diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index 8644dc35..92802426 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -3066,6 +3066,15 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Clock = function() {
     let installed = false;
     let delayedFunctionScheduler;
     let timer;
+    // Tracks how the clock ticking behaves.
+    // By default, the clock only ticks when the user manually calls a tick method.
+    // There is also an 'auto' mode which will advance the clock automatically to
+    // to the next task. Once enabled, there is currently no mechanism for users
+    // to disable the auto ticking.
+    let tickMode = {
+      mode: 'manual',
+      counter: 0
+    };
 
     this.FakeTimeout = FakeTimeout;
 
@@ -3175,8 +3184,95 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Clock = function() {
       }
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the clock to automatically advance time.
+     *
+     * With this mode, the clock advances to the first scheduled timer and fires it, in a loop.
+     * Between each timer, it will also break the event loop, allowing any scheduled promise
+callbacks to execute _before_ running the next one.
+     *
+     * This mode allows tests to be authored in a way that does not need to be aware of the
+     * mock clock. Consequently, tests which have been authored without a mock clock installed
+     * can one with auto tick enabled without any other updates to the test logic.
+     *
+     * In many cases, this can greatly improve test execution speed because asynchronous tasks
+     * will execute as quickly as possible rather than waiting real time to complete.
+     *
+     * Furthermore, tests can be authored in a consitent manner. They can always be written in an asynchronous style
+     * rather than having `tick` sprinkled throughout the tests with mock time in order to manually
+     * advance the clock.
+     *
+     * When auto tick is enabled, `tick` can still be used to synchronously advance the clock if necessary.
+     */
+    this.autoTick = function() {
+      if (tickMode.mode === 'auto') {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      tickMode = { mode: 'auto', counter: tickMode.counter + 1 };
+      advanceUntilModeChanges();
+    };
+
     return this;
 
+    // Advances the Clock's time until the mode changes.
+    //
+    // The time is advanced asynchronously, giving microtasks and events a chance
+    // to run before each timer runs.
+    //
+    // @function
+    // @return {!Promise<undefined>}
+    async function advanceUntilModeChanges() {
+      if (!installed) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Mock clock is not installed, use jasmine.clock().install()'
+        );
+      }
+      const { counter } = tickMode;
+
+      while (true) {
+        await newMacrotask();
+
+        if (
+          tickMode.counter !== counter ||
+          !installed ||
+          delayedFunctionScheduler === null
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (!delayedFunctionScheduler.isEmpty()) {
+          delayedFunctionScheduler.runNextQueuedFunction(function(millis) {
+            mockDate.tick(millis);
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Waits until a new macro task.
+    //
+    // Used with autoTick(), which is meant to act when the test is waiting, we need
+    // to insert ourselves in the macro task queue.
+    //
+    // @return {!Promise<undefined>}
+    async function newMacrotask() {
+      // MessageChannel ensures that setTimeout is not throttled to 4ms.
+      // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/setTimeout#reasons_for_delays_longer_than_specified
+      // https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-starters-qtlpcc
+      // Note: This trick does not work in Safari, which will still throttle the setTimeout
+      const channel = new MessageChannel();
+      await new Promise(resolve => {
+        channel.port1.onmessage = resolve;
+        channel.port2.postMessage(undefined);
+      });
+      channel.port1.close();
+      channel.port2.close();
+      // setTimeout ensures that we interleave with other setTimeouts.
+      await new Promise(resolve => {
+        realTimingFunctions.setTimeout.call(global, resolve);
+      });
+    }
+
     function originalTimingFunctionsIntact() {
       return (
         global.setTimeout === realTimingFunctions.setTimeout &&
@@ -3407,6 +3503,37 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().DelayedFunctionScheduler = function(j$) {
       }
     };
 
