diff --git a/asyncarray.cpp b/asyncarray.cpp
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+++ b/asyncarray.cpp
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+// +build openvino
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "asyncarray.h"
+
+
+// AsyncArray_New creates a new empty AsyncArray
+AsyncArray AsyncArray_New() {
+    return new cv::AsyncArray();
+}
+
+// AsyncArray_Close deletes an existing AsyncArray
+void AsyncArray_Close(AsyncArray a) {
+    delete a;
+}
+
+const char* AsyncArray_GetAsync(AsyncArray async_out,Mat out) {
+    try {
+       async_out->get(*out);
+    } catch(cv::Exception ex) {
+        return ex.err.c_str();
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
+AsyncArray Net_forwardAsync(Net net, const char* outputName) {
+    return new cv::AsyncArray(net->forwardAsync(outputName));
+}
diff --git a/asyncarray.go b/asyncarray.go
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+++ b/asyncarray.go
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+// +build openvino
+
+package gocv
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+/*
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "dnn.h"
+#include "asyncarray.h"
+#include "core.h"
+*/
+import "C"
+
+type AsyncArray struct {
+	p C.AsyncArray
+}
+
+// NewAsyncArray returns a new empty AsyncArray.
+func NewAsyncArray() AsyncArray {
+	return newAsyncArray(C.AsyncArray_New())
+}
+
+// Ptr returns the AsyncArray's underlying object pointer.
+func (a *AsyncArray) Ptr() C.AsyncArray {
+	return a.p
+}
+
+// Get async returns the Mat
+func (m *AsyncArray) Get(mat *Mat) error {
+	result := C.AsyncArray_GetAsync(m.p, mat.p)
+	err := C.GoString(result)
+
+	if len(err) > 0 {
+		return errors.New(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// newAsyncArray returns a new AsyncArray from a C AsyncArray
+func newAsyncArray(p C.AsyncArray) AsyncArray {
+	return AsyncArray{p: p}
+}
+
+// Close the AsyncArray object.
+func (a *AsyncArray) Close() error {
+	C.AsyncArray_Close(a.p)
+	a.p = nil
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/asyncarray.h b/asyncarray.h
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+++ b/asyncarray.h
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+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "core.h"
+#include "dnn.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+typedef cv::AsyncArray* AsyncArray;
+#else
+typedef void* AsyncArray;
+#endif
+
+AsyncArray AsyncArray_New();
+const char* AsyncArray_GetAsync(AsyncArray async_out,Mat out);
+void AsyncArray_Close(AsyncArray a);
+AsyncArray Net_forwardAsync(Net net, const char* outputName);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/asyncarray_test.go b/asyncarray_test.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/asyncarray_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// +build openvino
+
+package gocv
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAsyncArray(t *testing.T) {
+	asyncarray := NewAsyncArray()
+	defer asyncarray.Close()
+
+	if asyncarray.Ptr() == nil {
+		t.Error("New AsyncArray should not be nil")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dnn_async_openvino.go b/dnn_async_openvino.go
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+++ b/dnn_async_openvino.go
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+// +build openvino
+
+package gocv
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+/*
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "dnn.h"
+#include "asyncarray.h"
+*/
+import "C"
+
+// ForwardAsync runs forward pass to compute output of layer with name outputName.
+//
+// For further details, please see:
+// https://docs.opencv.org/trunk/db/d30/classcv_1_1dnn_1_1Net.html#a814890154ea9e10b132fec00b6f6ba30
+//
+func (net *Net) ForwardAsync(outputName string) AsyncArray {
+	cName := C.CString(outputName)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cName))
+
+	return newAsyncArray(C.Net_forwardAsync((C.Net)(net.p), cName))
+}