diff --git a/src/rspeech/play.py b/src/rspeech/play.py
index 1fc1096..8d75518 100644
--- a/src/rspeech/play.py
+++ b/src/rspeech/play.py
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ import pygame
 
 
 
+async def play_audio_async(filename)
+    pygame.mixer.init()
+    pygame.mixer.music.load(filename)
+    pygame.mixer.music.play()
+    while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy():
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        yield
 
 
 def play_audio(filename):