diff --git a/kubectl/kubectl.go b/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 8750070..5d73352 100644
--- a/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@ func (k *Kubectl) ApplyJSON(namespace string, name string, v interface{}) error
 
 // Delete calls kubectl with the given arguments
 func (k *Kubectl) Delete(args ...string) error {
-
 	if _, err := runBinary(kubeCtlCmd, append([]string{"delete"}, args...)...); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Deleting resource: %s", args)
 	}
@@ -665,6 +664,26 @@ func (k *Kubectl) Delete(args ...string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// WaitForDaemonSet blocks until daemonset matching the label is available in the specified namespace. It fails after the timeout.
+func (k *Kubectl) WaitForDaemonSet(namespace string, label string) error {
+	return wait.PollImmediate(k.PollInterval, k.PollTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		return k.DaemonSetReady(namespace, label)
+	})
+}
+
+// DaemonSetReady returns true if daemontset by that label is present in the given namespace
+func (k *Kubectl) DaemonSetReady(namespace string, label string) (bool, error) {
+	out, err := runBinary(kubeCtlCmd, "rollout", "status", "daemonset", "--namespace", namespace, "--selector", label)
+	if err == nil {
+		if !strings.Contains(string(out), "successfully rolled out") {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "Kubectl rollout failed for label %s. %s", label, string(out))
+}
+
 // ConfigMap defines a kube ConfigMap
 type ConfigMap struct {
 	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion" yaml:"apiVersion"`
diff --git a/rancher/rancher.go b/rancher/rancher.go
index bc48bac..b883de5 100644
--- a/rancher/rancher.go
+++ b/rancher/rancher.go
@@ -180,6 +180,23 @@ func SetRole(ns, name, pool, role string, value bool) error {
 	return c.setCluster(ns)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check daemonset status
+ * @remarks This function checks the status of a daemonset based on checkList
+ * @param k Already defined Kubectl context
+ * @param checkList Array of paired namespaces/labels to check
+ * @example CheckDaemonSet(k, [][]string{{"kube-system", "k8s-app=canal"}})
+ * @returns Nothing or an error
+ */
+func CheckDaemonSet(k *kubectl.Kubectl, checkList [][]string) error {
+	for _, check := range checkList {
+		if err := k.WaitForDaemonSet(check[0], check[1]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 /**
  * Check pod status
  * @remarks This function checks the status of a pod based on checkList