diff --git a/src/t_string.cpp b/src/t_string.cpp
index c1f2e134a..7ffe24eff 100644
--- a/src/t_string.cpp
+++ b/src/t_string.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "server.h"
 #include <cmath> /* isnan(), isinf() */
+#include "aelocker.h"
 
 /* Forward declarations */
 int getGenericCommand(client *c);
@@ -524,10 +525,54 @@ void getrangeCommand(client *c) {
 }
 
 void mgetCommand(client *c) {
-    int j;
+    // Do async version for large number of arguments
+    if (c->argc > 100) {
+        const redisDbPersistentDataSnapshot *snapshot = nullptr;
+        if (!(c->flags & (CLIENT_MULTI | CLIENT_BLOCKED)))
+            snapshot = c->db->createSnapshot(c->mvccCheckpoint, false /* fOptional */);
+        if (snapshot != nullptr) {
+            list *keys = listCreate();
+            aeEventLoop *el = serverTL->el;
+            blockClient(c, BLOCKED_ASYNC);
+            redisDb *db = c->db;
+            g_pserver->asyncworkqueue->AddWorkFunction([el, c, keys, snapshot, db] {
+                for (int j = 1; j < c->argc; j++) {
+                    incrRefCount(c->argv[j]);
+                    listAddNodeTail(keys, c->argv[j]);
+                }
+                aePostFunction(el, [c, keys, snapshot, db] {
+                    aeReleaseLock();
+                    std::unique_lock<decltype(c->lock)> lock(c->lock);
+                    AeLocker locker;
+                    locker.arm(c);
+                    unblockClient(c);
 
+                    addReplyArrayLen(c,listLength(keys));
+                    listNode *ln = listFirst(keys);
+                    while (ln != nullptr) {
+                        robj_roptr o = snapshot->find_cached_threadsafe(szFromObj((robj*)listNodeValue(ln))).val();
+                        if (o == nullptr || o->type != OBJ_STRING) {
+                            addReplyNull(c);
+                        } else {
+                            addReplyBulk(c,o);
+                        }
+                        ln = ln->next;
+                    }
+
+                    locker.disarm();
+                    lock.unlock();
+                    db->endSnapshotAsync(snapshot);
+                    listSetFreeMethod(keys,decrRefCountVoid);
+                    listRelease(keys);
+                    aeAcquireLock();
+                });
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    
     addReplyArrayLen(c,c->argc-1);
-    for (j = 1; j < c->argc; j++) {
+    for (int j = 1; j < c->argc; j++) {
         robj_roptr o = lookupKeyRead(c->db,c->argv[j]);
         if (o == nullptr) {
             addReplyNull(c);