diff --git a/hack/lib/test.sh b/hack/lib/test.sh
index 1650a38d729..1771a82160f 100644
--- a/hack/lib/test.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/test.sh
@@ -42,30 +42,60 @@ kube::test::get_caller() {
 
 # Force exact match of a returned result for a object query.  Wrap this with || to support multiple
 # valid return types.
+# This runs `kubectl get` once and asserts that the result is as expected.
+## $1: Object on which get should be run
+# $2: The go-template to run on the result
+# $3: The expected output
+# $4: Additional args to be passed to kubectl
 kube::test::get_object_assert() {
-  local object=$1
-  local request=$2
-  local expected=$3
-  local args=${4:-}
+  kube::test::object_assert 1 "$@"
+}
 
-  res=$(eval kubectl get "${kube_flags[@]}" ${args} $object -o go-template=\"$request\")
+# Asserts that the output of a given get query is as expected.
+# Runs the query multiple times before failing it.
+# $1: Object on which get should be run
+# $2: The go-template to run on the result
+# $3: The expected output
+# $4: Additional args to be passed to kubectl
+kube::test::wait_object_assert() {
+  kube::test::object_assert 10 "$@"
+}
 
-  if [[ "$res" =~ ^$expected$ ]]; then
-      echo -n ${green}
-      echo "$(kube::test::get_caller): Successful get $object $request: $res"
-      echo -n ${reset}
-      return 0
-  else
-      echo ${bold}${red}
-      echo "$(kube::test::get_caller): FAIL!"
-      echo "Get $object $request"
-      echo "  Expected: $expected"
-      echo "  Got:      $res"
-      echo ${reset}${red}
-      caller
-      echo ${reset}
-      return 1
-  fi
+# Asserts that the output of a given get query is as expected.
+# Can run the query multiple times before failing it.
+# $1: Number of times the query should be run before failing it.
+# $2: Object on which get should be run
+# $3: The go-template to run on the result
+# $4: The expected output
+# $5: Additional args to be passed to kubectl
+kube::test::object_assert() {
+  local tries=$1
+  local object=$2
+  local request=$3
+  local expected=$4
+  local args=${5:-}
+
+  for j in $(seq 1 ${tries}); do
+    res=$(eval kubectl get "${kube_flags[@]}" ${args} $object -o go-template=\"$request\")
+    if [[ "$res" =~ ^$expected$ ]]; then
+        echo -n ${green}
+        echo "$(kube::test::get_caller 3): Successful get $object $request: $res"
+        echo -n ${reset}
+        return 0
+    fi
+    echo "Waiting for Get $object $request $args: expected: $expected, got: $res"
+    sleep $((${j}-1))
+  done
+
+  echo ${bold}${red}
+  echo "$(kube::test::get_caller 3): FAIL!"
+  echo "Get $object $request"
+  echo "  Expected: $expected"
+  echo "  Got:      $res"
+  echo ${reset}${red}
+  caller
+  echo ${reset}
+  return 1
 }
 
 kube::test::get_object_jsonpath_assert() {
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
index 76a1d63f0d9..5dbf12a8dbe 100644
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ run_kubectl_apply_deployments_tests() {
   # need to explicitly remove replicasets and pods because we changed the deployment selector and orphaned things
   kubectl delete deployments,rs,pods --all --cascade=false --grace-period=0
   # Post-Condition: no Deployments, ReplicaSets, Pods exist
-  kube::test::get_object_assert deployments "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
-  kube::test::get_object_assert replicasets "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert deployments "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert replicasets "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
   kube::test::get_object_assert pods "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
 }
 
@@ -2273,6 +2273,37 @@ run_deployment_tests() {
   # Clean up
   kubectl delete deployment test-nginx "${kube_flags[@]}"
 
+  ### Test cascading deletion
+  ## Test that rs is deleted when deployment is deleted.
+  # Pre-condition: no deployment exists
+  kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Create deployment
+  kubectl create -f test/fixtures/doc-yaml/user-guide/deployment.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Wait for rs to come up.
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$rs_replicas_field}}{{end}}" '3'
+  # Deleting the deployment should delete the rs.
+  kubectl delete deployment nginx-deployment "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+
+  ## Test that rs is not deleted when deployment is deleted with cascade set to false.
+  # Pre-condition: no deployment and rs exist
+  kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  kube::test::get_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Create deployment
+  kubectl create deployment nginx-deployment --image=gcr.io/google-containers/nginx:test-cmd
+  # Wait for rs to come up.
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$rs_replicas_field}}{{end}}" '1'
+  # Delete the deployment with cascade set to false.
+  kubectl delete deployment nginx-deployment "${kube_flags[@]}" --cascade=false
+  # Wait for the deployment to be deleted and then verify that rs is not
+  # deleted.
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  kube::test::get_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$rs_replicas_field}}{{end}}" '1'
+  # Cleanup
+  # Find the name of the rs to be deleted.
+  output_message=$(kubectl get rs "${kube_flags[@]}" -o template --template={{range.items}}{{$id_field}}{{end}})
+  kubectl delete rs ${output_message} "${kube_flags[@]}"
+
   ### Auto scale deployment
   # Pre-condition: no deployment exists
   kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
@@ -2385,6 +2416,21 @@ run_rs_tests() {
   # Post-condition: no pods from frontend replica set
   kube::test::get_object_assert 'pods -l "tier=frontend"' "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
 
+  ### Create and then delete a replica set with cascade=false, make sure it doesn't delete pods.
+  # Pre-condition: no replica set exists
+  kube::test::get_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Command
+  kubectl create -f hack/testdata/frontend-replicaset.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kube::log::status "Deleting rs"
+  kubectl delete rs frontend "${kube_flags[@]}" --cascade=false
+  # Wait for the rs to be deleted.
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Post-condition: All 3 pods still remain from frontend replica set
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'pods -l "tier=frontend"' "{{range.items}}{{$pod_container_name_field}}:{{end}}" 'php-redis:php-redis:php-redis:'
+  # Cleanup
+  kubectl delete pods -l "tier=frontend" "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kube::test::get_object_assert pods "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+
   ### Create replica set frontend from YAML
   # Pre-condition: no replica set exists
   kube::test::get_object_assert rs "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
@@ -2662,7 +2708,7 @@ runTests() {
   i=0
   create_and_use_new_namespace() {
     i=$(($i+1))
-    kube::log::status "Creating namespace"
+    kube::log::status "Creating namespace namespace${i}"
     kubectl create namespace "namespace${i}"
     kubectl config set-context "${CONTEXT}" --namespace="namespace${i}"
   }
@@ -2690,6 +2736,7 @@ runTests() {
   second_port_field="(index .spec.ports 1).port"
   second_port_name="(index .spec.ports 1).name"
   image_field="(index .spec.containers 0).image"
+  pod_container_name_field="(index .spec.containers 0).name"
   container_name_field="(index .spec.template.spec.containers 0).name"
   hpa_min_field=".spec.minReplicas"
   hpa_max_field=".spec.maxReplicas"