diff --git a/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service.rb b/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service.rb
index 350efcb97..d95152fea 100644
--- a/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service.rb
+++ b/lib/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def sync(cache)
     def status
       if !exists?
         "Not found"
+      elsif requires_publishing? && !published?
+        "LoadBalancer IP address is not provisioned yet"
       elsif !requires_endpoints?
         "Doesn't require any endpoints"
       elsif selects_some_pods?
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ def status
 
     def deploy_succeeded?
       return false unless exists?
+      return published? if requires_publishing?
       return exists? unless requires_endpoints?
       # We can't use endpoints if we want the service to be able to fail fast when the pods are down
       exposes_zero_replica_workload? || selects_some_pods?
@@ -89,5 +92,14 @@ def related_replica_count
     def external_name_svc?
       @definition["spec"]["type"] == "ExternalName"
     end
+
+    def requires_publishing?
+      @definition["spec"]["type"] == "LoadBalancer"
+    end
+
+    def published?
+      ingresses = @instance_data.dig('status', 'loadBalancer', 'ingress')
+      ingresses && ingresses.size > 0
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/for_unit_tests/service_test.yml b/test/fixtures/for_unit_tests/service_test.yml
index 427fb542c..915b17190 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/for_unit_tests/service_test.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/for_unit_tests/service_test.yml
@@ -200,3 +200,12 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: app
         image: busybox
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: standard-lb
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  selector:
+    type: standard
diff --git a/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service_test.rb b/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service_test.rb
index c1e40bcb7..f8d8b185d 100644
--- a/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/kubernetes-deploy/kubernetes_resource/service_test.rb
@@ -151,6 +151,39 @@ def test_service_finds_deployment_with_different_pod_and_workload_labels
     assert_equal("Doesn't require any endpoints", svc.status)
   end
 
+  def test_ensures_populated_status_for_load_balancers
+    svc_def = service_fixture('standard-lb')
+    svc = build_service(svc_def)
+
+    stub_kind_get("Service", items: [svc_def])
+    stub_kind_get("Deployment", items: deployment_fixtures)
+    stub_kind_get("Pod", items: pod_fixtures)
+    stub_kind_get("StatefulSet", items: [])
+    svc.sync(build_resource_cache)
+
+    assert_includes(svc.to_yaml, 'type: LoadBalancer')
+    assert(svc.exists?)
+    refute(svc.deploy_succeeded?)
+    assert_equal("LoadBalancer IP address is not provisioned yet", svc.status)
+
+    svc_def = svc_def.deep_merge('status' => {
+      'loadBalancer' => {
+        'ingress' => {
+          'ip' => '146.148.47.155',
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    stub_kind_get("Service", items: [svc_def])
+    stub_kind_get("Deployment", items: deployment_fixtures)
+    stub_kind_get("Pod", items: pod_fixtures)
+    stub_kind_get("StatefulSet", items: [])
+    svc.sync(build_resource_cache)
+
+    assert(svc.exists?)
+    assert(svc.deploy_succeeded?)
+    assert_equal("Selects at least 1 pod", svc.status)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def build_service(definition)