diff --git a/Realm/ObjectServerTests/SwiftObjectServerTests.swift b/Realm/ObjectServerTests/SwiftObjectServerTests.swift
index d967cfee15..f307be58b1 100644
--- a/Realm/ObjectServerTests/SwiftObjectServerTests.swift
+++ b/Realm/ObjectServerTests/SwiftObjectServerTests.swift
@@ -3061,7 +3061,6 @@ class AsyncAwaitObjectServerTests: SwiftSyncTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(realm3.objects(SwiftHugeSyncObject.self).count, 2)
     }
 
-
     @MainActor func testAsyncOpenDownloadBehaviorAlways() async throws {
         // Populate the Realm on the server
         let user1 = try await self.app.login(credentials: basicCredentials())
@@ -3092,6 +3091,38 @@ class AsyncAwaitObjectServerTests: SwiftSyncTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(realm3.objects(SwiftHugeSyncObject.self).count, 4)
     }
 
+    @MainActor func testAsyncOpenWithProgressNotification() async throws {
+        // Populate the Realm on the server
+        let user1 = try await self.app.login(credentials: basicCredentials())
+        let realm1 = try await Realm(configuration: user1.configuration(testName: #function))
+        try realm1.write {
+            realm1.add(SwiftHugeSyncObject.create())
+            realm1.add(SwiftHugeSyncObject.create())
+        }
+        waitForUploads(for: realm1)
+
+        var transferred = 0
+        var transferrable = 0
+        let user2 = try await app.login(credentials: .anonymous)
+        var ex = expectation(description: "Progresss Notification")
+        let realm2 = try await Realm(configuration: user2.configuration(testName: #function),
+                                     downloadBeforeOpen: .once,
+                                     progress: { progress in
+            XCTAssert(progress.transferredBytes >= transferred)
+            XCTAssert(progress.transferrableBytes >= transferrable)
+            transferred = progress.transferredBytes
+            transferrable = progress.transferrableBytes
+            if progress.transferredBytes > 0 && progress.isTransferComplete {
+                ex.fulfill()
+            }
+        })
+        waitForExpectations(timeout: 10.0, handler: nil)
+        XCTAssert(transferred >= transferrable)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(realm2.objects(SwiftHugeSyncObject.self).count, 2)
+        realm2.syncSession?.suspend()
+    }
+
     func testCallResetPasswordAsyncAwait() async throws {
         let email = "realm_tests_do_autoverify\(randomString(7))@\(randomString(7)).com"
         let password = randomString(10)
diff --git a/RealmSwift/Realm.swift b/RealmSwift/Realm.swift
index a633afa735..3bd0892603 100644
--- a/RealmSwift/Realm.swift
+++ b/RealmSwift/Realm.swift
@@ -1206,7 +1206,8 @@ extension Realm {
      */
     @MainActor
     public init(configuration: Realm.Configuration = .defaultConfiguration,
-                downloadBeforeOpen: OpenBehavior = .never) async throws {
+                downloadBeforeOpen: OpenBehavior = .never,
+                progress block: ((SyncSession.Progress) -> Void)? = nil) async throws {
         var rlmRealm: RLMRealm?
         switch downloadBeforeOpen {
         case .never:
@@ -1217,13 +1218,18 @@ extension Realm {
             }
         case .always:
             rlmRealm = try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
-                RLMRealm.asyncOpen(with: configuration.rlmConfiguration, callbackQueue: .main) { (realm, error) in
+                let rlmTask = RLMRealm.asyncOpen(with: configuration.rlmConfiguration, callbackQueue: .main) { (realm, error) in
                     if let error = error {
                         continuation.resume(with: .failure(error))
                     } else {
                         continuation.resume(with: .success(realm!))
                     }
                 }
+                if let block = block {
+                    rlmTask.addProgressNotification(on: DispatchQueue.main) { transferred, transferrable in
+                        block(SyncSession.Progress(transferred: transferred, transferrable: transferrable))
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
         if rlmRealm == nil {