diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java
index ad4abe2f3..231a93632 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ public class FineractProperties {
         private String brokerUsername;
         private String brokerPassword;
         private int producerCount;
+        private boolean asyncSendEnabled;
 
         public boolean isBrokerPasswordProtected() {
             return StringUtils.isNotBlank(brokerUsername) || StringUtils.isNotBlank(brokerPassword);
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/config/ExternalEventJMSConfiguration.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/config/ExternalEventJMSConfiguration.java
index 3b384b672..228b155da 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/config/ExternalEventJMSConfiguration.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/config/ExternalEventJMSConfiguration.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class ExternalEventJMSConfiguration {
         FineractExternalEventsProducerJmsProperties jmsProps = fineractProperties.getEvents().getExternal().getProducer().getJms();
         ActiveMQConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory();
         connectionFactory.setBrokerURL(jmsProps.getBrokerUrl());
+        connectionFactory.setUseAsyncSend(jmsProps.isAsyncSendEnabled());
         connectionFactory.setTrustAllPackages(true);
         if (jmsProps.isBrokerPasswordProtected()) {
             connectionFactory.setUserName(jmsProps.getBrokerUsername());
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties b/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 0545d1b14..4d07b7230 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ fineract.remote-job-message-handler.jms.broker-password=${FINERACT_REMOTE_JOB_ME
 
 fineract.events.external.enabled=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_ENABLED:false}
 fineract.events.external.producer.jms.enabled=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_ENABLED:false}
+fineract.events.external.producer.jms.async-send-enabled=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_ASYNC_SEND_ENABLED:false}
 fineract.events.external.producer.jms.event-queue-name=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_QUEUE_NAME:}
 fineract.events.external.producer.jms.event-topic-name=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_TOPIC_NAME:}
 fineract.events.external.producer.jms.broker-url=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_BROKER_URL:tcp://127.0.0.1:61616}
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/repository/domain/ExternalEventTest.java b/fineract-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/repository/domain/ExternalEventTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02f12a8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/event/external/repository/domain/ExternalEventTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.event.external.repository.domain;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.businessdate.domain.BusinessDateType;
+import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.domain.FineractPlatformTenant;
+import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.service.ThreadLocalContextUtil;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ExternalEventTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConstructorWorks() {
+        // given
+        LocalDate currentBusinessDate = LocalDate.of(2022, 6, 12);
+        ThreadLocalContextUtil.setTenant(new FineractPlatformTenant(1L, "default", "Default", "Asia/Kolkata", null));
+        ThreadLocalContextUtil.setBusinessDates(new HashMap<>(Map.of(BusinessDateType.BUSINESS_DATE, currentBusinessDate)));
+
+        String type = "type";
+        String category = "category";
+        String schema = "schema";
+        byte[] data = new byte[0];
+        String idempotencyKey = "idempotencyKey";
+        long aggregateRootId = 1L;
+        // when
+        ExternalEvent result = new ExternalEvent(type, category, schema, data, idempotencyKey, aggregateRootId);
+        // then
+        assertThat(result.getType()).isEqualTo(type);
+        assertThat(result.getCategory()).isEqualTo(category);
+        assertThat(result.getSchema()).isEqualTo(schema);
+        assertThat(result.getData()).isEqualTo(data);
+        assertThat(result.getIdempotencyKey()).isEqualTo(idempotencyKey);
+        assertThat(result.getAggregateRootId()).isEqualTo(aggregateRootId);
+        assertThat(result.getStatus()).isEqualTo(ExternalEventStatus.TO_BE_SENT);
+        assertThat(result.getBusinessDate()).isEqualTo(currentBusinessDate);
+        assertThat(result.getCreatedAt()).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(result.getSentAt()).isNull();
+
+    }
+}