diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf3d3d2e..2402e1db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Changed
  * `import` now returns nil instead of the last module's string representation (#1174)
+ * `defn` now processes name metadata alongside `attr-map?`, enabling `defasync` to effectively pass meta keys like `:decorators` (part of #1178)
 
 ### Fixed
  * Fix a bug in `defn` where the `attr-map?` and function metdata were merged into a seq instead of a map, causing `macroexpand` to fail in some cases (#1186)
diff --git a/src/basilisp/core.lpy b/src/basilisp/core.lpy
index 1fd88cb5..8feef87d 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/core.lpy
+++ b/src/basilisp/core.lpy
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@
 
                After the name, an optional mapping of meta attributes may be provided.
                Any metadata values given will be attached to the metadata of the
-               interned Var. A few special meta keys change how ``defn`` emits the
-               final Var and function:
+               interned Var, taking precedence over existing metadata.
+
+               A few special meta keys change how ``defn`` emits the final Var and
+               function:
 
                 - ``:decorators`` is an optional vector of functions which will wrap
                   the final function emitted by ``defn``. Like standard Python
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@
           body   (if fmeta
                    (rest body)
                    body)
+          fmeta  (meta fname)
           multi? (seq? (first body))
           fsigs  (if multi?
                    (loop [arities body
diff --git a/tests/basilisp/test_core_macros.lpy b/tests/basilisp/test_core_macros.lpy
index b1f19688..dcc770f3 100644
--- a/tests/basilisp/test_core_macros.lpy
+++ b/tests/basilisp/test_core_macros.lpy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (ns tests.basilisp.test-core-macros
-  (:import contextlib inspect os socket tempfile)
+  (:import asyncio contextlib inspect os socket tempfile)
   (:require
    [basilisp.string :as str]
    [basilisp.test :refer [deftest is are testing]]))
@@ -96,7 +96,24 @@
       (is (= {:abc 10 :lmn 15 :xyz 11} (select-keys vmeta [:abc :lmn :xyz])))))
 
   (testing "macroexpand with attr-map?"
-    (is (macroexpand '(defn fx {:abc 10} [] :kw)))))
+    (is (macroexpand '(defn fx {:abc 10} [] :kw))))
+
+  (testing "decorators"
+    (testing "single"
+      (let [add-5% #(fn [] (+ (%) 5))
+            fvar  (defn f10 {:decorators [add-5%]} [] 7)]
+        (is (= 12 (f10)))))
+
+    (testing "single with arg"
+      (let [add-x% (fn [x] #(fn [] (+ (%) x)))
+            fvar  (defn f11 {:decorators [(add-x% 10)]} [] 7)]
+        (is (= 17 (f11)))))
+
+    (testing "mix"
+      (let [add-5% #(fn [] (+ (%) 5))
+            add-x% (fn [x] #(fn [] (+ (%) x)))
+            fvar  (defn f12 {:decorators [(add-x% 10) add-5%]} [] 9)]
+        (is (= 24 (f12)))))))
 
 (deftest defasync-test
   (testing "single arity defasync"
@@ -189,7 +206,24 @@
         (is (:async vmeta))
         (is (inspect/iscoroutinefunction af8))
         (is (= "0.1" (:added vmeta)))
-        (is (= "another multi-arity docstring" (:doc vmeta)))))))
+        (is (= "another multi-arity docstring" (:doc vmeta)))))
+
+    (testing "async decorators"
+      (testing "single"
+        (let [add-5% #(fn ^:async _ [] (+ (await (%)) 5))
+              fvar   (defasync ^{:decorators [add-5%]} af9 [] 7)]
+          (is (= 12 (asyncio/run (af9))))))
+
+      (testing "single with arg"
+        (let [add-x% (fn [x] #(fn ^:async _ [] (+ (await (%)) x)))
+              fvar   (defasync ^{:decorators [(add-x% 10)]} af10 [] 7)]
+          (is (= 17 (asyncio/run (af10))))))
+
+      (testing "mix"
+        (let [add-5% #(fn ^:async _ [] (+ (await (%)) 5))
+              add-x% (fn [x] #(fn ^:async _ [] (+ (await (%)) x)))
+              fvar   (defasync af11 {:decorators [(add-x% 10) add-5%]} [] 9)]
+          (is (= 24 (asyncio/run (af11)))))))))
 
 (deftest defn-private-test
   (testing "single arity defn-"