diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
index f4486196c3..0bc234c701 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ const (
 	// DefaultSAWaitKey is the name used in the flags for default service account
 	DefaultSAWaitKey = "default_sa"
 	// AppsRunning is the name used in the flags for waiting for k8s-apps to be running
-	AppsRunning = "apps_running"
+	AppsRunningKey = "apps_running"
+	// NodeReadyKey is the name used in the flags for waiting for the node status to be ready
+	NodeReadyKey = "node_ready"
 )
 
 //  vars related to the --wait flag
@@ -40,13 +42,13 @@ var (
 	// DefaultComponents is map of the the default components to wait for
 	DefaultComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: true, SystemPodsWaitKey: true}
 	// NoWaitComponents is map of componets to wait for if specified 'none' or 'false'
-	NoComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: false, SystemPodsWaitKey: false, DefaultSAWaitKey: false, AppsRunning: false}
+	NoComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: false, SystemPodsWaitKey: false, DefaultSAWaitKey: false, AppsRunningKey: false, NodeReadyKey: false}
 	// AllComponents is map for waiting for all components.
-	AllComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: true, SystemPodsWaitKey: true, DefaultSAWaitKey: true, AppsRunning: true}
+	AllComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: true, SystemPodsWaitKey: true, DefaultSAWaitKey: true, AppsRunningKey: true}
 	// DefaultWaitList is list of all default components to wait for. only names to be used for start flags.
 	DefaultWaitList = []string{APIServerWaitKey, SystemPodsWaitKey}
 	// AllComponentsList list of all valid components keys to wait for. only names to be used used for start flags.
-	AllComponentsList = []string{APIServerWaitKey, SystemPodsWaitKey, DefaultSAWaitKey, AppsRunning}
+	AllComponentsList = []string{APIServerWaitKey, SystemPodsWaitKey, DefaultSAWaitKey, AppsRunningKey, NodeReadyKey}
 	// AppsRunningList running list are valid k8s-app components to wait for them to be running
 	AppsRunningList = []string{
 		"kube-dns", // coredns
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/node_ready.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/node_ready.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69e21ba162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/node_ready.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package kverify verifies a running kubernetes cluster is healthy
+package kverify
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	kconst "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
+)
+
+// WaitForNodeReady waits for a node to be ready
+func WaitForNodeReady(cs *kubernetes.Clientset, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	glog.Info("waiting for node to be ready ...")
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		glog.Infof("duration metric: took %s to wait for WaitForNodeReady...", time.Since(start))
+	}()
+	checkReady := func() (bool, error) {
+		if time.Since(start) > timeout {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("wait for node to be ready timed out")
+		}
+		ns, err := cs.CoreV1().Nodes().List(meta.ListOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Infof("error listing nodes will retry: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		for _, n := range ns.Items {
+			for _, c := range n.Status.Conditions {
+				if c.Type == v1.NodeReady && c.Status != v1.ConditionTrue {
+					glog.Infof("node %q has unwanted condition %q : Reason %q Message: %q. will try. ", n.Name, c.Type, c.Reason, c.Message)
+					return false, nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if err := wait.PollImmediate(kconst.APICallRetryInterval, kconst.DefaultControlPlaneTimeout, checkReady); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "wait node ready")
+	}
+	return nil
+}