diff --git a/cmd/status/cmdstatus_test.go b/cmd/status/cmdstatus_test.go
index 47702b8b..ab4d4b6b 100644
--- a/cmd/status/cmdstatus_test.go
+++ b/cmd/status/cmdstatus_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package status
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -53,6 +54,23 @@ metadata:
 	}
 )
 
+type fakePoller struct {
+	events []pollevent.Event
+}
+
+func (f *fakePoller) Poll(ctx context.Context, _ object.ObjMetadataSet,
+	_ polling.PollOptions) <-chan pollevent.Event {
+	eventChannel := make(chan pollevent.Event)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(eventChannel)
+		for _, e := range f.events {
+			eventChannel <- e
+		}
+		<-ctx.Done()
+	}()
+	return eventChannel
+}
+
 func TestCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		pollUntil      string
@@ -217,6 +235,261 @@ foo/deployment.apps/default/foo is InProgress: inProgress
 		},
 	}
 
+	jsonTestCases := map[string]struct {
+		pollUntil      string
+		printer        string
+		timeout        time.Duration
+		input          string
+		inventory      object.ObjMetadataSet
+		events         []pollevent.Event
+		expectedErrMsg string
+		expectedOutput []map[string]interface{}
+	}{
+		"wait for all known json": {
+			pollUntil: "known",
+			printer:   "json",
+			input:     inventoryTemplate,
+			inventory: object.ObjMetadataSet{
+				depObject,
+				stsObject,
+			},
+			events: []pollevent.Event{
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: depObject,
+						Status:     status.InProgressStatus,
+						Message:    "inProgress",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: stsObject,
+						Status:     status.CurrentStatus,
+						Message:    "current",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedOutput: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "Deployment",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "foo",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "InProgress",
+					"message":        "inProgress",
+				},
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "StatefulSet",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "bar",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "Current",
+					"message":        "current",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"wait for all current json": {
+			pollUntil: "current",
+			printer:   "json",
+			input:     inventoryTemplate,
+			inventory: object.ObjMetadataSet{
+				depObject,
+				stsObject,
+			},
+			events: []pollevent.Event{
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: depObject,
+						Status:     status.InProgressStatus,
+						Message:    "inProgress",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: stsObject,
+						Status:     status.InProgressStatus,
+						Message:    "inProgress",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: stsObject,
+						Status:     status.CurrentStatus,
+						Message:    "current",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: depObject,
+						Status:     status.CurrentStatus,
+						Message:    "current",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedOutput: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "Deployment",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "foo",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "InProgress",
+					"message":        "inProgress",
+				},
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "StatefulSet",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "bar",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "InProgress",
+					"message":        "inProgress",
+				},
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "StatefulSet",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "bar",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "Current",
+					"message":        "current",
+				},
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "Deployment",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "foo",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "Current",
+					"message":        "current",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"wait for all deleted json": {
+			pollUntil: "deleted",
+			printer:   "json",
+			input:     inventoryTemplate,
+			inventory: object.ObjMetadataSet{
+				depObject,
+				stsObject,
+			},
+			events: []pollevent.Event{
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: stsObject,
+						Status:     status.NotFoundStatus,
+						Message:    "notFound",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: depObject,
+						Status:     status.NotFoundStatus,
+						Message:    "notFound",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedOutput: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "StatefulSet",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "bar",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "NotFound",
+					"message":        "notFound",
+				},
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "Deployment",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "foo",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "NotFound",
+					"message":        "notFound",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"forever with timeout json": {
+			pollUntil: "forever",
+			printer:   "json",
+			timeout:   2 * time.Second,
+			input:     inventoryTemplate,
+			inventory: object.ObjMetadataSet{
+				depObject,
+				stsObject,
+			},
+			events: []pollevent.Event{
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: stsObject,
+						Status:     status.InProgressStatus,
+						Message:    "inProgress",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Type: pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent,
+					Resource: &pollevent.ResourceStatus{
+						Identifier: depObject,
+						Status:     status.InProgressStatus,
+						Message:    "inProgress",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedOutput: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "StatefulSet",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "bar",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "InProgress",
+					"message":        "inProgress",
+				},
+				{
+					"group":          "apps",
+					"kind":           "Deployment",
+					"namespace":      "default",
+					"name":           "foo",
+					"timestamp":      "",
+					"type":           "status",
+					"inventory-name": "foo",
+					"status":         "InProgress",
+					"message":        "inProgress",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	for tn, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
 			tf := cmdtesting.NewTestFactory().WithNamespace("namespace")
@@ -258,21 +531,75 @@ foo/deployment.apps/default/foo is InProgress: inProgress
 			assert.Equal(t, strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()), strings.TrimSpace(tc.expectedOutput))
 		})
 	}
-}
 
-type fakePoller struct {
-	events []pollevent.Event
+	for tn, tc := range jsonTestCases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tf := cmdtesting.NewTestFactory().WithNamespace("namespace")
+			defer tf.Cleanup()
+
+			loader := manifestreader.NewFakeLoader(tf, tc.inventory)
+			runner := &Runner{
+				factory:    tf,
+				invFactory: inventory.FakeClientFactory(tc.inventory),
+				loader:     loader,
+				pollerFactoryFunc: func(c cmdutil.Factory) (poller.Poller, error) {
+					return &fakePoller{tc.events}, nil
+				},
+
+				pollUntil: tc.pollUntil,
+				output:    tc.printer,
+				timeout:   tc.timeout,
+			}
+
+			cmd := &cobra.Command{
+				RunE: runner.runE,
+			}
+			cmd.SetIn(strings.NewReader(tc.input))
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			cmd.SetOut(&buf)
+			cmd.SetArgs([]string{})
+
+			err := cmd.Execute()
+			if tc.expectedErrMsg != "" {
+				if !assert.Error(t, err) {
+					t.FailNow()
+				}
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tc.expectedErrMsg)
+				return
+			}
+
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			actual := strings.Split(buf.String(), "\n")
+			assertOutput(t, tc.expectedOutput, actual)
+		})
+	}
 }
 
