diff --git a/docs/syntax.md b/docs/syntax.md
index 5cc57f5..46a56b4 100644
--- a/docs/syntax.md
+++ b/docs/syntax.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Below you will find the step syntax next to the name of the method it utilizes.
 - `<GK> [the] deployment <any-characters-except-(")> is running in namespace <any-characters-except-(")>` kdt.KubeClientSet.DeploymentIsRunning
 - `<GK> [the] data in [the] ConfigMap "<any-characters-except-(")>" in namespace "<any-characters-except-(")>" has key "<any-characters-except-(")>" with value "<any-characters-except-(")>"` kdt.KubeClientSet.ConfigMapDataHasKeyAndValue
 - `<GK> [the] persistentvolume <any-characters-except-(")> exists with status (Available|Bound|Released|Failed|Pending)` kdt.KubeClientSet.PersistentVolExists
+- `<GK> [the] persistentvolumeclaim <any-characters-except-(")> exists with status (Available|Bound|Released|Failed|Pending) in namespace <any-characters-except-(")>` kdt.KubeClientSet.PersistentVolClaimExists
 - `<GK> [the] (clusterrole|clusterrolebinding) with name <any-characters-except-(")> should be found` kdt.KubeClientSet.ClusterRbacIsFound
 - `<GK> [the] ingress <non-whitespace-characters> in [the] namespace <non-whitespace-characters> [is] [available] on port <digits> and path <any-characters-except-(")>` kdt.KubeClientSet.IngressAvailable
 - `<GK> [I] send <digits> tps to ingress <non-whitespace-characters> in [the] namespace <non-whitespace-characters> [available] on port <digits> and path <any-characters-except-(")> for <digits> (minutes|seconds) expecting up to <digits> error[s]` kdt.KubeClientSet.SendTrafficToIngress
diff --git a/kubedog.go b/kubedog.go
index 82174af..0e3778c 100644
--- a/kubedog.go
+++ b/kubedog.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (kdt *Test) SetScenario(scenario *godog.ScenarioContext) {
 	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:the )?deployment ([^"]*) is running in namespace ([^"]*)$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.DeploymentIsRunning)
 	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:the )?data in (?:the )?ConfigMap "([^"]*)" in namespace "([^"]*)" has key "([^"]*)" with value "([^"]*)"$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.ConfigMapDataHasKeyAndValue)
 	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:the )?persistentvolume ([^"]*) exists with status (Available|Bound|Released|Failed|Pending)$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.PersistentVolExists)
+	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:the )?persistentvolumeclaim ([^"]*) exists with status (Available|Bound|Released|Failed|Pending) in namespace ([^"]*)$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.PersistentVolClaimExists)
 	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:the )?(clusterrole|clusterrolebinding) with name ([^"]*) should be found$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.ClusterRbacIsFound)
 	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:the )?ingress (\S+) in (?:the )?namespace (\S+) (?:is )?(?:available )?on port (\d+) and path ([^"]*)$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.IngressAvailable)
 	kdt.scenario.Step(`^(?:I )?send (\d+) tps to ingress (\S+) in (?:the )?namespace (\S+) (?:available )?on port (\d+) and path ([^"]*) for (\d+) (minutes|seconds) expecting up to (\d+) error(?:s)?$`, kdt.KubeClientSet.SendTrafficToIngress)
diff --git a/pkg/kube/kube.go b/pkg/kube/kube.go
index 932b937..8cf913a 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/kube.go
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ func (kc *ClientSet) PersistentVolExists(name, expectedPhase string) error {
 	return structured.PersistentVolExists(kc.KubeInterface, name, expectedPhase)
 }
 
+func (kc *ClientSet) PersistentVolClaimExists(name, expectedPhase string, namespace string) error {
+	return structured.PersistentVolClaimExists(kc.KubeInterface, name, expectedPhase, namespace)
+}
+
 func (kc *ClientSet) ClusterRbacIsFound(resourceType, name string) error {
 	return structured.ClusterRbacIsFound(kc.KubeInterface, resourceType, name)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kube/structured/structured.go b/pkg/kube/structured/structured.go
index b0d469e..e83663c 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/structured/structured.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/structured/structured.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -235,6 +236,27 @@ func PersistentVolExists(kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface, name, expectedPhase
 	return nil
 }
 
