diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index 8f1b5528b..4019dbc54 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (i *Install) installCRDs(crds []*chart.File) error {
 				i.cfg.Log("CRD %s is already present. Skipping.", crdName)
 				continue
 			}
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to instal CRD %s", obj.Name)
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to install CRD %s", obj.Name)
 		}
 		totalItems = append(totalItems, res...)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index 7198917c4..f0005a61e 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	extensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+	apiextv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	apiextv1beta1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
@@ -114,6 +115,17 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForResources(created ResourceList) error {
 				if err := scheme.Scheme.Convert(v.Object, crd, nil); err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				if !w.crdBetaReady(*crd) {
+					return false, nil
+				}
+			case *apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition:
+				if err := v.Get(); err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
+				crd := &apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition{}
+				if err := scheme.Scheme.Convert(v.Object, crd, nil); err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
 				if !w.crdReady(*crd) {
 					return false, nil
 				}
@@ -229,7 +241,10 @@ func (w *waiter) daemonSetReady(ds *appsv1.DaemonSet) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (w *waiter) crdReady(crd apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition) bool {
+// Because the v1 extensions API is not available on all supported k8s versions
+// yet and because Go doesn't support generics, we need to have a duplicate
+// function to support the v1beta1 types
+func (w *waiter) crdBetaReady(crd apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition) bool {
 	for _, cond := range crd.Status.Conditions {
 		switch cond.Type {
 		case apiextv1beta1.Established:
@@ -249,6 +264,26 @@ func (w *waiter) crdReady(crd apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (w *waiter) crdReady(crd apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition) bool {
+	for _, cond := range crd.Status.Conditions {
+		switch cond.Type {
+		case apiextv1.Established:
+			if cond.Status == apiextv1.ConditionTrue {
+				return true
+			}
+		case apiextv1.NamesAccepted:
+			if cond.Status == apiextv1.ConditionFalse {
+				// This indicates a naming conflict, but it's probably not the
+				// job of this function to fail because of that. Instead,
+				// we treat it as a success, since the process should be able to
+				// continue.
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (w *waiter) statefulSetReady(sts *appsv1.StatefulSet) bool {
 	// If the update strategy is not a rolling update, there will be nothing to wait for
 	if sts.Spec.UpdateStrategy.Type != appsv1.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType {