diff --git a/llmfoundry/callbacks/async_eval_callback.py b/llmfoundry/callbacks/async_eval_callback.py
index d77a311250..a91452616f 100644
--- a/llmfoundry/callbacks/async_eval_callback.py
+++ b/llmfoundry/callbacks/async_eval_callback.py
@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@ def __init__(
         else:
             self.interval = interval
 
-        self.check_interval = create_interval_scheduler(interval)
+        self.check_interval = create_interval_scheduler(
+            interval,
+            # There is a custom post_close to ensure that the final checkpoint
+            # (which is the most important) is evaled after it is written
+            include_end_of_training=False,
+        )
         self.compute = compute
         self.last_checkpoint: Optional[str] = None
 
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ def run_event(self, event: Event, state: State, logger: Logger) -> None:
             checkpoint = get_latest_checkpoint(event, state)
             if not checkpoint:
                 return  # warnings logged in get_latest_checkpoint
+
             if checkpoint == self.last_checkpoint:
                 # Do not eval a checkpoint that has already been evaluated.
                 log.info(
@@ -229,6 +235,22 @@ def run_event(self, event: Event, state: State, logger: Logger) -> None:
             self.launch_run(checkpoint, current_interval)
             self.last_checkpoint = checkpoint
 
+    def post_close(self) -> None:
+        if dist.get_global_rank() != 0:
+            return
+        self.training_config
+
+        save_folder = self.training_config['save_folder']
+        save_latest_filename = self.training_config.get('save_latest_filename',
+                                                        None)
+
+        if not save_latest_filename:
+            rank = dist.get_global_rank()
+            save_latest_filename = f'latest-rank{rank}.pt'
+
+        checkpoint = f'{save_folder}/{save_latest_filename}'
+        self.launch_run(checkpoint, 'final')
+
     def _get_current_run(self) -> Run:
         if os.environ.get(MOSAICML_PLATFORM_ENV_VAR,
                           'false').lower() == 'false':
@@ -246,6 +268,8 @@ def _get_current_run(self) -> Run:
         return get_run(run_name, include_details=True)
 
     def launch_run(self, checkpoint: str, current_interval: str) -> Run:
+        log.info(f'Launching eval run for {checkpoint} at {current_interval}')
+
         cfg = self.current_run.submitted_config
         default_compute = {
             'gpus': 8,