
+                        Py_TYPE(next_iter)->tp_name);
 
-                Py_DECREF(next_iter);
-                goto error;
-            } else
-                Py_DECREF(next_iter);
+                    Py_DECREF(next_iter);
+                    goto error;
+                } else {
+                    Py_DECREF(next_iter);
+                }
+            }
 
             PUSH(awaitable);
             PREDICT(LOAD_CONST);
@@ -2187,6 +2196,17 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
 
         TARGET(YIELD_VALUE) {
             retval = POP();
+
+            if (co->co_flags & CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR) {
+                PyObject *w = _PyAsyncGenValueWrapperNew(retval);
+                Py_DECREF(retval);
+                if (w == NULL) {
+                    retval = NULL;
+                    goto error;
+                }
+                retval = w;
+            }
+
             f->f_stacktop = stack_pointer;
             why = WHY_YIELD;
             goto fast_yield;
@@ -3712,7 +3732,7 @@ fast_block_end:
     assert((retval != NULL) ^ (PyErr_Occurred() != NULL));
 
 fast_yield:
-    if (co->co_flags & (CO_GENERATOR | CO_COROUTINE)) {
+    if (co->co_flags & (CO_GENERATOR | CO_COROUTINE | CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR)) {
 
         /* The purpose of this block is to put aside the generator's exception
            state and restore that of the calling frame. If the current
@@ -4156,8 +4176,8 @@ _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName(PyObject *_co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals,
         freevars[PyTuple_GET_SIZE(co->co_cellvars) + i] = o;
     }
 
-    /* Handle generator/coroutine */
-    if (co->co_flags & (CO_GENERATOR | CO_COROUTINE)) {
+    /* Handle generator/coroutine/asynchronous generator */
+    if (co->co_flags & (CO_GENERATOR | CO_COROUTINE | CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR)) {
         PyObject *gen;
         PyObject *coro_wrapper = tstate->coroutine_wrapper;
         int is_coro = co->co_flags & CO_COROUTINE;
@@ -4182,6 +4202,8 @@ _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName(PyObject *_co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals,
          * and return that as the value. */
         if (is_coro) {
             gen = PyCoro_New(f, name, qualname);
+        } else if (co->co_flags & CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR) {
+            gen = PyAsyncGen_New(f, name, qualname);
         } else {
             gen = PyGen_NewWithQualName(f, name, qualname);
         }
@@ -4660,6 +4682,38 @@ _PyEval_GetCoroutineWrapper(void)
     return tstate->coroutine_wrapper;
 }
 
