diff --git a/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim b/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim
index 082fe40ff4..be6522c363 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ proc processBody(node, retFutureSym: NimNode,
   of nnkCommand, nnkCall:
     if node[0].kind == nnkIdent and node[0].ident == !"await":
       case node[1].kind
-      of nnkIdent, nnkInfix:
+      of nnkIdent, nnkInfix, nnkDotExpr:
         # await x
         # await x or y
         result = newNimNode(nnkYieldStmt, node).add(node[1]) # -> yield x