+    // Returns whether there are any scheduled functions.
+    // Returns true if there are any scheduled functions, otherwise false.
+    this.isEmpty = function() {
+      return this.scheduledFunctions_.length === 0;
+    };
+
+    // Runs the next timeout in the queue, advancing the clock.
+    this.runNextQueuedFunction = function(tickDate) {
+      if (this.scheduledLookup_.length === 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const newCurrentTime = this.scheduledLookup_[0];
+      if (newCurrentTime >= this.currentTime_) {
+        tickDate(newCurrentTime - this.currentTime_);
+        this.currentTime_ = newCurrentTime;
+      }
+
+      const funcsAtTime = this.scheduledFunctions_[this.currentTime_];
+      const fn = funcsAtTime.shift();
+      if (funcsAtTime.length === 0) {
+        delete this.scheduledFunctions_[this.currentTime_];
+        this.scheduledLookup_.splice(0, 1);
+      }
+
+      if (fn.recurring) {
+        this.reschedule_(fn);
+      }
+      fn.funcToCall.apply(null, fn.params || []);
+    };
+
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/core/ClockSpec.js b/spec/core/ClockSpec.js
index 474fbab8..6774aefb 100644
--- a/spec/core/ClockSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/ClockSpec.js
@@ -687,6 +687,142 @@ describe('Clock (acceptance)', function() {
     expect(recurring1.calls.count()).toBe(4);
   });
 
