diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/overcloud-failures-0e98b37251fb2be2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/overcloud-failures-0e98b37251fb2be2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bc0c39eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/overcloud-failures-0e98b37251fb2be2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - A new command, openstack overcloud failures, is added to show
+    the failures from a deployment plan when using config-download.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7f8555ce9..ffcff1a02 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ openstack.tripleoclient.v1 =
     overcloud_delete = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_delete:DeleteOvercloud
     overcloud_credentials = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_credentials:OvercloudCredentials
     overcloud_deploy = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_deploy:DeployOvercloud
+    overcloud_failures = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_deploy:GetDeploymentFailures
     overcloud_status = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_deploy:GetDeploymentStatus
     overcloud_image_build = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_image:BuildOvercloudImage
     overcloud_image_upload = tripleoclient.v1.overcloud_image:UploadOvercloudImage
diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
index 873d1a942..e5f25aed2 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -1965,3 +1965,56 @@ class TestGetDeploymentStatus(utils.TestCommand):
             '+-----------+-----------+---------+-------------------+\n')
 
         self.assertEqual(expected, self.cmd.app.stdout.getvalue())
+
+
+class TestGetDeploymentFailures(utils.TestCommand):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestGetDeploymentFailures, self).setUp()
+        self.cmd = overcloud_deploy.GetDeploymentFailures(self.app, None)
+        self.app.client_manager = mock.Mock()
+        self.clients = self.app.client_manager
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        'tripleoclient.workflows.deployment.get_deployment_failures',
+        autospec=True)
+    def test_plan_get_deployment_status(self, mock_get_deployment_failures):
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, [], [])
+        self.cmd.app.stdout = six.StringIO()
+
+        failures = {
+            'host0': [
+                ['Task1', dict(key1=1, key2=2, key3=3)],
+                ['Task2', dict(key4=4, key5=5, key3=5)]
+            ],
+            'host1': [
+                ['Task1', dict(key1=1, key2=2, key3=['a', 'b', 'c'])]
+            ],
+        }
+
+        mock_get_deployment_failures.return_value = failures
+
+        self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        expected = (
+            '|-> Failures for host: host0\n'
+            '|--> Task: Task1\n'
+            '|---> key1: 1\n'
+            '|---> key2: 2\n'
+            '|---> key3: 3\n'
+            '|--> Task: Task2\n'
+            '|---> key3: 5\n'
+            '|---> key4: 4\n'
+            '|---> key5: 5\n'
+            '\n'
+            '|-> Failures for host: host1\n'
+            '|--> Task: Task1\n'
+            '|---> key1: 1\n'
+            '|---> key2: 2\n'
+            '|---> key3: [\n'
+            '    "a",\n'
+            '    "b",\n'
+            '    "c"\n'
+            ']\n\n')
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, self.cmd.app.stdout.getvalue())
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
index 6b4a91e56..bc0f32657 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import os.path
@@ -1033,7 +1034,7 @@ class DeployOvercloud(command.Command):
 
 
 class GetDeploymentStatus(command.Command):
-    """Check status of a deployment plan"""
+    """Get deployment status"""
 
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + ".GetDeploymentStatus")
 
@@ -1063,3 +1064,51 @@ class GetDeploymentStatus(command.Command):
                        execution['updated_at'],
                        payload['deployment_status']])
         print(table, file=self.app.stdout)
+
+
+class GetDeploymentFailures(command.Command):
+    """Get deployment failures"""
+
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + ".GetDeploymentFailures")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(GetDeploymentFailures, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument('--plan', '--stack',
+                            help=_('Name of the stack/plan. '
+                                   '(default: overcloud)'),
+                            default='overcloud')
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        self.log.debug("take_action(%s)" % parsed_args)
+        plan = parsed_args.plan
+
+        failures = deployment.get_deployment_failures(
+            self.app.client_manager,
+            plan=plan
+        )
+
+        out = self.app.stdout
+
+        hosts = list(failures.keys())
+        hosts.sort()
+
+        for host in hosts:
+            host_failures = failures[host]
+            host_failures = sorted(host_failures, key=lambda k: k[0])
+            out.write("|-> Failures for host: %s\n" % host)
+            for task_name, task in host_failures:
+                out.write('|--> Task: %s\n' % task_name)
+                task_keys = sorted(task.keys())
+                for task_key in task_keys:
+                    task_value = task[task_key]
+                    out.write('|---> %s: ' % task_key)
+                    try:
+                        value = json.dumps(task_value,
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           separators=(',', ': '),
+                                           indent=4)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        value = task_value
+                    out.write('%s\n' % value)
+            out.write('\n')
diff --git a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
index 13b52fc05..7f6b28271 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
@@ -299,14 +299,23 @@ def get_deployment_status(clients, **workflow_input):
 
 def get_deployment_failures(clients, **workflow_input):
     workflow_client = clients.workflow_engine
+    tripleoclients = clients.tripleoclient
 
-    result = base.call_action(
+    execution = base.start_workflow(
         workflow_client,
-        'tripleo.deployment.get_deployment_failures',
-        **workflow_input
+        'tripleo.deployment.v1.get_deployment_failures',
+        workflow_input=workflow_input
     )
 
-    if result.get('message', ''):
-        print(result['message'])
+    with tripleoclients.messaging_websocket() as ws:
+        for payload in base.wait_for_messages(workflow_client, ws, execution,
+                                              _WORKFLOW_TIMEOUT):
+            if 'message' in payload:
+                print(payload['message'])
 
-    return result['failures']
+    if payload['status'] == 'SUCCESS':
+        return payload['deployment_failures']['failures']
+    else:
+        raise exceptions.WorkflowServiceError(
+            'Exception getting deployment failures: {}'.format(
+                payload.get('message', '')))