diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e95d08c840..0a6293f50e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added possibility to start bot via async context manager.
+  ([#1801](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/1801))
 - Added new parameters (`author`, `footer`, `image`, `thumbnail`) to `discord.Embed`.
   ([#1996](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/1996))
 - Added new events `on_bridge_command`, `on_bridge_command_completion`, and
diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index 654219a0bd..27e94d7c2f 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import signal
 import sys
 import traceback
+from types import TracebackType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Coroutine, Generator, Sequence, TypeVar
 
 import aiohttp
@@ -253,6 +254,27 @@ def __init__(
             VoiceClient.warn_nacl = False
             _log.warning("PyNaCl is not installed, voice will NOT be supported")
 
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> Client:
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        self.loop = loop
+        self.http.loop = loop
+        self._connection.loop = loop
+
+        self._ready = asyncio.Event()
+
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(
+        self,
+        exc_t: BaseException | None,
+        exc_v: BaseException | None,
+        exc_tb: TracebackType | None,
+    ) -> None:
+        if not self.is_closed():
+            await self.close()
+
+    # internals
+
     def _get_websocket(
         self, guild_id: int | None = None, *, shard_id: int | None = None
     ) -> DiscordWebSocket:
diff --git a/examples/basic_async_bot.py b/examples/basic_async_bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a72859fb37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic_async_bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import asyncio
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+bot = commands.Bot(
+    command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or("!"),
+    intents=discord.Intents.default(),
+)
+
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print(f"Logged in as {bot.user} (ID: {bot.user.id})")
+    print("------")
+
+
+@bot.slash_command(guild_ids=[...])  # Create a slash command.
+async def hello(ctx: discord.ApplicationContext):
+    """Say hello to the bot"""  # The command description can be supplied as the docstring
+    await ctx.respond(f"Hello {ctx.author.mention}!")
+
+
+async def main():
+    async with bot:
+        await bot.start("TOKEN")
+
+
+asyncio.run(main())