diff --git a/docs/migrations.md b/docs/migrations.md
index 83f5415df..97a8be997 100644
--- a/docs/migrations.md
+++ b/docs/migrations.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ const migrations = {
       device: undefined   
     }
   },
-  1: (state) => {
+  // Async functions are allowed
+  1: async (state) => {
     // migration to keep only device state
     return {
       device: state.device
diff --git a/src/createMigrate.ts b/src/createMigrate.ts
index 78dcce05a..9ca362267 100644
--- a/src/createMigrate.ts
+++ b/src/createMigrate.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ export default function createMigrate(
   config?: { debug: boolean }
 ): (state: PersistedState, currentVersion: number) => Promise<PersistedState> {
   const { debug } = config || {}
-  return function(
+  return async function (
     state: PersistedState,
     currentVersion: number
   ): Promise<PersistedState> {
     if (!state) {
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug)
         console.log('redux-persist: no inbound state, skipping migration')
-      return Promise.resolve(undefined)
+      return undefined
     }
 
     const inboundVersion: number =
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default function createMigrate(
     if (inboundVersion === currentVersion) {
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug)
         console.log('redux-persist: versions match, noop migration')
-      return Promise.resolve(state)
+      return state
     }
     if (inboundVersion > currentVersion) {
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production')
@@ -40,18 +40,17 @@ export default function createMigrate(
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug)
       console.log('redux-persist: migrationKeys', migrationKeys)
-    try {
-      const migratedState: any = migrationKeys.reduce((state: any, versionKey) => {
-        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug)
-          console.log(
-            'redux-persist: running migration for versionKey',
-            versionKey
-          )
-        return migrations[versionKey](state)
-      }, state)
-      return Promise.resolve(migratedState)
-    } catch (err) {
-      return Promise.reject(err)
+    let migratedState: any = state
+
+    for (const versionKey of migrationKeys) {
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && debug)
+        console.log(
+          'redux-persist: running migration for versionKey',
+          versionKey
+        )
+      migratedState = await migrations[versionKey](migratedState)
     }
+
+    return migratedState
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 8e83b67e6..73237c51e 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ export interface WebStorage extends Storage {
 }
 
 export interface MigrationManifest {
-  [key: string]: (state: PersistedState) => PersistedState;
+  [key: string]:
+    | ((state: PersistedState) => PersistedState)
+    | ((state: PersistedState) => Promise<PersistedState>)
 }
 
 /**