diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go
index 2bb0db352b0..6cd4710ca1d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ func (flags *WaitFlags) ToOptions(args []string) (*WaitOptions, error) {
 		ResourceFinder: builder,
 		DynamicClient:  dynamicClient,
 		Timeout:        effectiveTimeout,
+		ForCondition:   flags.ForCondition,
 
 		Printer:     printer,
 		ConditionFn: conditionFn,
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ type WaitOptions struct {
 	UIDMap        UIDMap
 	DynamicClient dynamic.Interface
 	Timeout       time.Duration
+	ForCondition  string
 
 	Printer     printers.ResourcePrinter
 	ConditionFn ConditionFunc
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ type ConditionFunc func(info *resource.Info, o *WaitOptions) (finalObject runtim
 // RunWait runs the waiting logic
 func (o *WaitOptions) RunWait() error {
 	visitCount := 0
-	err := o.ResourceFinder.Do().Visit(func(info *resource.Info, err error) error {
+	visitFunc := func(info *resource.Info, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -242,7 +244,13 @@ func (o *WaitOptions) RunWait() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%v unsatisified for unknown reason", finalObject)
 		}
 		return err
-	})
+	}
+	visitor := o.ResourceFinder.Do()
+	if visitor, ok := visitor.(*resource.Result); ok && strings.ToLower(o.ForCondition) == "delete" {
+		visitor.IgnoreErrors(apierrors.IsNotFound)
+	}
+
+	err := visitor.Visit(visitFunc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go
index 4e96eb0f7f7..c9312fae31b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go
@@ -787,3 +787,30 @@ func TestWaitForCondition(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWaitForDeletionIgnoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	infos := []*resource.Info{
+		{
+			Mapping: &meta.RESTMapping{
+				Resource: schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "group", Version: "version", Resource: "theresource"},
+			},
+			Name:      "name-foo",
+			Namespace: "ns-foo",
+		},
+	}
+	fakeClient := dynamicfakeclient.NewSimpleDynamicClient(scheme)
+
+	o := &WaitOptions{
+		ResourceFinder: genericclioptions.NewSimpleFakeResourceFinder(infos...),
+		DynamicClient:  fakeClient,
+		Printer:        printers.NewDiscardingPrinter(),
+		ConditionFn:    IsDeleted,
+		IOStreams:      genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard(),
+		ForCondition:   "delete",
+	}
+	err := o.RunWait()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}