diff --git a/checks/Databasev5.Tests.ps1 b/checks/Databasev5.Tests.ps1
index 3760d6c1..e35567ec 100644
--- a/checks/Databasev5.Tests.ps1
+++ b/checks/Databasev5.Tests.ps1
@@ -160,3 +160,13 @@ Describe "Auto Update Statistics" -Tag AutoUpdateStatistics, Low, Database -ForE
         }
     }
 }
+
+Describe "Auto Update Statistics Asynchronously" -Tag AutoUpdateStatisticsAsynchronously, Low, Database -ForEach $InstancesToTest {
+    $skip = Get-DbcConfigValue skip.database.autoupdatestatisticsasynchronously
+
+    Context "Testing Auto Update Statistics Asynchronously on <_.Name>" {
+        It "Database <_.Name> should have Auto Update Statistics Asynchronously set to <_.ConfigValues.autoupdatestatsasync> on <_.SqlInstance>" -Skip:$skip -ForEach $psitem.Databases.Where{ if ($Database) { $_.Name -in $Database } else { $psitem.ConfigValues.autoupdatestatsasyncexclude -notcontains $PsItem.Name } } {
+            $psitem.AutoUpdateStatisticsAsync | Should -Be $psitem.ConfigValues.autoupdatestatsasync  -Because "This value is expected for autoupdate statistics asynchronously"
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/internal/configurations/configuration.ps1 b/internal/configurations/configuration.ps1
index 51f32922..f754aca7 100644
--- a/internal/configurations/configuration.ps1
+++ b/internal/configurations/configuration.ps1
@@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autoclose.excludedb -Value @()  -In
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autoshrink.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from autoclose key size checks"
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.vlf.excludedb -Value @('master', 'msdb', 'tempdb', 'model')  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from asymmetric key size checks"
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.logfilecount.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from log file count checks"
-Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autocreatestats.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from log file count checks"
-Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autoupdatestats.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from log file count checks"
+Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autocreatestats.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from the auto create stats checks"
+Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autoupdatestats.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from the auto update stats checks"
+Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name policy.autoupdatestatisticsasynchronously.excludedb -Value @()  -Initialize -Description "Databases to exclude from the auto update stats asynchronously checks"
 
 
 
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name skip.database.autoclose -Validation bool -
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name skip.database.vlf -Validation bool -Value $false -Initialize -Description "Skip the virtual log file test"
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name skip.database.autocreatestatistics -Validation bool -Value $false -Initialize -Description "Skip the auto create statistics test"
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name skip.database.autoupdatestatistics -Validation bool -Value $false -Initialize -Description "Skip the auto update statistics test"
+Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name skip.database.autoupdatestatisticsasynchronously -Validation bool -Value $false -Initialize -Description "Skip the auto update statistics asynchronously test"
 
 
 Set-PSFConfig -Module dbachecks -Name skip.logshiptesting -Validation bool -Value $false -Initialize -Description "Skip the logshipping test"
diff --git a/internal/functions/Get-AllDatabaseInfo.ps1 b/internal/functions/Get-AllDatabaseInfo.ps1
index 4af55ac3..71d77b0f 100644
--- a/internal/functions/Get-AllDatabaseInfo.ps1
+++ b/internal/functions/Get-AllDatabaseInfo.ps1
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ function Get-AllDatabaseInfo {
             $ConfigValues | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'autoupdatestats' -Value (Get-DbcConfigValue policy.database.autoupdatestatistics)
             $ConfigValues | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'autoupdatestatsexclude' -Value (Get-DbcConfigValue policy.autoupdatestats.excludedb)
         }
+        'AutoUpdateStatisticsAsynchronously' {
+            $autoupdatestatsasync = $true
+            $ConfigValues | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'autoupdatestatsasync' -Value (Get-DbcConfigValue policy.database.autoupdatestatisticsasynchronously)
+            $ConfigValues | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'autoupdatestatsasyncexclude' -Value (Get-DbcConfigValue policy.autoupdatestatisticsasynchronously.excludedb)
+        }
         Default { }
     }
 
@@ -118,21 +123,22 @@ function Get-AllDatabaseInfo {
         ConfigValues    = $ConfigValues # can we move this out to here?
         Databases        = $Instance.Databases.Foreach{
             [PSCustomObject]@{
-                Name                 = $psitem.Name
-                SqlInstance          = $Instance.Name
-                Owner                = if ($owner) { $psitem.owner }
-                ServerCollation      = if ($collation) { $Instance.collation }
-                Collation            = if ($collation) { $psitem.collation }
-                SuspectPage          = if ($suspectPage) { (Get-DbaSuspectPage -SqlInstance $Instance -Database $psitem.Name | Measure-Object).Count }
-                ConfigValues         = $ConfigValues # can we move this out?
-                AsymmetricKeySize    = if ($asymmetrickey) { ($psitem.AsymmetricKeys | Where-Object { $_.KeyLength -lt 2048} | Measure-Object).Count }
-                #AsymmetricKeySize   = if ($asymmetrickey) { $psitem.AsymmetricKeys.KeyLength }  # doing this I got $null if there wasn't a key so counting ones that are too short
-                AutoClose            = if ($autoclose) { $psitem.AutoClose}
-                AutoCreateStatistics = if ($autocreatestats) { $psitem.AutoCreateStatisticsEnabled }
-                AutoUpdateStatistics = if ($autoupdatestats) { $psitem.AutoUpdateStatisticsEnabled }
-                AutoShrink           = if ($autoshrink) { $psitem.AutoShrink}
-                VLF                  = if ($vlf) { ($psitem.Query("DBCC LOGINFO") | Measure-Object).Count }
-                LogFileCount         = if ($logfilecount) { ($psitem.LogFiles | Measure-Object).Count }
+                Name                        = $psitem.Name
+                SqlInstance                 = $Instance.Name
+                Owner                       = if ($owner) { $psitem.owner }
+                ServerCollation             = if ($collation) { $Instance.collation }
+                Collation                   = if ($collation) { $psitem.collation }
+                SuspectPage                 = if ($suspectPage) { (Get-DbaSuspectPage -SqlInstance $Instance -Database $psitem.Name | Measure-Object).Count }
+                ConfigValues                = $ConfigValues # can we move this out?
+                AsymmetricKeySize           = if ($asymmetrickey) { ($psitem.AsymmetricKeys | Where-Object { $_.KeyLength -lt 2048} | Measure-Object).Count }
+                #AsymmetricKeySize          = if ($asymmetrickey) { $psitem.AsymmetricKeys.KeyLength }  # doing this I got $null if there wasn't a key so counting ones that are too short
+                AutoClose                   = if ($autoclose) { $psitem.AutoClose}
+                AutoCreateStatistics        = if ($autocreatestats) { $psitem.AutoCreateStatisticsEnabled }
+                AutoUpdateStatistics        = if ($autoupdatestats) { $psitem.AutoUpdateStatisticsEnabled }
+                AutoUpdateStatisticsAsync   = if ($autoupdatestatsasync) { $psitem.AutoUpdateStatisticsAsync }
+                AutoShrink                  = if ($autoshrink) { $psitem.AutoShrink}
+                VLF                         = if ($vlf) { ($psitem.Query("DBCC LOGINFO") | Measure-Object).Count }
+                LogFileCount                = if ($logfilecount) { ($psitem.LogFiles | Measure-Object).Count }
             }
         }
     }