diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 1df59634..da54191f 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ logger.info('hi')
 
 See the [Options](#options) section for all possible options.
 
+
+### Usage as a stream
+
 If you are using `pino-pretty` as a stream and you need to provide options to `pino`,
 pass the options as the first argument and `pino-pretty` as second argument:
 
@@ -168,7 +171,24 @@ const logger = pino({ level: 'info' }, stream)
 logger.debug('hi')
 ```
 
+### Usage with Jest
+
+Logging with Jest is _problematic_, as the test framework requires no asynchronous operation to
+continue after the test has finished. The following is the only supported way to use this module
+with Jest:
+
+```js
+import pino from 'pino'
+import pretty from 'pino-pretty'
+
+test('test pino-pretty', () => {
+  const logger = pino(pretty({ sync: true }));
+  logger.info('Info');
+  logger.error('Error');
+});
+```
 
+>>>>>>> Add support for sync: true as option
 ### Handling non-serializable options
 
 Using the new [pino v7+
@@ -230,6 +250,12 @@ The options accepted have keys corresponding to the options described in [CLI Ar
   // Alternatively, pass a `sonic-boom` instance (allowing more flexibility):
   // destination: new SonicBoom({ dest: 'a/file', mkdir: true })
 
+  // You can also configure some SonicBoom options directly
+  sync: false, // by default we write asynchronously
+  append: true, // the file is opened with the 'a' flag
+  mdkdir: true, // create the target destination
+
+
   customPrettifiers: {}
 }
 ```
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bc12a6e9..6b56d49c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function build (opts = {}) {
         dest: opts.destination || 1,
         append: opts.append,
         mkdir: opts.mkdir,
-        sync: false
+        sync: opts.sync // by default sonic will be async
       })
     }
 
diff --git a/test/basic.test.js b/test/basic.test.js
index 01c91464..a2af4684 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.test.js
@@ -961,6 +961,29 @@ test('basic prettifier tests', (t) => {
     t.equal(formatted, `[${epoch}] INFO (${pid} on ${hostname}): message {"extra":{"foo":"bar","number":42},"upper":"FOOBAR"}\n`)
   })
 
+  t.test('sync option', async (t) => {
+    t.plan(1)
+    const tmpDir = path.join(__dirname, '.tmp_' + Date.now())
+    t.teardown(() => rimraf(tmpDir, noop))
+
+    const destination = join(tmpDir, 'output')
+
+    const pretty = pinoPretty({
+      singleLine: true,
+      colorize: false,
+      mkdir: true,
+      append: false,
+      sync: true,
+      destination
+    })
+    const log = pino(pretty)
+    log.info({ msg: 'message', extra: { foo: 'bar', number: 42 }, upper: 'foobar' })
+
+    const formatted = fs.readFileSync(destination, 'utf8')
+
+    t.equal(formatted, `[${epoch}] INFO (${pid} on ${hostname}): message {"extra":{"foo":"bar","number":42},"upper":"foobar"}\n`)
+  })
+
   t.end()
 })