diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
index 7b2c5c6ff..278bf18a8 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
@@ -750,13 +750,33 @@ extension HTTPClient {
             return self.promise.futureResult
         }
 
+        #if swift(>=5.7)
         /// Waits for execution of this request to complete.
         ///
-        /// - returns: The value of the `EventLoopFuture` when it completes.
-        /// - throws: The error value of the `EventLoopFuture` if it errors.
+        /// - returns: The value of  ``futureResult`` when it completes.
+        /// - throws: The error value of ``futureResult`` if it errors.
+        @available(*, noasync, message: "wait() can block indefinitely, prefer get()", renamed: "get()")
         public func wait() throws -> Response {
             return try self.promise.futureResult.wait()
         }
+        #else
+        /// Waits for execution of this request to complete.
+        ///
+        /// - returns: The value of ``futureResult`` when it completes.
+        /// - throws: The error value of ``futureResult`` if it errors.
+        public func wait() throws -> Response {
+            return try self.promise.futureResult.wait()
+        }
+        #endif
+
+        /// Provides the result of this request.
+        ///
+        /// - returns: The value of ``futureResult`` when it completes.
+        /// - throws: The error value of ``futureResult`` if it errors.
+        @available(macOS 10.15, iOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, tvOS 13.0, *)
+        public func get() async throws -> Response {
+            return try await self.promise.futureResult.get()
+        }
 
         /// Cancels the request execution.
         public func cancel() {
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests+XCTest.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests+XCTest.swift
index c0b028905..20538c43a 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests+XCTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests+XCTest.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ extension AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests {
             ("testRejectsInvalidCharactersInHeaderFieldNames_http2", testRejectsInvalidCharactersInHeaderFieldNames_http2),
             ("testRejectsInvalidCharactersInHeaderFieldValues_http1", testRejectsInvalidCharactersInHeaderFieldValues_http1),
             ("testRejectsInvalidCharactersInHeaderFieldValues_http2", testRejectsInvalidCharactersInHeaderFieldValues_http2),
+            ("testUsingGetMethodInsteadOfWait", testUsingGetMethodInsteadOfWait),
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests.swift
index 97c802319..3d0e709d6 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests.swift
@@ -725,6 +725,26 @@ final class AsyncAwaitEndToEndTests: XCTestCase {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    func testUsingGetMethodInsteadOfWait() {
+        guard #available(macOS 10.15, iOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, tvOS 13.0, *) else { return }
+        XCTAsyncTest {
+            let bin = HTTPBin(.http2(compress: false))
+            defer { XCTAssertNoThrow(try bin.shutdown()) }
+            let client = makeDefaultHTTPClient()
+            defer { XCTAssertNoThrow(try client.syncShutdown()) }
+            let request = try HTTPClient.Request(url: "https://localhost:\(bin.port)/get")
+
+            guard let response = await XCTAssertNoThrowWithResult(
+                try await client.execute(request: request).get()
+            ) else {
+                return
+            }
+
+            XCTAssertEqual(response.status, .ok)
+            XCTAssertEqual(response.version, .http2)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 extension AsyncSequence where Element == ByteBuffer {