diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h
index 03e986ae..37831d95 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h
@@ -42,9 +42,46 @@ public:
         err_handler custom_err_handler = nullptr;
     };
 
-    explicit async_sink(const config &async_config);
+    explicit async_sink(config async_config);
+    async_sink(const async_sink &) = delete;
+    async_sink &operator=(const async_sink &) = delete;
+    ~async_sink() override;
 
-    // create an async_sink with one backend sink
+    // sink interface implementation
+    void log(const details::log_msg &msg) override;
+    void set_pattern(const std::string &pattern) override;
+    void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> sink_formatter) override;
+    // enqueue flush request to the worker thread and return immediately(default)
+    // if you need to wait for the actual flush to finish, call wait_for_all() after flush()
+    void flush() override;
+
+    // async_sink specific methods
+
+    // wait until all logs were processed up to timeout milliseconds.
+    // returns true if all messages were processed, false if timeout was reached
+    [[nodiscard]] bool wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds timeout) const;
+
+    // wait until all logs were processed
+    void wait_all() const;
+
+    // return the number of overrun messages (effective only if policy is overrun_oldest)
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t get_overrun_counter() const;
+
+    // reset the overrun counter
+    void reset_overrun_counter() const;
+
+    // return the number of discarded messages (effective only if policy is discard_new)
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t get_discard_counter() const;
+
+    // reset the discard counter
+    void reset_discard_counter() const;
+
+    // return the current async_sink configuration
+    [[nodiscard]] const config &get_config() const;
+
+    // create an async_sink with one backend sink constructed with the given args.
+    // example:
+    // auto async_file = async_sink::with<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_st>("mylog.txt");
     template <typename Sink, typename... SinkArgs>
     static std::shared_ptr<async_sink> with(SinkArgs &&...sink_args) {
         config cfg{};
@@ -52,20 +89,6 @@ public:
         return std::make_shared<async_sink>(cfg);
     }
 
-    ~async_sink() override;
-
-    // sink interface implementation
-    void log(const details::log_msg &msg) override;
-    void flush() override;
-    void set_pattern(const std::string &pattern) override;
-    void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> sink_formatter) override;
-
-    // async sink specific methods
-    [[nodiscard]] size_t get_overrun_counter() const;
-    void reset_overrun_counter() const;
-    [[nodiscard]] size_t get_discard_counter() const;
-    void reset_discard_counter() const;
-    [[nodiscard]] const config &get_config() const;
 
 private:
     using async_log_msg = details::async_log_msg;
@@ -80,6 +103,8 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<queue_t> q_;
     std::thread worker_thread_;
     details::err_helper err_helper_;
+    std::atomic_size_t flush_requests_ = 0;
+    std::atomic_bool terminate_worker_ = false;
 };
 
 }  // namespace sinks
diff --git a/src/sinks/async_sink.cpp b/src/sinks/async_sink.cpp
index a3d99ea2..e75d6fd1 100644
--- a/src/sinks/async_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/sinks/async_sink.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 #include "spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <memory>
+#include <utility>
 
 #include "spdlog/common.h"
 #include "spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h"
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace sinks {
 
-async_sink::async_sink(const config &async_config)
-    : config_(async_config) {
+async_sink::async_sink(config async_config)
+    : config_(std::move(async_config)) {
     if (config_.queue_size == 0 || config_.queue_size > max_queue_size) {
         throw spdlog_ex("async_sink: invalid queue size");
     }
@@ -36,13 +38,18 @@ async_sink::~async_sink() {
         q_->enqueue(async_log_msg(async_log_msg::type::terminate));
         worker_thread_.join();
     } catch (...) {
-        printf("Exception in ~async_sink()\n");
+        terminate_worker_ = true; // as last resort, stop the worker thread using terminate_worker_ flag.
+        #ifndef NDEBUG
+            printf("Exception in ~async_sink()\n");
+        #endif
     }
 }
 
 void async_sink::log(const details::log_msg &msg) { send_message_(async_log_msg::type::log, msg); }
 