-func (f *fakePoller) Poll(ctx context.Context, _ object.ObjMetadataSet,
-	_ polling.PollOptions) <-chan pollevent.Event {
-	eventChannel := make(chan pollevent.Event)
-	go func() {
-		defer close(eventChannel)
-		for _, e := range f.events {
-			eventChannel <- e
+// nolint:unparam
+func assertOutput(t *testing.T, expectedOutput []map[string]interface{}, actual []string) bool {
+	for i, expectedMap := range expectedOutput {
+		if len(expectedMap) == 0 {
+			return assert.Empty(t, actual[i])
 		}
-		<-ctx.Done()
-	}()
-	return eventChannel
+
+		var m map[string]interface{}
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(actual[i]), &m)
+		if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if _, found := expectedMap["timestamp"]; found {
+			if _, ok := m["timestamp"]; ok {
+				delete(expectedMap, "timestamp")
+				delete(m, "timestamp")
+			} else {
+				t.Error("expected to find key 'timestamp', but didn't")
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		if !assert.Equal(t, expectedMap, m) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
 }
diff --git a/cmd/status/printers/json/printer.go b/cmd/status/printers/json/printer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f644c029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/status/printers/json/printer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package json
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/cmd/status/printers/printer"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/apply/event"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/common"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/kstatus/polling/collector"
+	pollevent "sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/kstatus/polling/event"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/object"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/print/list"
+	jsonprinter "sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/printers/json"
+)
+
+// Printer implements the Printer interface and outputs the resource
+// status information as a list of events as they happen.
+type Printer struct {
+	Formatter list.Formatter
+	IOStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams
+	Data      *printer.PrintData
+}
+
+// NewPrinter returns a new instance of the eventPrinter.
+func NewPrinter(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams, printData *printer.PrintData) *Printer {
+	return &Printer{
+		Formatter: jsonprinter.NewFormatter(ioStreams, common.DryRunNone),
+		IOStreams: ioStreams,
+		Data:      printData,
+	}
+}
+
+// Print takes an event channel and outputs the status events on the channel
+// until the channel is closed. The provided cancelFunc is consulted on
+// every event and is responsible for stopping the poller when appropriate.
+// This function will block.
+func (ep *Printer) Print(ch <-chan pollevent.Event, identifiers object.ObjMetadataSet,
+	cancelFunc collector.ObserverFunc) error {
+	coll := collector.NewResourceStatusCollector(identifiers)
+	// The actual work is done by the collector, which will invoke the
+	// callback on every event. In the callback we print the status
+	// information and call the cancelFunc which is responsible for
+	// stopping the poller at the correct time.
+	done := coll.ListenWithObserver(ch, collector.ObserverFunc(
+		func(statusCollector *collector.ResourceStatusCollector, e pollevent.Event) {
+			err := ep.printStatusEvent(e)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			cancelFunc(statusCollector, e)
+		}),
+	)
+	// Listen to the channel until it is closed.
+	var err error
+	for msg := range done {
+		err = msg.Err
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (ep *Printer) printStatusEvent(se pollevent.Event) error {
+	switch se.Type {
+	case pollevent.ResourceUpdateEvent:
+		id := se.Resource.Identifier
+		var invName string
+		var ok bool
+		if invName, ok = ep.Data.InvNameMap[id]; !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: resource not found", id)
+		}
+		// filter out status that are not assigned
+		statusString := se.Resource.Status.String()
+		if _, ok := ep.Data.StatusSet[strings.ToLower(statusString)]; len(ep.Data.StatusSet) != 0 && !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+		eventInfo := ep.createJSONObj(id)
+		eventInfo["inventory-name"] = invName
+		eventInfo["status"] = statusString
+		eventInfo["message"] = se.Resource.Message
+		b, err := json.Marshal(eventInfo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		_, err = fmt.Fprintf(ep.IOStreams.Out, "%s\n", string(b))
+		return err
+	case pollevent.ErrorEvent:
+		return ep.Formatter.FormatErrorEvent(event.ErrorEvent{
+			Err: se.Error,
+		})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ep *Printer) createJSONObj(id object.ObjMetadata) map[string]interface{} {
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"group":     id.GroupKind.Group,
+		"kind":      id.GroupKind.Kind,
+		"namespace": id.Namespace,
+		"name":      id.Name,
+		"timestamp": time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
+		"type":      "status",
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/status/printers/printers.go b/cmd/status/printers/printers.go
index 6fb81caf..2edf745c 100644
--- a/cmd/status/printers/printers.go
+++ b/cmd/status/printers/printers.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package printers
 import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/cmd/status/printers/event"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/cmd/status/printers/json"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/cmd/status/printers/printer"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/cmd/status/printers/table"
 )
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ func CreatePrinter(printerType string, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams, pr
 	switch printerType {
 	case "table":
 		return table.NewPrinter(ioStreams, printData), nil
+	case "json":
+		return json.NewPrinter(ioStreams, printData), nil
 	default:
 		return event.NewPrinter(ioStreams, printData), nil
 	}