diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
index d67f51bd0cd8..f4486196c349 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/kverify.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	// 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}
 	// AllComponents is map for waiting for all components.
-	AllComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: true, SystemPodsWaitKey: true, DefaultSAWaitKey: true}
+	AllComponents = map[string]bool{APIServerWaitKey: true, SystemPodsWaitKey: true, DefaultSAWaitKey: true, AppsRunning: 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.
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go
index 7c1723d9318b..f6e9a5f98f7a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ func ExpectAppsRunning(cs *kubernetes.Clientset, expected []string) error {
 
 // WaitForAppsRunning waits for expected Apps To be running
 func WaitForAppsRunning(cs *kubernetes.Clientset, expected []string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	glog.Info("waiting for k8s-apps to be running ...")
 	start := time.Now()
 	checkRunning := func() error { return ExpectAppsRunning(cs, expected) }
 	if err := retry.Expo(checkRunning, 500*time.Millisecond, timeout); err != nil {