diff --git a/src/events/http/Endpoint.js b/src/events/http/Endpoint.js
index 3b82bb576..be9d82c32 100644
--- a/src/events/http/Endpoint.js
+++ b/src/events/http/Endpoint.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export default class Endpoint {
   // loosely based on:
   // https://github.com/serverless/serverless/blob/v1.59.2/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js#L380
   #getIntegration(http) {
-    const { integration, async: isAsync } = http
+    const { integration } = http
     if (integration) {
       const normalizedIntegration = integration.toUpperCase().replace('-', '_')
       if (normalizedIntegration === 'LAMBDA') {
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ export default class Endpoint {
       return normalizedIntegration
     }
 
-    if (isAsync) {
-      return 'AWS'
-    }
-
     return 'AWS_PROXY'
   }
 
diff --git a/src/events/http/HttpServer.js b/src/events/http/HttpServer.js
index 3f69628a1..b62240702 100644
--- a/src/events/http/HttpServer.js
+++ b/src/events/http/HttpServer.js
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ export default class HttpServer {
       const response = h.response()
       const contentType = request.mime || 'application/json' // default content type
 
-      const { integration, requestTemplates } = endpoint
+      const { integration, requestTemplates, async: isAsync } = endpoint
 
       // default request template to '' if we don't have a definition pushed in from serverless or endpoint
       const requestTemplate =
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ export default class HttpServer {
                 request,
                 stage,
                 endpoint.routeKey,
+                isAsync,
                 additionalRequestContext,
               )
             : new LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent(
@@ -583,6 +584,7 @@ export default class HttpServer {
                 stage,
                 requestPath,
                 endpoint.isHttpApi ? endpoint.routeKey : null,
+                isAsync,
                 additionalRequestContext,
               )
 
@@ -599,7 +601,16 @@ export default class HttpServer {
       let err
 
       try {
-        result = await lambdaFunction.runHandler()
+        if (isAsync) {
+          // API Gateway returns 200 automatically
+          lambdaFunction.runHandler().catch(() => {})
+          result = {
+            body: '',
+            statusCode: 200,
+          }
+        } else {
+          result = await lambdaFunction.runHandler()
+        }
       } catch (_err) {
         err = _err
       }
diff --git a/src/events/http/lambda-events/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.js b/src/events/http/lambda-events/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.js
index 838790a4b..340a7b276 100644
--- a/src/events/http/lambda-events/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.js
+++ b/src/events/http/lambda-events/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.js
@@ -30,12 +30,22 @@ export default class LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent {
 
   #stage = null
 
-  constructor(request, stage, path, routeKey, additionalRequestContext) {
+  #isAsync = false
+
+  constructor(
+    request,
+    stage,
+    path,
+    routeKey,
+    isAsync,
+    additionalRequestContext,
+  ) {
     this.#additionalRequestContext = additionalRequestContext || {}
     this.#path = path
     this.#routeKey = routeKey
     this.#request = request
     this.#stage = stage
+    this.#isAsync = isAsync || false
   }
 
   create() {
@@ -96,6 +106,16 @@ export default class LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent {
         headers['Content-Length'] = String(byteLength(body))
       }
 
+      if (this.#isAsync) {
+        if (headers['Content-Type'] === 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') {
+          body = Object.fromEntries(new URLSearchParams(body).entries())
+        }
+
+        if (headers['Content-Type'] === 'application/json') {
+          body = JSON.parse(body)
+        }
+      }
+
       // Set a default Content-Type if not provided.
       if (
         !headers['Content-Type'] &&
diff --git a/tests/old-unit/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.test.js b/tests/old-unit/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.test.js
index 143ee5d71..3a03d7bb6 100644
--- a/tests/old-unit/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.test.js
+++ b/tests/old-unit/LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.test.js
@@ -747,6 +747,58 @@ describe('LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('with isAsync', () => {
+    it('should parse the body of a call with a application/json header', () => {
+      const requestBuilder = new RequestBuilder('POST', '/async')
+      requestBuilder.addBody(JSON.stringify({ key: 'value' }))
+      requestBuilder.addHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+      const request = requestBuilder.toObject()
+      const path = 'path'
+      const stageVariables = 'stageVariables'
+      const routeKey = undefined
+      const isAsync = true
+
+      const lambdaProxyIntegrationEvent = new LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent(
+        request,
+        stage,
+        path,
+        stageVariables,
+        routeKey,
+        isAsync,
+      ).create()
+
+      assert.equal(
+        lambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.body,
+        JSON.stringify({ key: 'value' }),
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('should parse the body of a call with a application/x-www-form-urlencoded header', () => {
+      const requestBuilder = new RequestBuilder('POST', '/async')
+      requestBuilder.addBody(new URLSearchParams({ key: 'value' }).toString())
+      requestBuilder.addHeader(
+        'Content-Type',
+        'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+      )
+      const request = requestBuilder.toObject()
+      const path = 'path'
+      const stageVariables = 'stageVariables'
+      const routeKey = undefined
+      const isAsync = true
+
+      const lambdaProxyIntegrationEvent = new LambdaProxyIntegrationEvent(
+        request,
+        stage,
+        path,
+        stageVariables,
+        routeKey,
+        isAsync,
+      ).create()
+
+      assert.equal(lambdaProxyIntegrationEvent.body, 'key=value')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('with operation name', () => {
     const requestBuilder = new RequestBuilder('GET', '/fn1')
     const request = requestBuilder.toObject()
diff --git a/tests/old-unit/offline.test.js b/tests/old-unit/offline.test.js
index 5b50eb484..b55d78205 100644
--- a/tests/old-unit/offline.test.js
+++ b/tests/old-unit/offline.test.js
@@ -388,6 +388,34 @@ describe('Offline', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('lambda-proxy integration with async', () => {
+    it('should return 200 even if lambda fails', async () => {
+      const offline = await new OfflineBuilder()
+        .addFunctionConfig('async', {
+          events: [
+            {
+              http: {
+                async: true,
+                method: 'GET',
+                path: 'async',
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          handler: 'tests/old-unit/fixtures/handler.throwDone',
+        })
+        .toObject()
+
+      const res = await offline.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        payload: { data: 'input' },
+        url: '/dev/async',
+      })
+
+      assert.equal(res.headers['content-type'], 'application/json')
+      assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('with catch-all route', () => {
     it('should match arbitary route', async () => {
       const offline = new OfflineBuilder().addFunctionConfig('test', {