diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index ee5fb2f977..ff9c72399d 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -366,6 +366,18 @@
             <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
             <version>2.4.10</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+            <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+            <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+            <artifactId>awaitility-proxy</artifactId>
+            <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <multiverse.version>0.7.0</multiverse.version>
@@ -397,6 +409,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <java-lsh.version>0.10</java-lsh.version>
         <pact.version>3.5.0</pact.version>
+        <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/awaitility/AsyncService.java b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/awaitility/AsyncService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bc82afaac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/awaitility/AsyncService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.baeldung.awaitility;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+public class AsyncService {
+    private final int DELAY = 1000;
+    private final int INIT_DELAY = 2000;
+
+    private AtomicLong value = new AtomicLong(0);
+    private Executor executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);
+    private volatile boolean initialized = false;
+
+    public void initialize() {
+        executor.execute(() -> {
+            sleep(INIT_DELAY);
+            initialized = true;
+        });
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInitialized() {
+        return initialized;
+    }
+
+    public void addValue(long val) {
+        if (!isInitialized()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Service is not initialized");
+        }
+        executor.execute(() -> {
+            sleep(DELAY);
+            value.addAndGet(val);
+        });
+    }
+
+    public long getValue() {
+        if (!isInitialized()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Service is not initialized");
+        }
+        return value.longValue();
+    }
+
+    private void sleep(int delay) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(delay);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awaitility/AsyncServiceUnitTest.java b/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awaitility/AsyncServiceUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f07d556b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awaitility/AsyncServiceUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package com.baeldung.awaitility;
+
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.fieldIn;
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.given;
+import static org.awaitility.proxy.AwaitilityClassProxy.to;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.awaitility.Duration;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AsyncServiceUnitTest {
+    private AsyncService asyncService;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        asyncService = new AsyncService();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAsyncService_whenInitialize_thenInitOccurs1() {
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        Callable<Boolean> isInitialized = () -> asyncService.isInitialized();
+        await().until(isInitialized);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAsyncService_whenInitialize_thenInitOccurs2() {
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        Callable<Boolean> isInitialized = () -> asyncService.isInitialized();
+        await().atLeast(Duration.ONE_HUNDRED_MILLISECONDS)
+                .atMost(Duration.FIVE_SECONDS)
+                .with().pollInterval(Duration.ONE_HUNDRED_MILLISECONDS)
+                .until(isInitialized);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAsyncService_whenInitialize_thenInitOccurs_withDefualts() {
+        Awaitility.setDefaultPollInterval(10, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        Awaitility.setDefaultPollDelay(Duration.ZERO);
+        Awaitility.setDefaultTimeout(Duration.ONE_MINUTE);
+
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        await().until(() -> asyncService.isInitialized());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAsyncService_whenInitialize_thenInitOccurs_withProxy() {
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        await().untilCall(to(asyncService).isInitialized(), equalTo(true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAsyncService_whenInitialize_thenInitOccurs3() {
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        await().until(fieldIn(asyncService)
+                .ofType(boolean.class)
+                .andWithName("initialized"), equalTo(true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValue_whenAddValue_thenValueAdded() {
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        await().until(() -> asyncService.isInitialized());
+        long value = 5;
+        asyncService.addValue(value);
+        await().until(asyncService::getValue, equalTo(value));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAsyncService_whenGetValue_thenExceptionIgnored() {
+        asyncService.initialize();
+        given().ignoreException(IllegalStateException.class)
+                .await()
+                .atMost(Duration.FIVE_SECONDS)
+                .atLeast(Duration.FIVE_HUNDRED_MILLISECONDS)
+                .until(asyncService::getValue, equalTo(0L));
+    }
+}