diff --git a/distributed/client.py b/distributed/client.py
index 264fe232a93..8c897e965ad 100644
--- a/distributed/client.py
+++ b/distributed/client.py
@@ -1458,7 +1458,11 @@ def wait_for_workers(
             raise ValueError(
                 f"`n_workers` must be a positive integer. Instead got {n_workers}."
             )
-        return self.sync(self._wait_for_workers, n_workers, timeout=timeout)
+
+        if self.cluster is None:
+            return self.sync(self._wait_for_workers, n_workers, timeout=timeout)
+
+        return self.cluster.wait_for_workers(n_workers, timeout)
 
     def _heartbeat(self):
         # Don't send heartbeat if scheduler comm or cluster are already closed
diff --git a/distributed/deploy/cluster.py b/distributed/deploy/cluster.py
index bbba149d6f0..c9170c1cfa4 100644
--- a/distributed/deploy/cluster.py
+++ b/distributed/deploy/cluster.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from distributed.compatibility import PeriodicCallback
 from distributed.core import Status
 from distributed.deploy.adaptive import Adaptive
+from distributed.metrics import time
 from distributed.objects import SchedulerInfo
 from distributed.utils import (
     Log,
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+no_default = "__no_default__"
+
+
 class Cluster(SyncMethodMixin):
     """Superclass for cluster objects
 
@@ -582,6 +586,57 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
     def __hash__(self):
         return id(self)
 
+    async def _wait_for_workers(self, n_workers=0, timeout=None):
+        self.scheduler_info = SchedulerInfo(await self.scheduler_comm.identity())
+        if timeout:
+            deadline = time() + parse_timedelta(timeout)
+        else:
+            deadline = None
+
+        def running_workers(info):
+            return len(
+                [
+                    ws
+                    for ws in info["workers"].values()
+                    if ws["status"] == Status.running.name
+                ]
+            )
+
+        while n_workers and running_workers(self.scheduler_info) < n_workers:
+            if deadline and time() > deadline:
+                raise TimeoutError(
+                    "Only %d/%d workers arrived after %s"
+                    % (running_workers(self.scheduler_info), n_workers, timeout)
+                )
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+            self.scheduler_info = SchedulerInfo(await self.scheduler_comm.identity())
+
+    def wait_for_workers(
+        self, n_workers: int | str = no_default, timeout: float | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        """Blocking call to wait for n workers before continuing
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        n_workers : int
+            The number of workers
+        timeout : number, optional
+            Time in seconds after which to raise a
+            ``dask.distributed.TimeoutError``
+        """
+        if n_workers is no_default:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Please specify the `n_workers` argument when using `Client.wait_for_workers`. Not specifying `n_workers` will no longer be supported in future versions.",
+                FutureWarning,
+            )
+            n_workers = 0
+        elif not isinstance(n_workers, int) or n_workers < 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"`n_workers` must be a positive integer. Instead got {n_workers}."
+            )
+        return self.sync(self._wait_for_workers, n_workers, timeout=timeout)
+
 
 def _exponential_backoff(
     attempt: int, multiplier: float, exponential_base: float, max_interval: float
diff --git a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_cluster.py b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_cluster.py
index cb0b189ea2a..5533916072e 100644
--- a/distributed/deploy/tests/test_cluster.py
+++ b/distributed/deploy/tests/test_cluster.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 
+from distributed import LocalCluster, Status
 from distributed.deploy.cluster import Cluster, _exponential_backoff
 from distributed.utils_test import gen_test
 
@@ -38,6 +39,21 @@ async def test_logs_deprecated():
             cluster.logs()
 
 
+@gen_test()
+async def test_cluster_wait_for_worker():
+    async with LocalCluster(n_workers=2, asynchronous=True) as cluster:
+        assert len(cluster.scheduler.workers) == 2
+        cluster.scale(4)
+        await cluster.wait_for_workers(4)
+        assert all(
+            [
+                worker["status"] == Status.running.name
+                for _, worker in cluster.scheduler_info["workers"].items()
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(cluster.scheduler.workers) == 4
+
+
 @gen_test()
 async def test_deprecated_loop_properties():
     class ExampleCluster(Cluster):