diff --git a/requests_html.py b/requests_html.py
index c7f6e11..6630a2a 100644
--- a/requests_html.py
+++ b/requests_html.py
@@ -606,12 +606,23 @@ class HTMLSession(requests.Session):
 class AsyncHTMLSession(requests.Session):
     """ """
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, mock_browser: bool = True, *args, **kwargs):
         """ Create loop and thread pool. """
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        if mock_browser:
+            self.headers['User-Agent'] = user_agent()
+
+        self.hooks["response"].append(self.response_hook)
+
         self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         self.thread_pool = ThreadPoolExecutor()
 
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    @staticmethod
+    def response_hook(response, **kwargs) -> HTMLResponse:
+        """ Change response enconding and replace it by a HTMLResponse. """
+        response.encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING
+        return HTMLResponse._from_response(response)
 
     def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """ Partial original request func and run it in a thread. """
diff --git a/tests/test_requests_html.py b/tests/test_requests_html.py
index 3b70215..5f35aa7 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests_html.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from functools import partial
 
 import pytest
 from requests_html import HTMLSession, AsyncHTMLSession, HTML
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def async_get(event_loop):
     path = os.path.sep.join((os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'python.html'))
     url = 'file://{}'.format(path)
 
-    return async_session.get(url)
+    return partial(async_session.get, url)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.ok
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def test_file_get():
 @pytest.mark.ok
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_file_get(async_get):
-    r = await async_get
+    r = await async_get()
     assert r.status_code == 200
 
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ def test_containing():
     for e in python:
         assert 'python' in e.full_text.lower()
 
+
 @pytest.mark.ok
 def test_attrs():
     r = get()
@@ -90,6 +92,16 @@ def test_links():
     assert len(about.absolute_links) == 6
 
 
+@pytest.mark.ok
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_links(async_get):
+    r = await async_get()
+    about = r.html.find('#about', first=True)
+
+    assert len(about.links) == 6
+    assert len(about.absolute_links) == 6
+
+
 @pytest.mark.ok
 def test_search():
     r = get()