diff --git a/src/resolve/resolvable.ts b/src/resolve/resolvable.ts
index 769a4661..a524d1cc 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolvable.ts
+++ b/src/resolve/resolvable.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ export class Resolvable implements ResolvableLiteral {
     return this.promise || this.resolve(resolveContext, trans);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the result of the resolvable.
+   *
+   * The return value depends on `policy.async`:
+   *
+   * * `WAIT`: Returns the resolved value of the promise, or undefined if it has not yet resolved
+   * * `NOWAIT`: Returns the promise for the result
+   */
+  result() {
+    return this.policy.async === 'NOWAIT' ? this.promise : this.data;
+  }
+
   toString() {
     return `Resolvable(token: ${stringify(this.token)}, requires: [${this.deps.map(stringify)}])`;
   }
diff --git a/test/resolveSpec.ts b/test/resolveSpec.ts
index 99e04457..4c4a7bd6 100644
--- a/test/resolveSpec.ts
+++ b/test/resolveSpec.ts
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ describe('Resolvables system:', function () {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('NOWAIT Resolve Policy', () => {
-    it('should allow a transition to complete before the resolve is settled', async (done) => {
+  describe('Resolve Policy', () => {
+    it('NOWAIT should allow a transition to complete before the resolve is settled', async (done) => {
       let resolve, resolvePromise = new Promise(_resolve => { resolve = _resolve; });
 
       $registry.register({
@@ -461,6 +461,54 @@ describe('Resolvables system:', function () {
 
       $state.go('nowait');
     });
+
+    fit('NOWAIT should return a promise from .result()', async (done) => {
+      let promiseResolveFn, resolvePromise = new Promise(resolve => { promiseResolveFn = resolve; });
+
+      $registry.register({
+        name: 'nowait',
+        resolve: [
+          { token: 'nowait', policy: { async: 'NOWAIT' }, resolveFn: () => resolvePromise },
+          { token: 'wait', policy: { async: 'WAIT' }, resolveFn: () => new Promise(resolve => resolve('should wait')) },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      $transitions.onSuccess({  }, trans => {
+        let resolvable = tail(trans.treeChanges('to')).resolvables[0];
+        let result = resolvable.result();
+        expect(result instanceof Promise).toBeTruthy();
+        result.then(val => {
+          expect(val).toBe('foobar');
+          done();
+        });
+
+        promiseResolveFn('foobar');
+      });
+
+      $state.go('nowait');
+    });
+
+    fit('WAIT should return the resolved value from .result()', async (done) => {
+      let promiseResolveFn, resolvePromise = new Promise(resolve => { promiseResolveFn = resolve; });
+
+      $registry.register({
+        name: 'nowait',
+        resolve: [
+          { token: 'nowait', policy: { async: 'NOWAIT' }, resolveFn: () => resolvePromise },
+          { token: 'wait', policy: { async: 'WAIT' }, resolveFn: () => new Promise(resolve => resolve('should wait')) },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      $transitions.onSuccess({  }, trans => {
+        let resolvable = tail(trans.treeChanges('to')).resolvables[1];
+        let result = resolvable.result();
+        expect(result).toBe('should wait');
+        done();
+      });
+
+      $state.go('nowait');
+    });
+
   });
 });