diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ceeaf33723..e2e3ef75f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 - Added `suppress` and `allowed_mentions` parameters to `Webhook` and
   `InteractionResponse` edit methods.
   ([#2138](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2138))
+- Added `wait_finish` parameter to `VoiceClient.play` for awaiting the end of a play.
+  ([#2194](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2194))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/discord/voice_client.py b/discord/voice_client.py
index f1e16cf812..437311122a 100644
--- a/discord/voice_client.py
+++ b/discord/voice_client.py
@@ -624,7 +624,11 @@ def get_ssrc(self, user_id):
         ]
 
     def play(
-        self, source: AudioSource, *, after: Callable[[Exception | None], Any] = None
+        self,
+        source: AudioSource,
+        *,
+        after: Callable[[Exception | None], Any] = None,
+        wait_finish: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         """Plays an :class:`AudioSource`.
 
@@ -643,6 +647,14 @@ def play(
             The finalizer that is called after the stream is exhausted.
             This function must have a single parameter, ``error``, that
             denotes an optional exception that was raised during playing.
+        wait_finish: bool
+            If True, an awaitable will be returned, which can be used to wait for
+            audio to stop playing. This awaitable will return an exception if raised,
+            or None when no exception is raised.
+
+            If False, None is returned and the function does not block.
+
+            .. versionadded:: v2.5
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -668,8 +680,22 @@ def play(
         if not self.encoder and not source.is_opus():
             self.encoder = opus.Encoder()
 
+        future = None
+        if wait_finish:
+            future = asyncio.Future()
+            after_callback = after
+
+            def _after(exc: Exception | None):
+                if callable(after_callback):
+                    after_callback(exc)
+
+                future.set_result(exc)
+
+            after = _after
+
         self._player = AudioPlayer(source, self, after=after)
         self._player.start()
+        return future
 
     def unpack_audio(self, data):
         """Takes an audio packet received from Discord and decodes it into pcm audio data.