diff --git a/quickstart/quickstart.sh b/quickstart/quickstart.sh
index 34f97e018..61576a3e2 100755
--- a/quickstart/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart/quickstart.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+function oc::wait::object::availability() {
+    local cmd=$1 # Command whose output we require
+    local interval=$2 # How many seconds to sleep between tries
+    local iterations=$3 # How many times we attempt to run the command
+
+    ii=0
+
+    while [ $ii -le $iterations ]
+    do
+
+        token=$($cmd) && returncode=$? || returncode=$?
+        if [ $returncode -eq 0 ]; then
+            break
+        fi
+
+        ((ii=ii+1))
+        if [ $ii -eq 100 ]; then
+            echo $cmd "did not return a value"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        sleep $interval
+    done
+    echo $token
+}
+
+
 MODELMESH_PROJECT=${1:-"opendatahub"}
 INFERENCE_SERVICE_PROJECT=${2:-"mesh-test"}
 
@@ -9,6 +37,11 @@ oc new-project $INFERENCE_SERVICE_PROJECT
 SECRETKEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
 sed "s/<secretkey>/$SECRETKEY/g" sample-minio.yaml > minio.yaml
 
+echo "Waiting for kserve crds to be created by the Operator"
+oc::wait::object::availability "oc get crd inferenceservices.serving.kserve.io" 5 120
+oc::wait::object::availability "oc get crd predictors.serving.kserve.io" 5 120
+oc::wait::object::availability "oc get crd servingruntimes.serving.kserve.io" 5 120
+
 oc apply -f minio.yaml -n $INFERENCE_SERVICE_PROJECT
 oc apply -f triton.yaml -n $INFERENCE_SERVICE_PROJECT