diff --git a/src/Zendesk/API/HttpClient.php b/src/Zendesk/API/HttpClient.php
index 0ab2fc54..b4bb891a 100644
--- a/src/Zendesk/API/HttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Zendesk/API/HttpClient.php
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ public function getSideload(array $params = [])
      * @param array $queryParams
      *
      * @return \stdClass | null
-     * @throws Exceptions\ApiResponseException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\AuthException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\ApiResponseException
      */
     public function get($endpoint, $queryParams = [])
     {
@@ -454,18 +455,22 @@ public function get($endpoint, $queryParams = [])
      * @param       $endpoint
      * @param array $postData
      *
-     * @return \stdClass | null
-     * @throws Exceptions\ApiResponseException
+     * @param array $options
+     * @return null|\stdClass
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\AuthException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\ApiResponseException
      */
-    public function post($endpoint, $postData = [])
+    public function post($endpoint, $postData = [], $options = [])
     {
+        $extraOptions = array_merge($options, [
+            'postFields' => $postData,
+            'method' => 'POST'
+        ]);
+
         $response = Http::send(
             $this,
             $endpoint,
-            [
-                'postFields' => $postData,
-                'method'     => 'POST'
-            ]
+            $extraOptions
         );
 
         return $response;
@@ -478,7 +483,8 @@ public function post($endpoint, $postData = [])
      * @param array $putData
      *
      * @return \stdClass | null
-     * @throws Exceptions\ApiResponseException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\AuthException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\ApiResponseException
      */
     public function put($endpoint, $putData = [])
     {
@@ -497,7 +503,8 @@ public function put($endpoint, $putData = [])
      * @param $endpoint
      *
      * @return null
-     * @throws Exceptions\ApiResponseException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\AuthException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\ApiResponseException
      */
     public function delete($endpoint)
     {
diff --git a/src/Zendesk/API/Resources/Core/Tickets.php b/src/Zendesk/API/Resources/Core/Tickets.php
index 1e6c3cda..932b2f9d 100755
--- a/src/Zendesk/API/Resources/Core/Tickets.php
+++ b/src/Zendesk/API/Resources/Core/Tickets.php
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ protected function setUpRoutes()
         parent::setUpRoutes();
 
         $this->setRoutes([
+            'create'              => 'tickets.json',
             'findMany'            => 'tickets/show_many.json',
             'updateMany'          => 'tickets/update_many.json',
             'markAsSpam'          => 'tickets/{id}/mark_as_spam.json',
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ public function findTwicket(array $params = [])
      * @throws ResponseException
      * @throws \Exception
      * @return \stdClass | null
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\AuthException
+     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\ApiResponseException
      */
     public function create(array $params)
     {
@@ -145,8 +148,23 @@ public function create(array $params)
             $params['comment']['uploads'] = $this->lastAttachments;
             $this->lastAttachments        = [];
         }
+        
+        $extraOptions = [];
+        if (isset($params['async']) && ($params['async'] == true)) {
+            $extraOptions = [
+                'queryParams' => [
+                    'async' => true
+                ]
+            ];
+        }
+
+        $route = $this->getRoute(__FUNCTION__, $params);
 
-        return $this->traitCreate($params);
+        return $this->client->post(
+            $route,
+            [$this->objectName => $params],
+            $extraOptions
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Zendesk/API/Traits/Resource/Create.php b/src/Zendesk/API/Traits/Resource/Create.php
index c063957d..4bdba6e6 100644
--- a/src/Zendesk/API/Traits/Resource/Create.php
+++ b/src/Zendesk/API/Traits/Resource/Create.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ trait Create
     /**
      * Create a new resource
      *
-     * @param array  $params
+     * @param array $params
      *
      * @param string $routeKey
      * @return null|\stdClass
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function create(array $params, $routeKey = __FUNCTION__)
         try {
             $route = $this->getRoute($routeKey, $params);
         } catch (RouteException $e) {
-            if (! isset($this->resourceName)) {
+            if (!isset($this->resourceName)) {
                 $this->resourceName = $this->getResourceNameFromClass();
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Zendesk/API/UnitTests/Core/TicketsTest.php b/tests/Zendesk/API/UnitTests/Core/TicketsTest.php
index 2965fd04..c84bf5aa 100755
--- a/tests/Zendesk/API/UnitTests/Core/TicketsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Zendesk/API/UnitTests/Core/TicketsTest.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function testDeleteMultiple()
      */
     public function testCreateWithAttachment()
     {
-        $this->mockAPIResponses([
+        $this->mockApiResponses([
             new Response(200, [], json_encode(['upload' => ['token' => 'asdf']])),
             new Response(200, [], json_encode(['ticket' => ['id' => '123']])),
         ]);
@@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ public function testCreateWithAttachment()
             'postFields' => $postFields,
         ]);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests that we can create the ticket with an async parameter which will add `async=true` to the query parameters
+     */
+    public function testCreateAsync()
+    {
+        $this->mockApiResponses([
+            new Response(200, [], json_encode(['ticket' => ['id' => '123']])),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->testTicket['async'] = true;
+        $this->client->tickets()->create($this->testTicket);
+
+        $this->assertLastRequestIs([
+            'method'     => 'POST',
+            'endpoint'   => 'tickets.json',
+            'queryParams' => ['async' => true],
+        ]);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the client can call and build the export tickets endpoint with the proper pagination query