+func PersistentVolClaimExists(kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface, name, expectedPhase string, namespace string) error {
+	_, err := util.RetryOnError(
+		&util.DefaultRetry,
+		func(err error) bool {
+			msg := "persistentvolumeclaim had unexpected phase"
+			return util.IsRetriable(err) || strings.Contains(err.Error(), msg)
+		},
+		func() (interface{}, error) {
+			vol, err := GetPersistentVolumeClaim(kubeClientset, name, namespace)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			phase := string(vol.Status.Phase)
+			if phase != expectedPhase {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("persistentvolumeclaim had unexpected phase %v, expected phase %v", phase, expectedPhase)
+			}
+			return nil, nil
+		})
+	return err
+}
+
 func ValidatePrometheusVolumeClaimTemplatesName(kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface, statefulsetName, namespace, volumeClaimTemplatesName string) error {
 	// Prometheus StatefulSets deployed, then validate volumeClaimTemplate name.
 	// Validation required:
diff --git a/pkg/kube/structured/structured_helper.go b/pkg/kube/structured/structured_helper.go
index 60a8665..37132a4 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/structured/structured_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/structured/structured_helper.go
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ func GetPersistentVolume(kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface, name string) (*core
 	return pvs.(*corev1.PersistentVolume), nil
 }
 
+func GetPersistentVolumeClaim(kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface, name string, namespace string) (*corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
+	if err := common.ValidateClientset(kubeClientset); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	pvc, err := util.RetryOnError(&util.DefaultRetry, util.IsRetriable, func() (interface{}, error) {
+		return kubeClientset.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(namespace).Get(context.Background(), name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get persistentvolumeclaim")
+	}
+	return pvc.(*corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim), nil
+}
+
 func GetStatefulSetList(kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface, namespace string) (*appsv1.StatefulSetList, error) {
 	if err := common.ValidateClientset(kubeClientset); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/kube/structured/structured_test.go b/pkg/kube/structured/structured_test.go
index d4a8cdf..98adfe6 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/structured/structured_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/structured/structured_test.go
@@ -36,20 +36,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	configMapType          = "configmap"
-	deploymentType         = "deployment"
-	serviceType            = "service"
-	hpaType                = "horizontalpodautoscaler"
-	pdbType                = "poddisruptionbudget"
-	saType                 = "serviceaccount"
-	clusterRoleType        = "clusterrole"
-	clusterRoleBindingType = "clusterrolebinding"
-	nodeType               = "node"
-	daemonSetType          = "daemonset"
-	persistentVolumeType   = "persistentvolume"
-	statefulSetType        = "statefulset"
-	secretType             = "secret"
-	ingressType            = "ingress"
+	configMapType             = "configmap"
+	deploymentType            = "deployment"
+	serviceType               = "service"
+	hpaType                   = "horizontalpodautoscaler"
+	pdbType                   = "poddisruptionbudget"
+	saType                    = "serviceaccount"
+	clusterRoleType           = "clusterrole"
+	clusterRoleBindingType    = "clusterrolebinding"
+	nodeType                  = "node"
+	daemonSetType             = "daemonset"
+	persistentVolumeType      = "persistentvolume"
+	persistentVolumeClaimType = "persistentVolumeClaim"
+	statefulSetType           = "statefulset"
+	secretType                = "secret"
+	ingressType               = "ingress"
 )
 
 func TestNodesWithSelectorShouldBe(t *testing.T) {
@@ -480,6 +481,60 @@ func TestPersistentVolExists(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPersistentVolClaimExists(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		kubeClientset kubernetes.Interface
+		name          string
+		namespace     string
+		expectedPhase string
+	}
+	// expectedPhase: Available|Bound|Released|Failed|Pending
+	persistentvolumeClaimName := "persistentvolumeclaim1"
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "pvc found",
+			args: args{
+				kubeClientset: fake.NewSimpleClientset(getResource(t, persistentVolumeClaimType, persistentvolumeClaimName)),
+				name:          persistentvolumeClaimName,
+				namespace:     "",
+				expectedPhase: "Bound",
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pvc found with wrong phase",
+			args: args{
+				kubeClientset: fake.NewSimpleClientset(getResource(t, persistentVolumeClaimType, persistentvolumeClaimName)),
+				name:          persistentvolumeClaimName,
+				namespace:     "",
+				expectedPhase: "Released",
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pvc not found Test",
+			args: args{
+				kubeClientset: fake.NewSimpleClientset(getResource(t, persistentVolumeClaimType, "testabc")),
+				name:          persistentvolumeClaimName,
+				namespace:     "",
+				expectedPhase: "",
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if err := PersistentVolClaimExists(tt.args.kubeClientset, tt.args.name, tt.args.expectedPhase, tt.args.namespace); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("PersistentVolClaimExists() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidatePrometheusVolumeClaimTemplatesName(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		kubeClientset            kubernetes.Interface
@@ -833,6 +888,17 @@ func getResourceWithAll(t *testing.T, resourceType, name, namespace, label strin
 				Labels:    labels,
 			},
 		}
+	case persistentVolumeClaimType:
+		return &corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      name,
+				Namespace: namespace,
+				Labels:    labels,
+			},
+			Status: corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+				Phase: corev1.ClaimBound,
+			},
+		}
 	case statefulSetType:
 		return &appsv1.StatefulSet{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{