diff --git a/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go b/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go
index cdadc4221..e31114c08 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ func (c AddOrUpdateChange) isResourceDoneApplying(res ctlres.Resource, isParent
 		// It's rare that Pod is directly created
 		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewPodvX(res) },
 		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewServicev1(res) },
+		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewDeploymentv1(res) },
 	}
 
 	for _, f := range specificResFactories {
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/resourcesmisc/deploymentv1.go b/pkg/kapp/resourcesmisc/deploymentv1.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93eda4ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kapp/resourcesmisc/deploymentv1.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package resourcesmisc
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	ctlres "github.com/k14s/kapp/pkg/kapp/resources"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+)
+
+type Deploymentv1 struct {
+	resource ctlres.Resource
+}
+
+func NewDeploymentv1(resource ctlres.Resource) *Deploymentv1 {
+	matcher := ctlres.APIVersionKindMatcher{
+		APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+		Kind:       "Deployment",
+	}
+	if matcher.Matches(resource) {
+		return &Deploymentv1{resource}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s Deploymentv1) IsDoneApplying() DoneApplyState {
+	dep := appsv1.Deployment{}
+
+	err := s.resource.AsTypedObj(&dep)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DoneApplyState{Done: true, Successful: false, Message: fmt.Sprintf("Error: Failed obj conversion: %s", err)}
+	}
+
+	if dep.Generation != dep.Status.ObservedGeneration {
+		return DoneApplyState{Done: false, Message: fmt.Sprintf(
+			"Waiting for generation %d to be observed", dep.Generation)}
+	}
+
+	if dep.Status.UnavailableReplicas > 0 {
+		return DoneApplyState{Done: false, Message: fmt.Sprintf(
+			"Waiting for unavailable replicas to go from %d to 0", dep.Status.UnavailableReplicas)}
+	}
+
+	return DoneApplyState{Done: true, Successful: true}
+}