diff --git a/chaosk8s/daemonset/__init__.py b/chaosk8s/daemonset/__init__.py
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diff --git a/chaosk8s/daemonset/probes.py b/chaosk8s/daemonset/probes.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from typing import Union
+import urllib3
+from chaoslib.types import Secrets
+from chaoslib.exceptions import ActivityFailed
+from kubernetes import client
+from logzero import logger
+from chaosk8s import create_k8s_api_client
+
+__all__ = ["daemonset_ready"]
+
+
+def daemonset_ready(name: str, ns: str = "default",
+                    label_selector: str = "name in ({name})",
+                    timeout: int = 30,
+                    secrets: Secrets = None):
+    """
+    Check that the DaemonSet has no misscheduled or unavailable pods
+
+    Raises :exc:`chaoslib.exceptions.ActivityFailed` when the state is not
+    as expected.
+    """
+    api = create_k8s_api_client(secrets)
+
+    v1 = client.AppsV1Api(api)
+
+    ret = v1.list_namespaced_daemon_set(ns, label_selector=label_selector)
+    logger.debug("Found {d} daemonsets".format(d=len(ret.items)))
+
+    if not ret.items:
+        raise ActivityFailed(
+            "DaemonSet '{name}' was not found".format(name=name))
+
+    for ds in ret.items:
+        logger.debug("DaemonSet has '{u}' unavailable replicas and \
+                     '{m}' misscheduled".format(
+                     u=ds.status.number_unavailable,
+                     m=ds.status.number_misscheduled))
+        if (
+           (ds.status.number_unavailable is not None
+            and ds.status.number_unavailable != 0)
+            or ds.status.number_misscheduled != 0
+           ):
+            raise ActivityFailed(
+                                "DaemonSet has '{u}' unavailable replicas "
+                                "and '{m}' misscheduled".format(
+                                    u=ds.status.number_unavailable,
+                                    m=ds.status.number_misscheduled))
+    return True
diff --git a/tests/test_daemonset.py b/tests/test_daemonset.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch, ANY, call
+
+import pytest
+from kubernetes import stream
+from chaoslib.exceptions import ActivityFailed, InvalidActivity
+from chaoslib.provider.python import validate_python_activity
+
+from chaosk8s.daemonset.probes import daemonset_ready
+
+
+@patch('chaosk8s.has_local_config_file', autospec=True)
+@patch('chaosk8s.daemonset.probes.client', autospec=True)
+@patch('chaosk8s.client')
+def test_daemonset_ready(cl, client, has_conf):
+    has_conf.return_value = False
+
+    ds = MagicMock()
+    ds.status.number_unavailable = None
+    ds.status.number_misscheduled = 0
+    result = MagicMock()
+    result.items = [ds,ds]
+
+    v1 = MagicMock()
+    v1.list_namespaced_daemon_set.return_value = result
+    client.AppsV1Api.return_value = v1
+
+    assert daemonset_ready("test")
+
+
+@patch('chaosk8s.has_local_config_file', autospec=True)
+@patch('chaosk8s.daemonset.probes.client', autospec=True)
+@patch('chaosk8s.client')
+def test_daemonset_not_ready(cl, client, has_conf):
+    has_conf.return_value = False
+
+    ds = MagicMock()
+    ds.status.number_unavailable = 1
+    ds.status.number_misscheduled = 0
+    result = MagicMock()
+    result.items = [ds,ds]
+
+    v1 = MagicMock()
+    v1.list_namespaced_daemon_set.return_value = result
+    client.AppsV1Api.return_value = v1
+
+    with pytest.raises(ActivityFailed) as excinfo:
+        daemonset_ready("test")
+    assert "DaemonSet has '1' unavailable replicas and '0' misscheduled" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+@patch('chaosk8s.has_local_config_file', autospec=True)
+@patch('chaosk8s.daemonset.probes.client', autospec=True)
+@patch('chaosk8s.client')
+def test_daemonset_ready_not_found(cl, client, has_conf):
+    has_conf.return_value = False
+    result = MagicMock()
+    result.items = []
+
+    v1 = MagicMock()
+    v1.list_namespaced_daemon_set.return_value = result
+    client.AppsV1Api.return_value = v1
+
+    name = "test"
+    with pytest.raises(ActivityFailed) as excinfo:
+        daemonset_ready(name)
+    assert "DaemonSet '{name}' was not found".format(name=name) in str(excinfo.value)
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