diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 4f9cd5f..d3b2b63 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ cow release:publish 3.1.14-rc1 -vvv
 
 ## Release
 
-`cow release <version>` will perform all release tasks. <version> is mandatory and must be the exact tag name to release.
+`cow release <version>` will perform the first part of the release tasks.
+<version> is mandatory and must be the exact tag name to release.
 
 This command has these options:
 
@@ -53,8 +54,6 @@ it will install to the path specified by `./release-<version>` in the current di
   If omitted, no branching is performed. `--branch-auto` can be used to just default to the major.minor.patch
   version of the release. It's advisable to specify this, but not always necessary, when doing pre-releases.
 
-## Release sub-commands
-
 `release` actually has several sub-commands which can be run independently. These are as below:
 
 * `release:create` creates the project folder
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ This command has these options:
 * `--aws-profile <profile>` to specify the AWS profile name for uploading releases to s3. Check with
   damian@silverstripe.com if you don't have an AWS key setup. 
 
-## Publish sub-commands
-
 The release process, as with the initial `cow release` command, will actually be composed of several sub-commands,
 each of which could be run separately.
 
@@ -90,6 +87,9 @@ each of which could be run separately.
 * `release:archive` Generate tar.gz and zip archives of this release
 * `release:upload` Upload archived projects to silverstripe.org
 
+After the push step, `release:publish` will automatically wait for this version to be available in packagist.org
+before continuing.
+
 ## Module-level commands
 
 Outside of doing core releases, you can use this for specific modules
diff --git a/src/Commands/Release/Publish.php b/src/Commands/Release/Publish.php
index bada4b8..82e5795 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Release/Publish.php
+++ b/src/Commands/Release/Publish.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use SilverStripe\Cow\Steps\Release\PushRelease;
 use SilverStripe\Cow\Steps\Release\TagModules;
 use SilverStripe\Cow\Steps\Release\UploadArchive;
+use SilverStripe\Cow\Steps\Release\Wait;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ protected function fire() {
 		$push = new PushRelease($this, $directory, $modules);
 		$push->run($this->input, $this->output);
 
+		// Once pushed, wait until installable
+		$wait = new Wait($this, $version);
+		$wait->run($this->input, $this->output);
+
 		// Create packages
 		$package = new BuildArchive($this, $version, $directory);
 		$package->run($this->input, $this->output);
diff --git a/src/Steps/Release/Wait.php b/src/Steps/Release/Wait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad0bfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Steps/Release/Wait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\Cow\Steps\Release;
+
+use Exception;
+use SilverStripe\Cow\Model\ReleaseVersion;
+use SilverStripe\Cow\Steps\Step;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new project
+ */
+class Wait extends Step {
+
+	protected $package = 'silverstripe/installer';
+
+	protected $stability = 'dev';
+
+	/**
+	 * Seconds to timeout error
+	 * Defaults to 15 minutes
+	 *
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	protected $timeout = 5400;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var ReleaseVersion
+	 */
+	protected $version;
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param Command $command
+	 * @param array $version
+	 * @param type $directory
+	 */
+	public function __construct(Command $command, ReleaseVersion $version) {
+		parent::__construct($command);
+		$this->version = $version;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new project
+	 *
+	 * @param InputInterface $input
+	 * @param OutputInterface $output
+	 */
+	public function run(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+		$version = $this->version->getValue();
+		$this->log($output, "Waiting for version {$version} to be available via packagist");
+		$this->waitLoop($output);
+		$this->log($output, "Version {$version} is now available");
+	}
+
+	protected function waitLoop(OutputInterface $output) {
+		$start = time();
+		$version = $this->version->getValue();
+		while($start + $this->timeout >= time()) {
+			$versions = $this->getAvailableVersions($output);
+			if(in_array($version, $versions)) {
+				return;
+			}
+			// Wait
+			$this->log($output, "Version {$version} not available; checking again in 20 seconds");
+			
+			// Progress bar for 20 seconds
+			$progress = new ProgressBar($output, 20);
+			$progress->start();
+			for($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++) {
+				$progress->advance();
+				sleep(1);
+			}
+			$progress->finish();
+			$output->writeln('');
+		}
+
+		// Timeout
+		throw new Exception(
+			"Waiting for version {$version} to be available timed out after " . $this->timeout . " seconds"
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine installable versions composer knows about and can install
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getAvailableVersions(OutputInterface $output) {
+		$error = "Could not parse available versions from command \"composer show {$this->package}\"";
+        $output = $this->runCommand($output, array("composer", "show", $this->package), $error);
+
+		// Parse output
+		if($output && preg_match('/^versions\s*:\s*(?<versions>(\S.+\S))\s*$/m', $output, $matches)) {
+			return preg_split('/\s*,\s*/', $matches['versions']);
+		}
+
+		throw new Exception($error);
+	}
+
+	public function getStepName() {
+		return 'wait';
+	}
+
+}