diff --git a/cmd/apply/cmdapply.go b/cmd/apply/cmdapply.go
index 9b0d684..241a385 100644
--- a/cmd/apply/cmdapply.go
+++ b/cmd/apply/cmdapply.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ func GetApplyRunner(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *A
 		"If true, do not prune previously applied objects.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.prunePropagationPolicy, "prune-propagation-policy",
 		"Background", "Propagation policy for pruning")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&r.waitForPrune, "wait-for-prune", false,
+		"Wait for all pruned resources to be deleted.")
+	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&r.waitForPruneTimeout, "wait-for-prune-timeout", 1*time.Minute,
+		"Timeout threshold for waiting for all pruned resources to be deleted")
 
 	r.command = cmd
 	return r
@@ -78,6 +82,8 @@ type ApplyRunner struct {
 	timeout                time.Duration
 	noPrune                bool
 	prunePropagationPolicy string
+	waitForPrune           bool
+	waitForPruneTimeout    time.Duration
 }
 
 func (r *ApplyRunner) RunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -100,6 +106,8 @@ func (r *ApplyRunner) RunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		NoPrune:                r.noPrune,
 		DryRun:                 false,
 		PrunePropagationPolicy: prunePropPolicy,
+		WaitForPrune:           r.waitForPrune,
+		WaitForPruneTimeout:    r.waitForPruneTimeout,
 	})
 
 	// The printer will print updates from the channel. It will block
diff --git a/pkg/apply/applier.go b/pkg/apply/applier.go
index a35dfd8..6f1e90f 100644
--- a/pkg/apply/applier.go
+++ b/pkg/apply/applier.go
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ func (a *Applier) Run(ctx context.Context, options Options) <-chan event.Event {
 			Prune:                   !options.NoPrune,
 			DryRun:                  options.DryRun,
 			PrunePropagationPolicy:  options.PrunePropagationPolicy,
+			WaitForPrune:            options.WaitForPrune,
+			WaitForPruneTimeout:     options.WaitForPruneTimeout,
 		})
 
 		// Send event to inform the caller about the resources that
@@ -504,6 +506,15 @@ type Options struct {
 	// that should be used for pruning. If this is not provided, the
 	// default is to use the Background policy.
 	PrunePropagationPolicy metav1.DeletionPropagation
+
+	// WaitForPrune defines whether we should wait for all resources
+	// to be fully deleted after pruning. This is only effective
+	// if the PrunePropagationPolicy is set to Forground.
+	WaitForPrune bool
+
+	// WaitForPruneTimeout defines how long we should wait for all
+	// resources to be deleted after prune before giving up.
+	WaitForPruneTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 // setDefaults set the options to the default values if they
@@ -518,6 +529,9 @@ func setDefaults(o *Options) {
 	if o.PrunePropagationPolicy == metav1.DeletionPropagation("") {
 		o.PrunePropagationPolicy = metav1.DeletePropagationBackground
 	}
+	if o.WaitForPruneTimeout == time.Duration(0) {
+		o.WaitForPruneTimeout = time.Minute
+	}
 }
 
 func handleError(eventChannel chan event.Event, err error) {