+  describe('auto tick mode', () => {
+    let delayedFunctionScheduler;
+    let mockDate;
+    let clock;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      delayedFunctionScheduler = new jasmineUnderTest.DelayedFunctionScheduler();
+      mockDate = {
+        install: function() {},
+        tick: function() {},
+        uninstall: function() {}
+      };
+      clock = new jasmineUnderTest.Clock(
+        // We use the real window for global or firefox is displeased when we try to call a real setTimeout on an object "that doesn't implement window".
+        typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window : { setTimeout: setTimeout },
+        function() {
+          return delayedFunctionScheduler;
+        },
+        mockDate
+      );
+      clock.install();
+      clock.autoTick();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      clock.uninstall();
+    });
+
+    it('can run setTimeouts/setIntervals asynchronously', function() {
+      const recurring = jasmine.createSpy('recurring'),
+        fn1 = jasmine.createSpy('fn1'),
+        fn2 = jasmine.createSpy('fn2'),
+        fn3 = jasmine.createSpy('fn3');
+
+      const intervalId = clock.setInterval(recurring, 50);
+      // In a microtask, add some timeouts.
+      Promise.resolve()
+        .then(function() {
+          return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+            clock.setTimeout(resolve, 25);
+          });
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+          fn1();
+          return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+            clock.setTimeout(resolve, 200);
+          });
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+          fn2();
+          return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+            clock.setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+          });
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+          fn3();
+        });
+
+      expect(recurring).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(fn1).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(fn2).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(fn3).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      return new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+        .then(function() {
+          expect(recurring).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(fn1).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(fn2).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(fn3).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+          return new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 175));
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+          expect(recurring).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+          expect(fn1).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(fn2).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(fn3).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+          clock.clearInterval(intervalId);
+          return new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+          expect(recurring).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+          expect(fn1).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(fn2).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(fn3).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('speeds up the execution of the timers in all browsers', async () => {
+      const startTimeMs = performance.now() / 1000;
+      await new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+      await new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+      await new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+      await new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+      const endTimeMs = performance.now() / 1000;
+      // Ensure we didn't take 20s to complete the awaits above and, in fact, can do it in a fraction of a second
+      expect(endTimeMs - startTimeMs).toBeLessThan(100);
+    });
+
+    it('avoids throttling in browsers other than Safari', async () => {
+      if (
+        typeof navigator !== 'undefined' &&
+        /^((?!chrome|android|firefox).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent)
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // This test ensures the setTimeout loop isn't getting throttled by browsers
+      const promises = [];
+      // 2000 timers at ~4ms throttling = 8_000ms would time out if we weren't
+      // preventing the throttle with the MessageChannel trick.
+      for (let i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
+        promises.push(new Promise(resolve => clock.setTimeout(resolve)));
+      }
+      const startTimeMs = performance.now() / 1000;
+      await Promise.all(promises);
+      const endTimeMs = performance.now() / 1000;
+      expect(endTimeMs - startTimeMs).toBeLessThan(1000);
+    });
+
+    it('is easy to test async functions with interleaved timers and microtasks', async () => {
+      async function blackBoxWithLotsOfAsyncStuff() {
+        await new Promise(r => clock.setTimeout(r, 10));
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await new Promise(r => clock.setTimeout(r, 20));
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        return 'done';
+      }
+      const result = await blackBoxWithLotsOfAsyncStuff();
+      expect(result).toBe('done');
+    });
+  });
+
   it('can clear a previously set timeout', function() {
     const clearedFn = jasmine.createSpy('clearedFn'),
       delayedFunctionScheduler = new jasmineUnderTest.DelayedFunctionScheduler(),
diff --git a/spec/core/DelayedFunctionSchedulerSpec.js b/spec/core/DelayedFunctionSchedulerSpec.js
index d14b937e..5175d3f5 100644
--- a/spec/core/DelayedFunctionSchedulerSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/DelayedFunctionSchedulerSpec.js
@@ -264,6 +264,42 @@ describe('DelayedFunctionScheduler', function() {
     expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('runs the next scheduled funtion', function() {
+    const scheduler = new jasmineUnderTest.DelayedFunctionScheduler();
+    const fn = jasmine.createSpy('fn');
+    const tickSpy = jasmine.createSpy('tick');
+
+    scheduler.scheduleFunction(fn, 10, [], false, 'foo');
+
+    expect(fn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    scheduler.runNextQueuedFunction(tickSpy);
+
+    expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(tickSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(10);
+  });
+
+  it('runs the only a single scheduled funtion in a time slot', function() {
+    const scheduler = new jasmineUnderTest.DelayedFunctionScheduler();
+    const fn1 = jasmine.createSpy('fn');
+    const fn2 = jasmine.createSpy('fn2');
+    const tickSpy = jasmine.createSpy('tick');
+
+    scheduler.scheduleFunction(fn1, 10, [], false, 'foo1');
+    scheduler.scheduleFunction(fn2, 10, [], false, 'foo2');
+
+    scheduler.runNextQueuedFunction(tickSpy);
+
+    expect(fn1).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(fn2).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(tickSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(10);
+
+    tickSpy.calls.reset();
+    scheduler.runNextQueuedFunction(tickSpy);
+    expect(fn2).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(tickSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
   it('updates the mockDate per scheduled time', function() {
     const scheduler = new jasmineUnderTest.DelayedFunctionScheduler(),
       tickDate = jasmine.createSpy('tickDate');
diff --git a/src/core/Clock.js b/src/core/Clock.js
index 8541d639..0d4a669d 100644
--- a/src/core/Clock.js
+++ b/src/core/Clock.js
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Clock = function() {
     let installed = false;
     let delayedFunctionScheduler;
     let timer;
+    // Tracks how the clock ticking behaves.
+    // By default, the clock only ticks when the user manually calls a tick method.
+    // There is also an 'auto' mode which will advance the clock automatically to
+    // to the next task. Once enabled, there is currently no mechanism for users
+    // to disable the auto ticking.
+    let tickMode = {
+      mode: 'manual',
+      counter: 0
+    };
 
     this.FakeTimeout = FakeTimeout;
 
