diff --git a/packages/typescript/src/api/async/api.ts b/packages/typescript/src/api/async/api.ts
index ad787fb62495d..33461c9f26188 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/src/api/async/api.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript/src/api/async/api.ts
@@ -1822,6 +1822,15 @@ export class Checker {
         return data ? this.objectRegistry.getOrCreateType(data) : undefined;
     }
 
+    async getAwaitedType(type: Type): Promise<Type | undefined> {
+        const data = await this.client.apiRequest("getAwaitedType", {
+            snapshot: this.snapshotId,
+            project: this.project.id,
+            type: type.id,
+        });
+        return data ? this.objectRegistry.getOrCreateType(data) : undefined;
+    }
+
     async getPropertyOfType(type: Type, name: string): Promise<Symbol | undefined> {
         const data = await this.client.apiRequest("getPropertyOfType", {
             snapshot: this.snapshotId,
diff --git a/packages/typescript/src/api/proto.generated.ts b/packages/typescript/src/api/proto.generated.ts
index 35c08679d2aa4..2cfc1b940d00c 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/src/api/proto.generated.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript/src/api/proto.generated.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export interface APIMethodInfo {
     getPropertiesOfType: APIMethod<CheckerTypeParams, SymbolResponse[] | null>;
     getApparentPropertiesOfType: APIMethod<GetTypePropertyParams, SymbolResponse[]>;
     getApparentType: APIMethod<GetTypePropertyParams, TypeResponse>;
+    getAwaitedType: APIMethod<CheckerTypeParams, TypeResponse | null>;
     getReducedType: APIMethod<GetTypePropertyParams, TypeResponse>;
     getPropertyOfType: APIMethod<GetPropertyOfTypeParams, SymbolResponse | null>;
     getIndexInfosOfType: APIMethod<CheckerTypeParams, IndexInfoResponse[] | null>;
diff --git a/packages/typescript/src/api/sync/api.ts b/packages/typescript/src/api/sync/api.ts
index 074471e86cfbb..f63eccd8d07ee 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/src/api/sync/api.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript/src/api/sync/api.ts
@@ -1830,6 +1830,15 @@ export class Checker {
         return data ? this.objectRegistry.getOrCreateType(data) : undefined;
     }
 
