diff --git a/std/testing/README.md b/std/testing/README.md
index 42ce49d5c8..82f8f91144 100644
--- a/std/testing/README.md
+++ b/std/testing/README.md
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ runBenchmarks({ silent: true }, (p: BenchmarkRunProgress) => {
 
 Registers a benchmark that will be run once `runBenchmarks` is called.
 
-##### `runBenchmarks(opts?: BenchmarkRunOptions, progressCb?: (p: BenchmarkRunProgress) => void): Promise<BenchmarkRunResult>`
+##### `runBenchmarks(opts?: BenchmarkRunOptions, progressCb?: (p: BenchmarkRunProgress) => void | Promise<void>): Promise<BenchmarkRunResult>`
 
 Runs all registered benchmarks serially. Filtering can be applied by setting
 `BenchmarkRunOptions.only` and/or `BenchmarkRunOptions.skip` to regular
diff --git a/std/testing/bench.ts b/std/testing/bench.ts
index 87be641abe..a5e6490ac6 100644
--- a/std/testing/bench.ts
+++ b/std/testing/bench.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export function clearBenchmarks({
  */
 export async function runBenchmarks(
   { only = /[^\s]/, skip = /^\s*$/, silent }: BenchmarkRunOptions = {},
-  progressCb?: (progress: BenchmarkRunProgress) => void
+  progressCb?: (progress: BenchmarkRunProgress) => void | Promise<void>
 ): Promise<BenchmarkRunResult> {
   // Filtering candidates by the "only" and "skip" constraint
   const benchmarks: BenchmarkDefinition[] = candidates.filter(
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export async function runBenchmarks(
   };
 
   // Publish initial progress data
-  publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchmarkingStart, progressCb);
+  await publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchmarkingStart, progressCb);
 
   if (!silent) {
     console.log(
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export async function runBenchmarks(
     // Init the progress of the running benchmark
     progress.running = { name, runsCount: runs, measuredRunsMs: [] };
     // Publish starting of a benchmark
-    publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchStart, progressCb);
+    await publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchStart, progressCb);
 
     // Trying benchmark.func
     let result = "";
@@ -267,7 +267,11 @@ export async function runBenchmarks(
         // Adding partial result
         progress.running.measuredRunsMs.push(measuredMs);
         // Publish partial benchmark results
-        publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchPartialResult, progressCb);
+        await publishProgress(
+          progress,
+          ProgressState.BenchPartialResult,
+          progressCb
+        );
 
         // Resetting the benchmark clock
         clock.start = clock.stop = NaN;
@@ -288,7 +292,11 @@ export async function runBenchmarks(
           // Clear currently running
           delete progress.running;
           // Publish results of the benchmark
-          publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchResult, progressCb);
+          await publishProgress(
+            progress,
+            ProgressState.BenchResult,
+            progressCb
+          );
           break;
         }
       }
@@ -317,7 +325,7 @@ export async function runBenchmarks(
   // Indicate finished running
   delete progress.queued;
   // Publish final result in Cb too
-  publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchmarkingEnd, progressCb);
+  await publishProgress(progress, ProgressState.BenchmarkingEnd, progressCb);
 
   if (!silent) {
     // Closing results
@@ -340,12 +348,12 @@ export async function runBenchmarks(
   return benchmarkRunResult;
 }
 
-function publishProgress(
+async function publishProgress(
   progress: BenchmarkRunProgress,
   state: ProgressState,
-  progressCb?: (progress: BenchmarkRunProgress) => void
-): void {
-  progressCb && progressCb(cloneProgressWithState(progress, state));
+  progressCb?: (progress: BenchmarkRunProgress) => void | Promise<void>
+): Promise<void> {
+  progressCb && (await progressCb(cloneProgressWithState(progress, state)));
 }
 
 function cloneProgressWithState(
diff --git a/std/testing/bench_test.ts b/std/testing/bench_test.ts
index a56d4fd555..0b101c22f3 100644
--- a/std/testing/bench_test.ts
+++ b/std/testing/bench_test.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,27 @@ test({
   },
 });
 
+test({
+  name: "async progressCallback",
+  fn: async function (): Promise<void> {
+    clearBenchmarks();
+    dummyBench("single");
+
+    const asyncCallbacks = [];
+
+    await runBenchmarks({ silent: true }, (progress) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          asyncCallbacks.push(progress);
+          resolve();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    assertEquals(asyncCallbacks.length, 5);
+  },
+});
+
 function dummyBench(name: string, runs = 1): void {
   bench({
     name,