diff --git a/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts b/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts
index 5d29f9cd3..34a77b53d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './provider';
 export * from './use-open-feature-client';
 export * from './use-when-provider-ready';
+export * from './use-open-feature-client-status';
 export * from './test-provider';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts b/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts
index 2539f792f..d8fbba535 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useOpenFeatureClient } from './use-open-feature-client';
-import type { ProviderStatus } from '@openfeature/web-sdk';
+import { ProviderStatus } from '@openfeature/web-sdk';
 import { ProviderEvents } from '@openfeature/web-sdk';
+import { ReactFlagEvaluationOptions } from '../common';
+import { DEFAULT_OPTIONS, useProviderOptions, normalizeOptions, suspendUntilReady } from '../common';
+
+type Options = Pick<ReactFlagEvaluationOptions, 'suspendUntilReady'>
 
 /**
  * Get the {@link ProviderStatus} for the OpenFeatureClient.
  * @returns {ProviderStatus} status of the client for this scope
  */
-export function useOpenFeatureClientStatus(): ProviderStatus {
+export function useOpenFeatureClientStatus(options?: Options) {
   const client = useOpenFeatureClient();
-  const [status, setStatus] = useState(client.providerStatus);
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<typeof ProviderStatus>(client.providerStatus);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const updateStatus = () => setStatus(client.providerStatus);
@@ -28,6 +32,12 @@ export function useOpenFeatureClientStatus(): ProviderStatus {
       client.removeHandler(ProviderEvents.Reconciling, updateStatus);
     };
   }, [client]);
+  // highest priority > evaluation hook options > provider options > default options > lowest priority
+  const defaultedOptions = { ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, ...useProviderOptions(), ...normalizeOptions(options) };
+
+  if (defaultedOptions.suspendUntilReady && status === ProviderStatus.NOT_READY) {
+    suspendUntilReady(client);
+  }
 
   return status;
 }