+    getAwaitedType(type: Type): Type | undefined {
+        const data = this.client.apiRequest("getAwaitedType", {
+            snapshot: this.snapshotId,
+            project: this.project.id,
+            type: type.id,
+        });
+        return data ? this.objectRegistry.getOrCreateType(data) : undefined;
+    }
+
     getPropertyOfType(type: Type, name: string): Symbol | undefined {
         const data = this.client.apiRequest("getPropertyOfType", {
             snapshot: this.snapshotId,
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/async/api.test.ts b/packages/typescript/test/async/api.test.ts
index fe08206bc486b..cf15a3c9c9f1f 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/test/async/api.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/async/api.test.ts
@@ -4112,6 +4112,91 @@ describe("Checker - getBaseConstraintOfType", () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe("Checker - getAwaitedType", () => {
+    test("unwraps Promise<string> to string", async () => {
+        const src = `export const value: Promise<string> = Promise.resolve("x");`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = await api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = await project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("value"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = await project.checker.getTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = await project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.ok(awaited);
+            assert.ok(awaited.flags & TypeFlags.String, `Expected string, got flags ${awaited.flags}`);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await api.close();
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("unwraps nested Promise<Promise<number>>", async () => {
+        const src = `export const value: Promise<Promise<number>> = Promise.resolve(Promise.resolve(1));`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = await api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = await project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("value"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = await project.checker.getTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = await project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.ok(awaited);
+            assert.ok(awaited.flags & TypeFlags.Number, `Expected number, got flags ${awaited.flags}`);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await api.close();
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("returns the type itself when it is not thenable", async () => {
+        const src = `export const value: string = "x";`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = await api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = await project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("value"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = await project.checker.getTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = await project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.ok(awaited);
+            assert.strictEqual(awaited, type);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await api.close();
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("returns undefined for a recursive thenable", async () => {
+        const src = `export type Loop = { then(resolve: (value: Loop) => void): void };`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = await api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = await project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("Loop"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = await project.checker.getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = await project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.equal(awaited, undefined);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await api.close();
+        }
+    });
+});
+
 describe("Checker - getPropertyOfType", () => {
     test("returns a named property symbol of a type", async () => {
         const api = spawnAPI({
diff --git a/packages/typescript/test/sync/api.test.ts b/packages/typescript/test/sync/api.test.ts
index 6974061a4a6fb..710f8dc59f000 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/test/sync/api.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript/test/sync/api.test.ts
@@ -4120,6 +4120,91 @@ describe("Checker - getBaseConstraintOfType", () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe("Checker - getAwaitedType", () => {
+    test("unwraps Promise<string> to string", () => {
+        const src = `export const value: Promise<string> = Promise.resolve("x");`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("value"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = project.checker.getTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.ok(awaited);
+            assert.ok(awaited.flags & TypeFlags.String, `Expected string, got flags ${awaited.flags}`);
+        }
+        finally {
+            api.close();
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("unwraps nested Promise<Promise<number>>", () => {
+        const src = `export const value: Promise<Promise<number>> = Promise.resolve(Promise.resolve(1));`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("value"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = project.checker.getTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.ok(awaited);
+            assert.ok(awaited.flags & TypeFlags.Number, `Expected number, got flags ${awaited.flags}`);
+        }
+        finally {
+            api.close();
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("returns the type itself when it is not thenable", () => {
+        const src = `export const value: string = "x";`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("value"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = project.checker.getTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.ok(awaited);
+            assert.strictEqual(awaited, type);
+        }
+        finally {
+            api.close();
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("returns undefined for a recursive thenable", () => {
+        const src = `export type Loop = { then(resolve: (value: Loop) => void): void };`;
+        const api = spawnAPI({
+            "/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true } }),
+            "/src/main.ts": src,
+        });
+        try {
+            const snapshot = api.updateSnapshot({ openProject: "/tsconfig.json" });
+            const project = snapshot.getProject("/tsconfig.json")!;
+            const symbol = project.checker.getSymbolAtPosition("/src/main.ts", src.indexOf("Loop"));
+            assert.ok(symbol);
+            const type = project.checker.getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(symbol);
+            const awaited = project.checker.getAwaitedType(type);
+            assert.equal(awaited, undefined);
+        }
+        finally {
+            api.close();
+        }
+    });
+});
+
 describe("Checker - getPropertyOfType", () => {
     test("returns a named property symbol of a type", () => {
         const api = spawnAPI({
diff --git a/tsc/internal/api/proto.go b/tsc/internal/api/proto.go
index 45793d96a61be..6665fa2f1984f 100644
--- a/tsc/internal/api/proto.go
+++ b/tsc/internal/api/proto.go
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ const (
 	MethodGetPropertiesOfType               Method = "getPropertiesOfType"
 	MethodGetApparentPropertiesOfType       Method = "getApparentPropertiesOfType"
 	MethodGetApparentType                   Method = "getApparentType"
+	MethodGetAwaitedType                    Method = "getAwaitedType"
 	MethodGetReducedType                    Method = "getReducedType"
 	MethodGetPropertyOfType                 Method = "getPropertyOfType"
 	MethodGetIndexInfosOfType               Method = "getIndexInfosOfType"
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ var unmarshalers = map[Method]func([]byte) (any, error){
 	MethodGetPropertiesOfType:               unmarshallerFor[CheckerTypeParams],
 	MethodGetApparentPropertiesOfType:       unmarshallerFor[GetTypePropertyParams],
 	MethodGetApparentType:                   unmarshallerFor[GetTypePropertyParams],
+	MethodGetAwaitedType:                    unmarshallerFor[CheckerTypeParams],
 	MethodGetReducedType:                    unmarshallerFor[GetTypePropertyParams],
 	MethodGetPropertyOfType:                 unmarshallerFor[GetPropertyOfTypeParams],
 	MethodGetIndexInfosOfType:               unmarshallerFor[CheckerTypeParams],
diff --git a/tsc/internal/api/session.go b/tsc/internal/api/session.go
index d5c668385b849..8f45fcedec4d8 100644
--- a/tsc/internal/api/session.go
+++ b/tsc/internal/api/session.go
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@ func (s *Session) HandleRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, params json.
 		return s.handleGetApparentPropertiesOfType(ctx, parsed.(*GetTypePropertyParams))
 	case string(MethodGetApparentType):
 		return s.handleGetApparentType(ctx, parsed.(*GetTypePropertyParams))
+	case string(MethodGetAwaitedType):
+		return s.handleGetAwaitedType(ctx, parsed.(*CheckerTypeParams))
 	case string(MethodGetReducedType):
 		return s.handleGetReducedType(ctx, parsed.(*GetTypePropertyParams))
 	case string(MethodGetPropertyOfType):
@@ -3064,6 +3066,28 @@ func (s *Session) handleGetApparentType(ctx context.Context, params *GetTypeProp
 	return setup.newTypeResponse(setup.checker.GetApparentType(t)), nil
 }
 
+// handleGetAwaitedType returns the type of `await expr` for a type.
+// @gen-proto-nullable
+func (s *Session) handleGetAwaitedType(ctx context.Context, params *CheckerTypeParams) (*TypeResponse, error) {
+	setup, err := s.setupChecker(ctx, params.Snapshot, params.Project)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer setup.done()
+
+	t, err := setup.resolveTypeHandle(params.Type)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	awaited := setup.checker.GetAwaitedType(t)
+	if awaited == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	return setup.newTypeResponse(awaited), nil
+}
+
 // handleGetReducedType returns the reduced type of a type.
 func (s *Session) handleGetReducedType(ctx context.Context, params *GetTypePropertyParams) (*TypeResponse, error) {
 	setup, err := s.setupChecker(ctx, params.Snapshot, params.Project)
diff --git a/tsc/internal/checker/exports.go b/tsc/internal/checker/exports.go
index 49efc3208d430..bfb5f7f0008c6 100644
--- a/tsc/internal/checker/exports.go
+++ b/tsc/internal/checker/exports.go
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ func (c *Checker) GetApparentType(t *Type) *Type {
 	return c.getApparentType(t)
 }
 
+func (c *Checker) GetAwaitedType(t *Type) *Type {
+	return c.getAwaitedType(t)
+}
+
 func (c *Checker) GetReducedType(t *Type) *Type {
 	return c.getReducedType(t)
 }