diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/async_status_env.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/async_status_env.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42f163437f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/async_status_env.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- async - Ensure that the implicit async_status gets the env from a task with async (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39764)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 642e05c51d5..577792eb965 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         # that (with a sleep for "poll" seconds between each retry) until the
         # async time limit is exceeded.
 
-        async_task = Task().load(dict(action='async_status jid=%s' % async_jid))
+        async_task = Task().load(dict(action='async_status jid=%s' % async_jid, environment=self._task.environment))
 
         # FIXME: this is no longer the case, normal takes care of all, see if this can just be generalized
         # Because this is an async task, the action handler is async. However,