-void async_sink::flush() { send_message_(async_log_msg::type::flush, details::log_msg()); }
+void async_sink::flush() {
+    send_message_(async_log_msg::type::flush, details::log_msg());
+}
 
 void async_sink::set_pattern(const std::string &pattern) { set_formatter(std::make_unique<pattern_formatter>(pattern)); }
 
@@ -58,6 +65,24 @@ void async_sink::set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> formatter) {
     }
 }
 
+bool async_sink::wait_all(const std::chrono::milliseconds timeout) const {
+    using std::chrono::steady_clock;
+    constexpr std::chrono::milliseconds sleep_duration(5);
+    const auto start_time = steady_clock::now();
+    while (q_->size() > 0) {
+        auto elapsed = steady_clock::now() - start_time;
+        if (elapsed > timeout) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::min(sleep_duration, timeout));
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void async_sink::wait_all() const {
+    while (!wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(10))) { /* empty */ }
+}
+
 size_t async_sink::get_overrun_counter() const { return q_->overrun_counter(); }
 
 void async_sink::reset_overrun_counter() const { q_->reset_overrun_counter(); }
@@ -88,7 +113,7 @@ void async_sink::send_message_(async_log_msg::type msg_type, const details::log_
 
 void async_sink::backend_loop_() {
     details::async_log_msg incoming_msg;
-    for (;;) {
+    while (!terminate_worker_) {
         q_->dequeue(incoming_msg);
         switch (incoming_msg.message_type()) {
             case async_log_msg::type::log:
@@ -105,7 +130,7 @@ void async_sink::backend_loop_() {
     }
 }
 
-void async_sink::backend_log_(const details::log_msg &msg)  {
+void async_sink::backend_log_(const details::log_msg &msg) {
     for (const auto &sink : config_.sinks) {
         if (sink->should_log(msg.log_level)) {
             try {
diff --git a/tests/test_async.cpp b/tests/test_async.cpp
index 74e92f17..062c66d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_async.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_async.cpp
@@ -309,3 +309,49 @@ TEST_CASE("custom_err_handler", "[async]") {
     // lvalue logger so will be destructed here already so all messages were processed
     REQUIRE(error_called);
 }
+
+// test wait_all
+TEST_CASE("wait_all", "[async]") {
+    auto test_sink = std::make_shared<test_sink_mt>();
+    auto delay = std::chrono::milliseconds(10);
+    test_sink->set_delay(delay);
+    async_sink::config config;
+    config.sinks.push_back(test_sink);
+    size_t messages = 10;
+    auto as = std::make_shared<async_sink>(config);
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", as);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < messages; i++) {
+        logger->info("Hello message");
+    }
+    REQUIRE_FALSE(as->wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(-10)));
+    REQUIRE_FALSE(as->wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(0)));
+    auto start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    REQUIRE_FALSE(as->wait_all(delay));
+
+    // should have waited approx 10ms before giving up
+    auto elapsed = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - start;
+    REQUIRE(elapsed >= delay);
+    REQUIRE(elapsed < delay * 3);
+    // wait enough time for all messages to be processed
+    REQUIRE(as->wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(messages * delay)));
+    REQUIRE(as->wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(-10))); // no more messages
+    REQUIRE(as->wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(0)));   // no more messages
+    REQUIRE(as->wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(10)));  // no more messages
+}
+
+// test wait_all without timeout
+TEST_CASE("wait_all2", "[async]") {
+    auto test_sink = std::make_shared<test_sink_mt>();
+    auto delay = std::chrono::milliseconds(10);
+    test_sink->set_delay(delay);
+    async_sink::config config;
+    config.sinks.push_back(test_sink);
+    size_t messages = 10;
+    auto as = std::make_shared<async_sink>(config);
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", as);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < messages; i++) {
+        logger->info("Hello message");
+    }
+    as->wait_all();
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->msg_counter() == messages);
+}