diff --git a/munit/js/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala b/munit/js/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
index f5fb39dd..b5ed7e24 100644
--- a/munit/js/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
+++ b/munit/js/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@ import sbt.testing.EventHandler
 import sbt.testing.Logger
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.Awaitable
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 import scala.scalajs.js.timers
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
 
 object PlatformCompat {
+  def awaitResult[T](awaitable: Awaitable[T]): T = {
+    Await.result(awaitable, Duration.Inf)
+  }
+
   def executeAsync(
       task: Task,
       eventHandler: EventHandler,
diff --git a/munit/js-native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala b/munit/js/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from munit/js-native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala
rename to munit/js/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala
diff --git a/munit/jvm/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala b/munit/jvm/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
index f56ef6dc..ae6b19dc 100644
--- a/munit/jvm/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
+++ b/munit/jvm/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.{
   TimeUnit,
   TimeoutException
 }
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.Awaitable
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
@@ -28,6 +30,11 @@ object PlatformCompat {
         }
     }
   )
+
+  def awaitResult[T](awaitable: Awaitable[T]): T = {
+    Await.result(awaitable, Duration.Inf)
+  }
+
   def executeAsync(
       task: Task,
       eventHandler: EventHandler,
diff --git a/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala b/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
index 79112d82..9ddbd8e3 100644
--- a/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
+++ b/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/PlatformCompat.scala
@@ -7,10 +7,17 @@ import scala.scalanative.reflect.Reflect
 import sbt.testing.Task
 import sbt.testing.EventHandler
 import sbt.testing.Logger
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.Awaitable
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 
 object PlatformCompat {
+  def awaitResult[T](awaitable: Awaitable[T]): T = {
+    scalanative.runtime.loop()
+    Await.result(awaitable, Duration.Inf)
+  }
+
   def executeAsync(
       task: Task,
       eventHandler: EventHandler,
@@ -24,9 +31,7 @@ object PlatformCompat {
       duration: Duration,
       ec: ExecutionContext
   ): Future[T] = {
-    val f = startFuture()
-    scala.scalanative.runtime.loop()
-    f
+    startFuture()
   }
   def setTimeout(ms: Int)(body: => Unit): () => Unit = {
     Thread.sleep(ms)
diff --git a/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala b/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..791ae277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/munit/native/src/main/scala/munit/internal/junitinterface/JUnitTask.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Adapted from https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js, see NOTICE.md.
+ */
+
+package munit.internal.junitinterface
+
+import munit.internal.PlatformCompat
+import org.junit.runner.notification.RunNotifier
+import sbt.testing._
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+
+/* Implementation note: In JUnitTask we use Future[Try[Unit]] instead of simply
+ * Future[Unit]. This is to prevent Scala's Future implementation to box/wrap
+ * fatal errors (most importantly AssertionError) in ExecutionExceptions. We
+ * need to prevent the wrapping in order to hide the fact that we use async
+ * under the hood and stay consistent with JVM JUnit.
+ */
+final class JUnitTask(
+    _taskDef: TaskDef,
+    runSettings: RunSettings,
+    classLoader: ClassLoader
+) extends Task {
+
+  override def taskDef(): TaskDef = _taskDef
+  override def tags(): Array[String] = Array.empty
+
+  def execute(
+      eventHandler: EventHandler,
+      loggers: Array[Logger]
+  ): Array[Task] = {
+    PlatformCompat.newRunner(taskDef(), classLoader) match {
+      case None =>
+      case Some(runner) =>
+        runner.filter(runSettings.tags)
+        val reporter =
+          new JUnitReporter(eventHandler, loggers, runSettings, taskDef())
+        val notifier: RunNotifier = new MUnitRunNotifier(reporter)
+        runner.run(notifier)
+    }
+    Array()
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/MUnitRunner.scala b/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/MUnitRunner.scala
index 275aa98c..16081c7f 100644
--- a/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/MUnitRunner.scala
+++ b/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/MUnitRunner.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import org.junit.runner.notification.RunNotifier
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier
 import scala.collection.mutable
-import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ class MUnitRunner(val cls: Class[_ <: Suite], newInstance: () => Suite)
   }
 
   override def run(notifier: RunNotifier): Unit = {
-    Await.result(runAsync(notifier), Duration.Inf)
+    PlatformCompat.awaitResult(runAsync(notifier))
   }
   def runAsync(notifier: RunNotifier): Future[Unit] = {
     val description = getDescription()
diff --git a/tests/native/src/test/scala/munit/Issue695Suite.scala b/tests/native/src/test/scala/munit/Issue695Suite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee1324e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/native/src/test/scala/munit/Issue695Suite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package munit
+
+import scala.concurrent._
+
+class Issue695Suite extends FunSuite {
+  override def munitExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.global
+
+  test("await task on global EC") {
+    val p = Promise[Unit]()
+    ExecutionContext.global.execute { () =>
+      Thread.sleep(1000)
+      p.success(())
+    }
+    p.future
+  }
+
+}