diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15046e02b0b7..fdd92a8a58f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * [#507](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/pull/507) mempool respect gas wanted returned by ante handler
 * [#744](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/pull/744) Pass raw transactions to tx executor so it can do pre-estimations.
 * [#884](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/pull/884) Avoid decoding tx for in PrepareProposal if it's NopMempool.
+* [#]() Prune cmd wait for async pruning to finish.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
diff --git a/client/pruning/main.go b/client/pruning/main.go
index 51dc5f9c2162..58ffcf964c30 100644
--- a/client/pruning/main.go
+++ b/client/pruning/main.go
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ Supported app-db-backend types include 'goleveldb', 'rocksdb', 'pebbledb'.`,
 			pruningHeight := latestHeight - int64(pruningOptions.KeepRecent)
 			cmd.Printf("pruning heights up to %v\n", pruningHeight)
 
-			err = rootMultiStore.PruneStores(pruningHeight)
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := rootMultiStore.PruneStores(pruningHeight); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// close will wait for async pruning process to finish
+			if err := rootMultiStore.Close(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/store/iavl/store.go b/store/iavl/store.go
index 7066891cda19..1ff68609e8a3 100644
--- a/store/iavl/store.go
+++ b/store/iavl/store.go
@@ -389,6 +389,13 @@ func (st *Store) TraverseStateChanges(startVersion, endVersion int64, fn func(ve
 	return st.tree.TraverseStateChanges(startVersion, endVersion, fn)
 }
 
+func (st *Store) Close() error {
+	if closer, ok := st.tree.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return closer.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Takes a MutableTree, a key, and a flag for creating existence or absence proof and returns the
 // appropriate merkle.Proof. Since this must be called after querying for the value, this function should never error
 // Thus, it will panic on error rather than returning it
diff --git a/store/rootmulti/store.go b/store/rootmulti/store.go
index 540814b51415..7484f5d4be26 100644
--- a/store/rootmulti/store.go
+++ b/store/rootmulti/store.go
@@ -1188,6 +1188,16 @@ func (rs *Store) flushMetadata(db dbm.DB, version int64, cInfo *types.CommitInfo
 	rs.logger.Debug("flushing metadata finished", "height", version)
 }
 
+func (rs *Store) Close() error {
+	errs := make([]error, 0, len(rs.stores))
+	for _, store := range rs.stores {
+		if closer, ok := store.(io.Closer); ok {
+			errs = append(errs, closer.Close())
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
+}
+
 type storeParams struct {
 	key            types.StoreKey
 	db             dbm.DB