diff --git a/ssa/manager_wait.go b/ssa/manager_wait.go
index 36f44bce4..fdcf4a7fb 100644
--- a/ssa/manager_wait.go
+++ b/ssa/manager_wait.go
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ func (m *ResourceManager) WaitForSet(set object.ObjMetadataSet, opts WaitOptions
 			errs = append(errs, builder.String())
 		case errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) && lastStatus[id].Status != status.CurrentStatus:
 			var builder strings.Builder
+			if utils.IsSuspended(lastStatus[id].Resource) {
+				// skip suspended resources that are not in a failed state
+				// as they are not expected to be reconciled and
+				// their observed generation will always be behind
+				continue
+			}
 			builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s status: '%s'",
 				utils.FmtObjMetadata(rs.Identifier), lastStatus[id].Status))
 			if rs.Error != nil {
diff --git a/ssa/manager_wait_test.go b/ssa/manager_wait_test.go
index 29726753f..8b0355aef 100644
--- a/ssa/manager_wait_test.go
+++ b/ssa/manager_wait_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ func TestWaitForSet(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
+	waitOps := DefaultWaitOptions()
+	waitOps.Timeout = timeout
+
 	id := generateName("wait")
 	objects, err := readManifest("testdata/test5.yaml", id)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -99,7 +102,41 @@ func TestWaitForSet(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		if err := manager.WaitForSet(changeSet.ToObjMetadataSet(), DefaultWaitOptions()); err != nil {
+		if err := manager.WaitForSet(changeSet.ToObjMetadataSet(), waitOps); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("wait error: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("skips suspended CRs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		clusterCR := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+		clusterCR.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+			Group:   "testing.fluxcd.io",
+			Kind:    "ClusterTest",
+			Version: "v1",
+		})
+		if err := manager.client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(cr), clusterCR); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		clusterCR.SetManagedFields(nil)
+		err = unstructured.SetNestedField(clusterCR.Object, true, "spec", "suspend")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		opts := &client.SubResourcePatchOptions{
+			PatchOptions: client.PatchOptions{
+				FieldManager: manager.owner.Field,
+			},
+		}
+
+		// Suspend the CR and thus bumping the generation.
+		if err := manager.client.Patch(ctx, clusterCR, client.Apply, opts); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		metaSet := object.UnstructuredSetToObjMetadataSet([]*unstructured.Unstructured{clusterCR})
+		if err := manager.WaitForSet(metaSet, waitOps); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("wait error: %v", err)
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/ssa/testdata/test5.yaml b/ssa/testdata/test5.yaml
index 6dc9f213b..a1f8245d6 100644
--- a/ssa/testdata/test5.yaml
+++ b/ssa/testdata/test5.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ spec:
             spec:
               description: TestSpec defines the desired state of a test run
               properties:
+                suspend:
+                  type: boolean
                 type:
                   description: Type of test
                   type: string
diff --git a/ssa/utils/is.go b/ssa/utils/is.go
index 38d90b1d5..0550f0a1b 100644
--- a/ssa/utils/is.go
+++ b/ssa/utils/is.go
@@ -63,3 +63,12 @@ func IsKustomization(object *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
 func IsSecret(object *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
 	return strings.ToLower(object.GetKind()) == "secret" && object.GetAPIVersion() == "v1"
 }
+
+// IsSuspended returns true if the given object has '.spec.suspend' set to true.
+func IsSuspended(object *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
+	if object == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	suspended, _, _ := unstructured.NestedBool(object.Object, "spec", "suspend")
+	return suspended
+}