diff --git a/openstackclient/common/utils.py b/openstackclient/common/utils.py
index a468629ba2..4142f830f5 100644
--- a/openstackclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/openstackclient/common/utils.py
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ def wait_for_status(status_f,
 def wait_for_delete(manager,
                     res_id,
                     status_field='status',
+                    error_status=['error'],
+                    exception_name=['NotFound'],
                     sleep_time=5,
                     timeout=300,
                     callback=None):
@@ -324,6 +326,8 @@ def wait_for_delete(manager,
     :param status_field: the status attribute in the returned resource object,
         this is used to check for error states while the resource is being
         deleted
+    :param error_status: a list of status strings for error
+    :param exception_name: a list of exception strings for deleted case
     :param sleep_time: wait this long between checks (seconds)
     :param timeout: check until this long (seconds)
     :param callback: called per sleep cycle, useful to display progress; this
@@ -340,12 +344,12 @@ def wait_for_delete(manager,
             # handle a NotFound exception here without parsing the message
             res = manager.get(res_id)
         except Exception as ex:
-            if type(ex).__name__ == 'NotFound':
+            if type(ex).__name__ in exception_name:
                 return True
             raise
 
         status = getattr(res, status_field, '').lower()
-        if status == 'error':
+        if status in error_status:
             return False
 
         if callback:
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/common/test_utils.py b/openstackclient/tests/common/test_utils.py
index 62e3638eeb..09545079bf 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/common/test_utils.py
@@ -212,6 +212,28 @@ class TestUtils(test_utils.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(utils.wait_for_delete(manager, res_id))
         self.assertFalse(mock_sleep.called)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(time, 'sleep')
+    def test_wait_for_delete_error_with_overrides(self, mock_sleep):
+        # Tests that we fail if the resource is my_status=failed
+        resource = mock.MagicMock(my_status='FAILED')
+        mock_get = mock.Mock(return_value=resource)
+        manager = mock.MagicMock(get=mock_get)
+        res_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        self.assertFalse(utils.wait_for_delete(manager, res_id,
+                                               status_field='my_status',
+                                               error_status=['failed']))
+        self.assertFalse(mock_sleep.called)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(time, 'sleep')
+    def test_wait_for_delete_error_with_overrides_exception(self, mock_sleep):
+        # Tests that we succeed if the resource is specific exception
+        mock_get = mock.Mock(side_effect=Exception)
+        manager = mock.MagicMock(get=mock_get)
+        res_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        self.assertTrue(utils.wait_for_delete(manager, res_id,
+                                              exception_name=['Exception']))
+        self.assertFalse(mock_sleep.called)
+
     def test_build_kwargs_dict_value_set(self):
         self.assertEqual({'arg_bla': 'bla'},
                          utils.build_kwargs_dict('arg_bla', 'bla'))