diff --git a/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go b/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go
index 7c57cf4c2..3c297b442 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/clusterapply/add_or_update_change.go
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ func (c AddOrUpdateChange) isResourceDoneApplying(res ctlres.Resource, isParent
 		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewAppsv1Deployment(res) },
 		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewAppsv1DaemonSet(res) },
 		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewBatchv1Job(res) },
+		func(res ctlres.Resource) SpecificResource { return ctlresm.NewBatchvxCronJob(res) },
 	}
 
 	for _, f := range specificResFactories {
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/resourcesmisc/batch_vx_cronjob.go b/pkg/kapp/resourcesmisc/batch_vx_cronjob.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d250d01c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kapp/resourcesmisc/batch_vx_cronjob.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package resourcesmisc
+
+import (
+	ctlres "github.com/k14s/kapp/pkg/kapp/resources"
+)
+
+type BatchvxCronJob struct {
+	resource ctlres.Resource
+}
+
+func NewBatchvxCronJob(resource ctlres.Resource) *BatchvxCronJob {
+	matcher := ctlres.APIGroupKindMatcher{
+		APIGroup: "batch",
+		Kind:     "CronJob",
+	}
+	if matcher.Matches(resource) {
+		return &BatchvxCronJob{resource}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s BatchvxCronJob) IsDoneApplying() DoneApplyState {
+	// Always return success as we do not want to pick up associated
+	// pods that might have previously failed
+	return DoneApplyState{Done: true, Successful: true}
+}