diff --git a/rules/permissions.py b/rules/permissions.py
index 9dda1a0..e2f4fe3 100644
--- a/rules/permissions.py
+++ b/rules/permissions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+
 from .rulesets import RuleSet
 
 permissions = RuleSet()
@@ -32,3 +34,9 @@ def has_perm(self, user, perm, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def has_module_perms(self, user, app_label):
         return has_perm(app_label, user)
+
+    async def ahas_perm(self, user, perm, *args, **kwargs):
+        return await sync_to_async(has_perm)(user, perm, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def ahas_module_perms(self, user, app_label):
+        return await sync_to_async(has_perm)(app_label, user)
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/test_permissions.py b/tests/testsuite/test_permissions.py
index c392647..f361c8a 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/test_permissions.py
+++ b/tests/testsuite/test_permissions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+
 from rules.permissions import (
     ObjectPermissionBackend,
     add_perm,
@@ -50,3 +52,17 @@ def test_backend(self):
         assert not backend.has_perm(None, "can_edit_book")
         remove_perm("can_edit_book")
         assert not perm_exists("can_edit_book")
+
+    async def test_backend_async(self):
+        backend = ObjectPermissionBackend()
+
+        await sync_to_async(add_perm)("can_edit_book", always_true)
+        assert "can_edit_book" in permissions
+        assert await backend.ahas_perm(None, "can_edit_book")
+        assert await backend.ahas_module_perms(None, "can_edit_book")
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            await sync_to_async(add_perm)("can_edit_book", always_true)
+        await sync_to_async(set_perm)("can_edit_book", always_false)
+        assert not await backend.ahas_perm(None, "can_edit_book")
+        await sync_to_async(remove_perm)("can_edit_book")
+        assert not await sync_to_async(perm_exists)("can_edit_book")