diff --git a/cmd/helm/status.go b/cmd/helm/status.go
index 6085251d5..1ae4a7488 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/status.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/status.go
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ func newStatusCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 
 	bindOutputFlag(cmd, &outfmt)
 	f.BoolVar(&client.ShowDescription, "show-desc", false, "if set, display the description message of the named release")
+	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.Wait, "wait", false, "if set, will wait until all Pods, PVCs, Services, and minimum number of Pods of a Deployment, StatefulSet, or ReplicaSet are in a ready state before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.WaitForJobs, "wait-for-jobs", false, "if set and --wait enabled, will wait until all Jobs have been completed before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/status_test.go b/cmd/helm/status_test.go
index 7f305d56b..f5e317b43 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/status_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/status_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ func TestStatusCmd(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		),
+	}, {
+		name:   "get status of a deployed release with wait",
+		cmd:    "status --wait flummoxed-chickadee",
+		golden: "output/status.txt",
+		rels: releasesMockWithStatus(&release.Info{
+			Status:      release.StatusDeployed,
+			Description: "Mock description",
+		}),
 	}}
 	runTestCmd(t, tests)
 }
diff --git a/internal/test/test.go b/internal/test/test.go
index 646037606..e4f7f639a 100644
--- a/internal/test/test.go
+++ b/internal/test/test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func compare(actual []byte, filename string) error {
 	}
 	expected = normalize(expected)
 	if !bytes.Equal(expected, actual) {
-		return errors.Errorf("does not match golden file %s\n\nWANT:\n'%s'\n\nGOT:\n'%s'\n", filename, expected, actual)
+		return errors.Errorf("does not match golden file %s\n\nWANT:\n'%s'\n\nGOT:\n'%s'", filename, expected, actual)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/action/status.go b/pkg/action/status.go
index 1c556e28d..0330f1abe 100644
--- a/pkg/action/status.go
+++ b/pkg/action/status.go
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package action
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
 )
 
@@ -32,6 +37,10 @@ type Status struct {
 	// only affect print type table.
 	// TODO Helm 4: Remove this flag and output the description by default.
 	ShowDescription bool
+
+	Timeout     time.Duration
+	Wait        bool
+	WaitForJobs bool
 }
 
 // NewStatus creates a new Status object with the given configuration.
@@ -47,5 +56,23 @@ func (s *Status) Run(name string) (*release.Release, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return s.cfg.releaseContent(name, s.Version)
+	release, err := s.cfg.releaseContent(name, s.Version)
+	if s.Wait && err == nil {
+		resources, err := s.cfg.KubeClient.Build(bytes.NewBufferString(release.Manifest), false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return release, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to build kubernetes objects from existing release manifest")
+		}
+
+		if s.WaitForJobs {
+			if err := s.cfg.KubeClient.WaitWithJobs(resources, s.Timeout); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		} else {
+			if err := s.cfg.KubeClient.Wait(resources, s.Timeout); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return release, err
 }