diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d40d567e3c..0d534db5cf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Added small version of `EuiCallOut` [(#269)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/269)
 - Added first batch of TypeScript type definitions for components and services [(#252)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/252)
 - Added button for expanding `<EuiCodeBlock>` instances to be full-screen. [(#259)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/259)
+- Add test helper for async functions that throw exceptions [#301](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/301)
 
 **Bug fixes**
 
diff --git a/src/test/index.js b/src/test/index.js
index af1224e7b7b..616df81665c 100644
--- a/src/test/index.js
+++ b/src/test/index.js
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export { requiredProps } from './required_props';
 export { takeMountedSnapshot } from './take_mounted_snapshot';
 export { findTestSubject } from './find_test_subject';
 export { startThrowingReactWarnings, stopThrowingReactWarnings } from './react_warnings';
+export { syncify } from './syncify';
diff --git a/src/test/syncify.js b/src/test/syncify.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec4fbeff990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/syncify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Helper designed to help test async/await functions that throw exceptions
+// Example usage:
+// const fn = await syncify(() => asyncFn());
+// expect(fn).toThrow();
+// https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/1377
+export const syncify = async (fn) => {
+  try {
+    const result = await fn();
+    return () => { return result; };
+  } catch (e) {
+    return () => { throw e; };
+  }
+};