@@ -138,8 +147,95 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Clock = function() {
       }
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the clock to automatically advance time.
+     *
+     * With this mode, the clock advances to the first scheduled timer and fires it, in a loop.
+     * Between each timer, it will also break the event loop, allowing any scheduled promise
+callbacks to execute _before_ running the next one.
+     *
+     * This mode allows tests to be authored in a way that does not need to be aware of the
+     * mock clock. Consequently, tests which have been authored without a mock clock installed
+     * can one with auto tick enabled without any other updates to the test logic.
+     *
+     * In many cases, this can greatly improve test execution speed because asynchronous tasks
+     * will execute as quickly as possible rather than waiting real time to complete.
+     *
+     * Furthermore, tests can be authored in a consitent manner. They can always be written in an asynchronous style
+     * rather than having `tick` sprinkled throughout the tests with mock time in order to manually
+     * advance the clock.
+     *
+     * When auto tick is enabled, `tick` can still be used to synchronously advance the clock if necessary.
+     */
+    this.autoTick = function() {
+      if (tickMode.mode === 'auto') {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      tickMode = { mode: 'auto', counter: tickMode.counter + 1 };
+      advanceUntilModeChanges();
+    };
+
     return this;
 
+    // Advances the Clock's time until the mode changes.
+    //
+    // The time is advanced asynchronously, giving microtasks and events a chance
+    // to run before each timer runs.
+    //
+    // @function
+    // @return {!Promise<undefined>}
+    async function advanceUntilModeChanges() {
+      if (!installed) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Mock clock is not installed, use jasmine.clock().install()'
+        );
+      }
+      const { counter } = tickMode;
+
+      while (true) {
+        await newMacrotask();
+
+        if (
+          tickMode.counter !== counter ||
+          !installed ||
+          delayedFunctionScheduler === null
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (!delayedFunctionScheduler.isEmpty()) {
+          delayedFunctionScheduler.runNextQueuedFunction(function(millis) {
+            mockDate.tick(millis);
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Waits until a new macro task.
+    //
+    // Used with autoTick(), which is meant to act when the test is waiting, we need
+    // to insert ourselves in the macro task queue.
+    //
+    // @return {!Promise<undefined>}
+    async function newMacrotask() {
+      // MessageChannel ensures that setTimeout is not throttled to 4ms.
+      // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/setTimeout#reasons_for_delays_longer_than_specified
+      // https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-starters-qtlpcc
+      // Note: This trick does not work in Safari, which will still throttle the setTimeout
+      const channel = new MessageChannel();
+      await new Promise(resolve => {
+        channel.port1.onmessage = resolve;
+        channel.port2.postMessage(undefined);
+      });
+      channel.port1.close();
+      channel.port2.close();
+      // setTimeout ensures that we interleave with other setTimeouts.
+      await new Promise(resolve => {
+        realTimingFunctions.setTimeout.call(global, resolve);
+      });
+    }
+
     function originalTimingFunctionsIntact() {
       return (
         global.setTimeout === realTimingFunctions.setTimeout &&
diff --git a/src/core/DelayedFunctionScheduler.js b/src/core/DelayedFunctionScheduler.js
index 9ea6c5f3..cca8ba46 100644
--- a/src/core/DelayedFunctionScheduler.js
+++ b/src/core/DelayedFunctionScheduler.js
@@ -87,6 +87,37 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().DelayedFunctionScheduler = function(j$) {
       }
     };
 
+    // Returns whether there are any scheduled functions.
+    // Returns true if there are any scheduled functions, otherwise false.
+    this.isEmpty = function() {
+      return this.scheduledFunctions_.length === 0;
+    };
+
+    // Runs the next timeout in the queue, advancing the clock.
+    this.runNextQueuedFunction = function(tickDate) {
+      if (this.scheduledLookup_.length === 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const newCurrentTime = this.scheduledLookup_[0];
+      if (newCurrentTime >= this.currentTime_) {
+        tickDate(newCurrentTime - this.currentTime_);
+        this.currentTime_ = newCurrentTime;
+      }
+
+      const funcsAtTime = this.scheduledFunctions_[this.currentTime_];
+      const fn = funcsAtTime.shift();
+      if (funcsAtTime.length === 0) {
+        delete this.scheduledFunctions_[this.currentTime_];
+        this.scheduledLookup_.splice(0, 1);
+      }
+
+      if (fn.recurring) {
+        this.reschedule_(fn);
+      }
+      fn.funcToCall.apply(null, fn.params || []);
+    };
+
     return this;
   }