diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index a3bb17a49a..5eb253f8f0 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -592,6 +592,11 @@ class CommonVisitor : public AST::BaseVisitor<Struct> {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+
+    void visit_AsyncFunctionDef(const AST::AsyncFunctionDef_t &x){
+        throw SemanticError("The `async` keyword is currently not supported", x.base.base.loc);
+    }
+
     void visit_expr_list(AST::expr_t** exprs, size_t n,
                          Vec<ASR::expr_t*>& exprs_vec) {
         LCOMPILERS_ASSERT(exprs_vec.reserve_called);
diff --git a/tests/errors/test_async.py b/tests/errors/test_async.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a435c814aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errors/test_async.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+async def test_async():
+    print("done")
+
+test_async()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/reference/asr-test_async-361297c.json b/tests/reference/asr-test_async-361297c.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4477cbad49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/reference/asr-test_async-361297c.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "basename": "asr-test_async-361297c",
+    "cmd": "lpython --show-asr --no-color {infile} -o {outfile}",
+    "infile": "tests/errors/test_async.py",
+    "infile_hash": "f4d737246effd50f1798a81f07042ad15a045e275448fe0226334f03",
+    "outfile": null,
+    "outfile_hash": null,
+    "stdout": null,
+    "stdout_hash": null,
+    "stderr": "asr-test_async-361297c.stderr",
+    "stderr_hash": "abf614594f89a7a6d93d469d512e31de5adc64feef866957de80cd03",
+    "returncode": 2
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/reference/asr-test_async-361297c.stderr b/tests/reference/asr-test_async-361297c.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c24b2174ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/reference/asr-test_async-361297c.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+semantic error: The `async` keyword is currently not supported
+ --> tests/errors/test_async.py:1:1 - 2:17
+  |
+1 |    async def test_async():
+  |    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...
+...
+  |
+2 |        print("done")
+  | ...^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
diff --git a/tests/tests.toml b/tests/tests.toml
index 9ed98dd2f7..5f6f56a9cf 100644
--- a/tests/tests.toml
+++ b/tests/tests.toml
@@ -784,6 +784,10 @@ ast_new = true
 
 # tests/errors
 
+[[test]]
+filename = "errors/test_async.py"
+asr = true
+
 [[test]]
 filename = "errors/test_str_indexing.py"
 asr = true