diff --git a/tests/index.ts b/tests/index.ts
index 2a032d8e..731f704b 100644
--- a/tests/index.ts
+++ b/tests/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ import './transition_intent_test';
 import './transition_state_test';
 import './unrecognized-url-error_test';
 import './utils_test';
+import './native-async-test';
diff --git a/tests/native-async-test.ts b/tests/native-async-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a905791b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/native-async-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import Router, { Route, Transition } from 'router';
+import { Dict } from 'router/core';
+import { createHandler, TestRouter } from './test_helpers';
+
+QUnit.module('native async', function (hooks) {
+  let router: LocalRouter;
+
+  class LocalRouter extends TestRouter {
+    routes: Dict<Route> = Object.create(null);
+    url: string | undefined;
+
+    routeDidChange() {}
+    routeWillChange() {}
+    didTransition() {}
+    willTransition() {}
+
+    getRoute(name: string) {
+      if (this.routes[name] === undefined) {
+        this.routes[name] = createHandler('empty');
+      }
+
+      return this.routes[name];
+    }
+
+    getSerializer(_name: string) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    replaceURL(name: string) {
+      this.updateURL(name);
+    }
+
+    updateURL(newUrl: string) {
+      this.url = newUrl;
+    }
+  }
+
+  hooks.beforeEach(() => {
+    router = new LocalRouter();
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('beforeModel with returning router.transitionTo', async function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(3);
+
+    router.map(function (match) {
+      match('/').to('application', function (match) {
+        match('/').to('index');
+        match('/about').to('about');
+      });
+    });
+
+    router.routes = {
+      index: createHandler('index', {
+        beforeModel(_params: Dict<unknown>, _transition: Transition) {
+          assert.step('index beforeModel');
+
+          return router.transitionTo('/about');
+        },
+      }),
+
+      about: createHandler('about', {
+        setup() {
+          assert.step('about setup');
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+
+    await router.handleURL('/');
+
+    assert.equal(router.url, '/about', 'ended on /about');
+
+    assert.verifySteps(['index beforeModel', 'about setup']);
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('async beforeModel with returning router.transitionTo', async function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(1);
+
+    router.map(function (match) {
+      match('/').to('application', function (match) {
+        match('/').to('index');
+        match('/about').to('about');
+      });
+    });
+
+    router.routes = {
+      index: createHandler('index', {
+        async beforeModel(_params: Dict<unknown>, _transition: Transition) {
+          return router.transitionTo('/about');
+        },
+      }),
+
+      about: createHandler('about', {
+        setup: function () {
+          assert.ok(true, 'setup was entered');
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+
+    await router.handleURL('/');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.ts b/tests/test_helpers.ts
index 2fdba80a..7abf522c 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function transitionTo(
   path: string | { queryParams: Dict<unknown> },
   ...context: any[]
 ) {
-  let result = router.transitionTo.apply(router, [path, ...context]);
+  let result = router.transitionTo(path, ...context);
   flushBackburner();
   return result;
 }