diff --git a/pykern/pkasyncio.py b/pykern/pkasyncio.py
index 548df093..b8430362 100644
--- a/pykern/pkasyncio.py
+++ b/pykern/pkasyncio.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ async def _do():
         asyncio.run(_do(), debug=_cfg.debug)
 
 
+def create_task(coro):
+    return asyncio.create_task(coro)
+
+
 async def sleep(secs):
     await asyncio.sleep(secs)