diff --git a/src/server/create-renderer.js b/src/server/create-renderer.js
index 502b6fa6d1d..2a0ada84ea7 100644
--- a/src/server/create-renderer.js
+++ b/src/server/create-renderer.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export type RenderOptions = {
   basedir?: string;
   shouldPreload?: Function;
   shouldPrefetch?: Function;
+  shouldRenderAsyncScripts?: boolean;
   clientManifest?: ClientManifest;
   serializer?: Function;
   runInNewContext?: boolean | 'once';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export function createRenderer ({
   cache,
   shouldPreload,
   shouldPrefetch,
+  shouldRenderAsyncScripts,
   clientManifest,
   serializer
 }: RenderOptions = {}): Renderer {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ export function createRenderer ({
     inject,
     shouldPreload,
     shouldPrefetch,
+    shouldRenderAsyncScripts,
     clientManifest,
     serializer
   })
diff --git a/src/server/template-renderer/index.js b/src/server/template-renderer/index.js
index c8927b2de2c..74926bf16ad 100644
--- a/src/server/template-renderer/index.js
+++ b/src/server/template-renderer/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type TemplateRendererOptions = {
   clientManifest?: ClientManifest;
   shouldPreload?: (file: string, type: string) => boolean;
   shouldPrefetch?: (file: string, type: string) => boolean;
+  shouldRenderAsyncScripts?: boolean;
   serializer?: Function;
 };
 
@@ -221,9 +222,11 @@ export default class TemplateRenderer {
   }
 
   renderScripts (context: Object): string {
+    const shouldRenderAsyncScripts = this.options.shouldRenderAsyncScripts !== false
+
     if (this.clientManifest) {
       const initial = this.preloadFiles.filter(({ file }) => isJS(file))
-      const async = (this.getUsedAsyncFiles(context) || []).filter(({ file }) => isJS(file))
+      const async = ((shouldRenderAsyncScripts && this.getUsedAsyncFiles(context)) || []).filter(({ file }) => isJS(file))
       const needed = [initial[0]].concat(async, initial.slice(1))
       return needed.map(({ file }) => {
         return `<script src="${this.publicPath}${file}" defer></script>`
diff --git a/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js b/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js
index d30f096668a..70af1d02eee 100644
--- a/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js
+++ b/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ describe('SSR: template option', () => {
       // manifest chunk should be first
       `<script src="/manifest.js" defer></script>` +
       // async chunks should be before main chunk
-      `<script src="/0.js" defer></script>` +
+      (options.noAsyncScripts ? ``: `<script src="/0.js" defer></script>`) +
       `<script src="/main.js" defer></script>` +
     `</body></html>`
 
@@ -442,6 +442,25 @@ describe('SSR: template option', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    it('bundleRenderer + renderToStream + clientManifest + shouldRenderAsyncScripts', done => {
+      createRendererWithManifest('split.js', {
+        runInNewContext,
+        shouldRenderAsyncScripts: false
+      }, renderer => {
+        const stream = renderer.renderToStream({ state: { a: 1 }})
+        let res = ''
+        stream.on('data', chunk => {
+          res += chunk.toString()
+        })
+        stream.on('end', () => {
+          expect(res).toContain(expectedHTMLWithManifest({
+            noAsyncScripts: true
+          }))
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
     it('bundleRenderer + renderToString + clientManifest + inject: false', done => {
       createRendererWithManifest('split.js', {
         runInNewContext,