diff --git a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/util.go b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/util.go
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+package servers
+
+import "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+
+// WaitForStatus will continually poll a server until it successfully transitions to a specified
+// status. It will do this for at most the number of seconds specified.
+func WaitForStatus(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id, status string, secs int) error {
+	return gophercloud.WaitFor(secs, func() (bool, error) {
+		current, err := Get(c, id).Extract()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		if current.Status == status {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
+		return false, nil
+	})
+}