diff --git a/docs/library/uasyncio.rst b/docs/library/uasyncio.rst
index a81e532d7f..3316f908d6 100644
--- a/docs/library/uasyncio.rst
+++ b/docs/library/uasyncio.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Core functions
 
     Returns the corresponding `Task` object.
 
+.. function:: current_task()
+
+    Return the `Task` object associated with the currently running task.
+
 .. function:: run(coro)
 
     Create a new task from the given coroutine and run it until it completes.
diff --git a/extmod/uasyncio/core.py b/extmod/uasyncio/core.py
index 6a84b0982c..d74763f6a6 100644
--- a/extmod/uasyncio/core.py
+++ b/extmod/uasyncio/core.py
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ def get_event_loop(runq_len=0, waitq_len=0):
     return Loop
 
 
+def current_task():
+    return cur_task
+
+
 def new_event_loop():
     global _task_queue, _io_queue
     # TaskQueue of Task instances
diff --git a/tests/extmod/uasyncio_current_task.py b/tests/extmod/uasyncio_current_task.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3165a2cf16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extmod/uasyncio_current_task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Test current_task() function
+
+try:
+    import uasyncio as asyncio
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        import asyncio
+    except ImportError:
+        print("SKIP")
+        raise SystemExit
+
+
+async def task(result):
+    result[0] = asyncio.current_task()
+
+
+async def main():
+    result = [None]
+    t = asyncio.create_task(task(result))
+    await asyncio.sleep(0)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0)
+    print(t is result[0])
+
+
+asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/tests/extmod/uasyncio_current_task.py.exp b/tests/extmod/uasyncio_current_task.py.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ca95142bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extmod/uasyncio_current_task.py.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+True