diff --git a/postgres/setup.py b/postgres/setup.py
index 1d9abd351..f86fa5614 100644
--- a/postgres/setup.py
+++ b/postgres/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
     url="https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python",
     install_requires=[
         "testcontainers-core",
-        "sqlalchemy",
+        "sqlalchemy[asyncio]",
         "psycopg2-binary",
+        "asyncpg"
     ],
     python_requires=">=3.7",
 )
diff --git a/postgres/testcontainers/postgres/__init__.py b/postgres/testcontainers/postgres/__init__.py
index 85e0bac80..3e756f3c3 100644
--- a/postgres/testcontainers/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/postgres/testcontainers/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 #    under the License.
 import os
 from typing import Optional
-from testcontainers.core.generic import DbContainer
+from testcontainers.core.generic import DbContainer, ADDITIONAL_TRANSIENT_ERRORS
 from testcontainers.core.utils import raise_for_deprecated_parameter
+from testcontainers.core.waiting_utils import wait_container_is_ready
 
 
 class PostgresContainer(DbContainer):
@@ -63,3 +64,13 @@ def get_connection_url(self, host=None) -> str:
             password=self.password, dbname=self.dbname, host=host,
             port=self.port,
         )
+
+    @wait_container_is_ready(*ADDITIONAL_TRANSIENT_ERRORS)
+    def _connect(self) -> None:
+        if self.driver == "asyncpg":
+            from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine as create_engine
+        else:
+            from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+        engine = create_engine(self.get_connection_url())
+        conn = engine.connect()
+        conn.close()
diff --git a/postgres/tests/test_postgres.py b/postgres/tests/test_postgres.py
index c00c1b3fe..262b61abf 100644
--- a/postgres/tests/test_postgres.py
+++ b/postgres/tests/test_postgres.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+from asyncio import sleep
+
+import pytest
 import sqlalchemy
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
 from testcontainers.postgres import PostgresContainer
 
 
@@ -18,3 +22,15 @@ def test_docker_run_postgres_with_driver_pg8000():
         engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(postgres.get_connection_url())
         with engine.begin() as connection:
             connection.execute(sqlalchemy.text("select 1=1"))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_docker_run_postgres_with_driver_asyncio():
+    postgres_container = PostgresContainer("postgres:9.5", driver="asyncpg")
+    with postgres_container as postgres:
+        # in local test need to wait while pg container is ready
+        # else raised `ConnectionError: unexpected connection_lost() call`
+        await sleep(5)
+        engine = create_async_engine(postgres.get_connection_url())
+        async with engine.begin() as connection:
+            await connection.execute(sqlalchemy.text("select 1=1"))
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index e9e122610..1d269f885 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ flake8<3.8.0  # 3.8.0 adds a dependency on importlib-metadata which conflicts wi
 pg8000
 pytest
 pytest-cov
+pytest-asyncio
 sphinx
 twine
 wheel