diff --git a/src/DotNext.Tests/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLockTests.cs b/src/DotNext.Tests/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLockTests.cs
index 2393065e9..a70f9ffbb 100644
--- a/src/DotNext.Tests/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLockTests.cs
+++ b/src/DotNext.Tests/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLockTests.cs
@@ -179,4 +179,33 @@ public static async Task LockStealing2()
         l.Release();
         await task3;
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public static void SynchronousLock()
+    {
+        using var l = new AsyncExclusiveLock();
+        True(l.TryAcquire(DefaultTimeout, CancellationToken.None));
+
+        using (var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(100))
+        {
+            Throws<OperationCanceledException>(() => l.TryAcquire(DefaultTimeout, cts.Token));
+        }
+
+        False(l.TryAcquire(TimeSpan.Zero));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public static async Task MixedLock()
+    {
+        await using var l = new AsyncExclusiveLock();
+        True(await l.TryAcquireAsync(DefaultTimeout));
+
+        var t = new Thread(() => l.TryAcquire(DefaultTimeout));
+        t.Start();
+        l.Release();
+        
+        True(t.Join(DefaultTimeout));
+        False(l.TryAcquire());
+        l.Release();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/DotNext.Threading/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLock.cs b/src/DotNext.Threading/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLock.cs
index 76effb6af..85879b173 100644
--- a/src/DotNext.Threading/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLock.cs
+++ b/src/DotNext.Threading/Threading/AsyncExclusiveLock.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class AsyncExclusiveLock : QueuedSynchronizer, IAsyncDisposable
     private struct LockManager : ILockManager<DefaultWaitNode>
     {
         private bool state;
+        internal ManualResetEventSlim? SyncState;
 
         internal readonly bool Value => state;
 
@@ -23,9 +24,17 @@ private struct LockManager : ILockManager<DefaultWaitNode>
 
         public readonly bool IsLockAllowed => !state;
 
-        public void AcquireLock() => state = true;
+        public void AcquireLock()
+        {
+            state = true;
+            SyncState?.Reset();
+        }
 
-        internal void ExitLock() => state = false;
+        internal void ExitLock()
+        {
+            state = false;
+            SyncState?.Set();
+        }
     }
 
     private ValueTaskPool<bool, DefaultWaitNode, Action<DefaultWaitNode>> pool;
@@ -79,6 +88,11 @@ private void OnCompleted(DefaultWaitNode node)
     public bool TryAcquire()
     {
         ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(IsDisposed, this);
+        return TryAcquireCore();
+    }
+
+    private bool TryAcquireCore()
+    {
         Monitor.Enter(SyncRoot);
         var result = TryAcquire(ref manager);
         Monitor.Exit(SyncRoot);
@@ -86,13 +100,59 @@ public bool TryAcquire()
         return result;
     }
 
+    private bool TryAcquireCore(Timeout timeout, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        if (manager.SyncState is not { } mres)
+        {
+            lock (SyncRoot)
+            {
+                // Perf: avoid allocation of MRES if the lock can be acquired synchronously
+                if (TryAcquire(ref manager))
+                    return true;
+
+                mres = manager.SyncState ??= new();
+            }
+            
+            // lock status is already checked, go to the loop
+        }
+        else if (TryAcquireCore())
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        do
+        {
+            if (timeout.TryGetRemainingTime(out var remainingTime) && mres.Wait(remainingTime, token))
+                continue;
+
+            return false;
+        } while (!TryAcquireCore());
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tries to acquire the lock synchronously.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="timeout">The interval to wait for the lock.</param>
+    /// <param name="token">The token that can be used to abort lock acquisition.</param>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the lock is acquired;</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="timeout"/> is negative.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">This object has been disposed.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="OperationCanceledException">The operation has been canceled.</exception>
+    public bool TryAcquire(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken token = default)
+    {
+        ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(IsDisposed, this);
+        return timeout == TimeSpan.Zero ? TryAcquire() : TryAcquireCore(new(timeout), token);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Tries to enter the lock in exclusive mode asynchronously, with an optional time-out.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="timeout">The interval to wait for the lock.</param>
     /// <param name="token">The token that can be used to abort lock acquisition.</param>
     /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the caller entered exclusive mode; otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.</returns>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Time-out value is negative.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="timeout"/> is negative.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">This object has been disposed.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="OperationCanceledException">The operation has been canceled.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="PendingTaskInterruptedException">The operation has been interrupted manually.</exception>
@@ -105,7 +165,7 @@ public ValueTask<bool> TryAcquireAsync(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken token
     /// <param name="timeout">The interval to wait for the lock.</param>
     /// <param name="token">The token that can be used to abort lock acquisition.</param>
     /// <returns>The task representing lock acquisition operation.</returns>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Time-out value is negative.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="timeout"/> is negative.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">This object has been disposed.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="TimeoutException">The lock cannot be acquired during the specified amount of time.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="OperationCanceledException">The operation has been canceled.</exception>
@@ -230,4 +290,14 @@ public void Release()
     }
 
     private protected sealed override bool IsReadyToDispose => manager is { Value: false } && WaitQueueHead is null;
+
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing)
+        {
+            manager.SyncState?.Dispose();
+        }
+        
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
 }
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