+void
+_PyEval_SetAsyncGenFirstiter(PyObject *firstiter)
+{
+    PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+
+    Py_XINCREF(firstiter);
+    Py_XSETREF(tstate->async_gen_firstiter, firstiter);
+}
+
+PyObject *
+_PyEval_GetAsyncGenFirstiter(void)
+{
+    PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+    return tstate->async_gen_firstiter;
+}
+
+void
+_PyEval_SetAsyncGenFinalizer(PyObject *finalizer)
+{
+    PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+
+    Py_XINCREF(finalizer);
+    Py_XSETREF(tstate->async_gen_finalizer, finalizer);
+}
+
+PyObject *
+_PyEval_GetAsyncGenFinalizer(void)
+{
+    PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+    return tstate->async_gen_finalizer;
+}
+
 PyObject *
 PyEval_GetBuiltins(void)
 {
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index b46edd4..faae4f5 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -1886,8 +1886,6 @@ compiler_function(struct compiler *c, stmt_ty s, int is_async)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    if (is_async)
-        co->co_flags |= CO_COROUTINE;
     compiler_make_closure(c, co, funcflags, qualname);
     Py_DECREF(qualname);
     Py_DECREF(co);
@@ -2801,6 +2799,9 @@ compiler_visit_stmt(struct compiler *c, stmt_ty s)
         if (c->u->u_ste->ste_type != FunctionBlock)
             return compiler_error(c, "'return' outside function");
         if (s->v.Return.value) {
+            if (c->u->u_ste->ste_coroutine && c->u->u_ste->ste_generator)
+                return compiler_error(
+                    c, "'return' with value in async generator");
             VISIT(c, expr, s->v.Return.value);
         }
         else
@@ -4115,8 +4116,6 @@ compiler_visit_expr(struct compiler *c, expr_ty e)
     case Yield_kind:
         if (c->u->u_ste->ste_type != FunctionBlock)
             return compiler_error(c, "'yield' outside function");
-        if (c->u->u_scope_type == COMPILER_SCOPE_ASYNC_FUNCTION)
-            return compiler_error(c, "'yield' inside async function");
         if (e->v.Yield.value) {
             VISIT(c, expr, e->v.Yield.value);
         }
@@ -4992,8 +4991,12 @@ compute_code_flags(struct compiler *c)
         flags |= CO_NEWLOCALS | CO_OPTIMIZED;
         if (ste->ste_nested)
             flags |= CO_NESTED;
-        if (ste->ste_generator)
+        if (ste->ste_generator && !ste->ste_coroutine)
             flags |= CO_GENERATOR;
+        if (!ste->ste_generator && ste->ste_coroutine)
+            flags |= CO_COROUTINE;
+        if (ste->ste_generator && ste->ste_coroutine)
+            flags |= CO_ASYNC_GENERATOR;
         if (ste->ste_varargs)
             flags |= CO_VARARGS;
         if (ste->ste_varkeywords)
diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index a2399ed..f93afd2 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ Py_FinalizeEx(void)
     _PyGC_Fini();
     _PyRandom_Fini();
     _PyArg_Fini();
+    PyAsyncGen_Fini();
 
     /* Cleanup Unicode implementation */
     _PyUnicode_Fini();
diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
index 959354d..a0a8c97 100644
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ new_threadstate(PyInterpreterState *interp, int init)
         tstate->in_coroutine_wrapper = 0;
         tstate->co_extra_user_count = 0;
 
+        tstate->async_gen_firstiter = NULL;
+        tstate->async_gen_finalizer = NULL;
+
         if (init)
             _PyThreadState_Init(tstate);
 
@@ -408,6 +411,8 @@ PyThreadState_Clear(PyThreadState *tstate)
     Py_CLEAR(tstate->c_traceobj);
 
     Py_CLEAR(tstate->coroutine_wrapper);
+    Py_CLEAR(tstate->async_gen_firstiter);
+    Py_CLEAR(tstate->async_gen_finalizer);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index b8d9398..e55813f 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ ste_new(struct symtable *st, identifier name, _Py_block_ty block,
         ste->ste_nested = 1;
     ste->ste_child_free = 0;
     ste->ste_generator = 0;
+    ste->ste_coroutine = 0;
     ste->ste_returns_value = 0;
     ste->ste_needs_class_closure = 0;
 
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ error_at_directive(PySTEntryObject *ste, PyObject *name)
                                        PyLong_AsLong(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(data, 2)));
 
             return 0;
-        }   
+        }
     }
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
                     "BUG: internal directive bookkeeping broken");
@@ -1397,6 +1398,7 @@ symtable_visit_stmt(struct symtable *st, stmt_ty s)
                                   FunctionBlock, (void *)s, s->lineno,
                                   s->col_offset))
             VISIT_QUIT(st, 0);
+        st->st_cur->ste_coroutine = 1;
         VISIT(st, arguments, s->v.AsyncFunctionDef.args);
         VISIT_SEQ(st, stmt, s->v.AsyncFunctionDef.body);
         if (!symtable_exit_block(st, s))
@@ -1492,7 +1494,7 @@ symtable_visit_expr(struct symtable *st, expr_ty e)
         break;
     case Await_kind:
         VISIT(st, expr, e->v.Await.value);
-        st->st_cur->ste_generator = 1;
+        st->st_cur->ste_coroutine = 1;
         break;
     case Compare_kind:
         VISIT(st, expr, e->v.Compare.left);
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 0fe76b7..3a02ae9 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -717,6 +717,113 @@ Return the wrapper for coroutine objects set by sys.set_coroutine_wrapper."
 );
 
