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diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index c414fd5fc3..01075761be 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import traceback
 import litellm
 from litellm import client, logging, exception_type, timeout, success_callback, failure_callback
 import random
+import asyncio
 from tenacity import (
     retry,
     stop_after_attempt,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def completion(
     temperature=1, top_p=1, n=1, stream=False, stop=None, max_tokens=float('inf'),
     presence_penalty=0, frequency_penalty=0, logit_bias={}, user="",
     # Optional liteLLM function params
-    *, api_key=None, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False
+    *, return_async=False, api_key=None, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False
   ):
   try:
     # check if user passed in any of the OpenAI optional params
@@ -254,6 +255,12 @@ def completion(
     raise exception_type(model=model, original_exception=e)
 
 
+async def acompletion(*args, **kwargs):
+  loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+  
+  # Call the synchronous function using run_in_executor()
+  return loop.run_in_executor(None, completion, *args, **kwargs)
+
 ### EMBEDDING ENDPOINTS ####################
 @client
 @timeout(60) ## set timeouts, in case calls hang (e.g. Azure) - default is 60s, override with `force_timeout`