diff --git a/direct/src/interval/CMakeLists.txt b/direct/src/interval/CMakeLists.txt
index 2eba8a917a..e3053b4369 100644
--- a/direct/src/interval/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/direct/src/interval/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ set(P3INTERVAL_SOURCES
   waitInterval.cxx
 )
 
+set(P3INTERVAL_IGATEEXT
+  cInterval_ext.cxx
+  cInterval_ext.h
+)
+
 composite_sources(p3interval P3INTERVAL_SOURCES)
 add_component_library(p3interval SYMBOL BUILDING_DIRECT_INTERVAL
   ${P3INTERVAL_HEADERS} ${P3INTERVAL_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(p3interval p3directbase panda)
-target_interrogate(p3interval ALL)
+target_interrogate(p3interval ALL EXTENSIONS ${P3INTERVAL_IGATEEXT})
 
 if(NOT BUILD_METALIBS)
   install(TARGETS p3interval
diff --git a/direct/src/interval/cInterval.h b/direct/src/interval/cInterval.h
index 979dba4547..3c4617a801 100644
--- a/direct/src/interval/cInterval.h
+++ b/direct/src/interval/cInterval.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "pvector.h"
 #include "config_interval.h"
 #include "pStatCollector.h"
+#include "extension.h"
 
 class CIntervalManager;
 
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ PUBLISHED:
   bool step_play();
 
 PUBLISHED:
+  EXTENSION(PyObject *__await__(PyObject *self));
+
   MAKE_PROPERTY(name, get_name);
   MAKE_PROPERTY(duration, get_duration);
   MAKE_PROPERTY(open_ended, get_open_ended);
diff --git a/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx b/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9604f8003b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+ * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+ * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+ * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+ *
+ * @file cInterval_ext.cxx
+ * @author rdb
+ * @date 2020-10-17
+ */
+
+#include "cInterval_ext.h"
+#include "cIntervalManager.h"
+#include "asyncFuture.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
+
+#ifndef CPPPARSER
+extern struct Dtool_PyTypedObject Dtool_CInterval;
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Yields continuously until the interval is done.
+ */
+static PyObject *gen_next(PyObject *self) {
+  const CInterval *ival;
+  if (!Dtool_Call_ExtractThisPointer(self, Dtool_CInterval, (void **)&ival)) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  if (ival->get_state() != CInterval::S_final) {
+    // Try again next frame.
+    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+    return Py_None;
+  }
+  else {
+    PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Awaiting an interval starts it and yields a future until it is done.
+ */
+PyObject *Extension<CInterval>::
+__await__(PyObject *self) {
+  if (_this->get_state() != CInterval::S_initial) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Can only await an interval that is in the initial state.");
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  _this->start();
+  return Dtool_NewGenerator(self, &gen_next);
+}
+
+#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON
diff --git a/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.h b/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edec0cffd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+ * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+ * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+ * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+ *
+ * @file cInterval_ext.h
+ * @author rdb
+ * @date 2020-10-17
+ */
+
+#ifndef CINTERVAL_EXT_H
+#define CINTERVAL_EXT_H
+
+#include "dtoolbase.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
+
+#include "extension.h"
+#include "cInterval.h"
+#include "py_panda.h"
+
+/**
+ * This class defines the extension methods for CInterval, which are called
+ * instead of any C++ methods with the same prototype.
+ */
+template<>
+class Extension<CInterval> : public ExtensionBase<CInterval> {
+public:
+  PyObject *__await__(PyObject *self);
+};
+
+#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON
+
+#endif  // CINTERVAL_EXT_H
diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index c7df213179..9153adfc20 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -4978,6 +4978,7 @@ if not PkgSkip("DIRECT"):
     IGATEFILES=GetDirectoryContents('direct/src/interval', ["*.h", "*_composite*.cxx"])
     TargetAdd('libp3interval.in', opts=OPTS, input=IGATEFILES)
     TargetAdd('libp3interval.in', opts=['IMOD:panda3d.direct', 'ILIB:libp3interval', 'SRCDIR:direct/src/interval'])
+    PyTargetAdd('p3interval_cInterval_ext.obj', opts=OPTS, input='cInterval_ext.cxx')
 
 #
 # DIRECTORY: direct/src/showbase/
@@ -5041,6 +5042,7 @@ if not PkgSkip("DIRECT"):
     PyTargetAdd('direct.pyd', input='libp3showbase_igate.obj')
     PyTargetAdd('direct.pyd', input='libp3deadrec_igate.obj')
     PyTargetAdd('direct.pyd', input='libp3interval_igate.obj')
+    PyTargetAdd('direct.pyd', input='p3interval_cInterval_ext.obj')
     PyTargetAdd('direct.pyd', input='libp3distributed_igate.obj')
     PyTargetAdd('direct.pyd', input='libp3motiontrail_igate.obj')
 
diff --git a/panda/src/event/pythonTask.cxx b/panda/src/event/pythonTask.cxx
index 6796940d6f..8d7e351394 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/pythonTask.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/event/pythonTask.cxx
@@ -624,6 +624,11 @@ do_python_task() {
         return DS_done;
       }
 
+    } else if (result == Py_None && PyCoro_CheckExact(_generator)) {
+      // Bare yield from a coroutine means to try again next frame.
+      Py_DECREF(result);
+      return DS_cont;
+
     } else if (DtoolInstance_Check(result)) {
       // We are waiting for an AsyncFuture (eg. other task) to finish.
       AsyncFuture *fut = (AsyncFuture *)DtoolInstance_UPCAST(result, Dtool_AsyncFuture);