 
+static PyTypeObject AsyncGenHooksType;
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(asyncgen_hooks_doc,
+"asyncgen_hooks\n\
+\n\
+A struct sequence providing information about asynhronous\n\
+generators hooks.  The attributes are read only.");
+
+static PyStructSequence_Field asyncgen_hooks_fields[] = {
+    {"firstiter", "Hook to intercept first iteration"},
+    {"finalizer", "Hook to intercept finalization"},
+    {0}
+};
+
+static PyStructSequence_Desc asyncgen_hooks_desc = {
+    "asyncgen_hooks",          /* name */
+    asyncgen_hooks_doc,        /* doc */
+    asyncgen_hooks_fields ,    /* fields */
+    2
+};
+
+
+static PyObject *
+sys_set_asyncgen_hooks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+    static char *keywords[] = {"firstiter", "finalizer", NULL};
+    PyObject *firstiter = NULL;
+    PyObject *finalizer = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(
+            args, kw, "|OO", keywords,
+            &firstiter, &finalizer)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (finalizer && finalizer != Py_None) {
+        if (!PyCallable_Check(finalizer)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                         "callable finalizer expected, got %.50s",
+                         Py_TYPE(finalizer)->tp_name);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        _PyEval_SetAsyncGenFinalizer(finalizer);
+    }
+    else if (finalizer == Py_None) {
+        _PyEval_SetAsyncGenFinalizer(NULL);
+    }
+
+    if (firstiter && firstiter != Py_None) {
+        if (!PyCallable_Check(firstiter)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                         "callable firstiter expected, got %.50s",
+                         Py_TYPE(firstiter)->tp_name);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        _PyEval_SetAsyncGenFirstiter(firstiter);
+    }
+    else if (firstiter == Py_None) {
+        _PyEval_SetAsyncGenFirstiter(NULL);
+    }
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(set_asyncgen_hooks_doc,
+"set_asyncgen_hooks(*, firstiter=None, finalizer=None)\n\
+\n\
+Set a finalizer for async generators objects."
+);
+
+static PyObject *
+sys_get_asyncgen_hooks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *res;
+    PyObject *firstiter = _PyEval_GetAsyncGenFirstiter();
+    PyObject *finalizer = _PyEval_GetAsyncGenFinalizer();
+
+    res = PyStructSequence_New(&AsyncGenHooksType);
+    if (res == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (firstiter == NULL) {
+        firstiter = Py_None;
+    }
+
+    if (finalizer == NULL) {
+        finalizer = Py_None;
+    }
+
+    Py_INCREF(firstiter);
+    PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(res, 0, firstiter);
+
+    Py_INCREF(finalizer);
+    PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(res, 1, finalizer);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(get_asyncgen_hooks_doc,
+"get_asyncgen_hooks()\n\
+\n\
+Return a namedtuple of installed asynchronous generators hooks \
+(firstiter, finalizer)."
+);
+
+
 static PyTypeObject Hash_InfoType;
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(hash_info_doc,
@@ -1315,6 +1422,10 @@ static PyMethodDef sys_methods[] = {
      set_coroutine_wrapper_doc},
     {"get_coroutine_wrapper", sys_get_coroutine_wrapper, METH_NOARGS,
      get_coroutine_wrapper_doc},
+    {"set_asyncgen_hooks", sys_set_asyncgen_hooks,
+     METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, set_asyncgen_hooks_doc},
+    {"get_asyncgen_hooks", sys_get_asyncgen_hooks, METH_NOARGS,
+     get_asyncgen_hooks_doc},
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };
 
@@ -1950,6 +2061,14 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
     SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("thread_info", PyThread_GetInfo());
 #endif
 
+    /* initialize asyncgen_hooks */
+    if (AsyncGenHooksType.tp_name == NULL) {
+        if (PyStructSequence_InitType2(
+                &AsyncGenHooksType, &asyncgen_hooks_desc) < 0) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
 #undef SET_SYS_FROM_STRING
 #undef SET_SYS_FROM_STRING_BORROW
     if (PyErr_Occurred())