diff --git a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Operation/NewAzureVMCommand.cs b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Operation/NewAzureVMCommand.cs
index aded097f5856..b88d5adc4cac 100644
--- a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Operation/NewAzureVMCommand.cs
+++ b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Operation/NewAzureVMCommand.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ public class NewAzureVMCommand : VirtualMachineBaseCmdlet
         [Parameter(ParameterSetName = SimpleParameterSet, Mandatory = false)]
         public string Size { get; set; } = "Standard_DS1_v2";
 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false, HelpMessage = "Run cmdlet in the background")]
+        public SwitchParameter AsJob { get; set; }
+
         public override void ExecuteCmdlet()
         {
             switch (ParameterSetName)