diff --git a/include/crow/crow.hpp b/include/crow/crow.hpp
index 006e4eb..de1c74b 100644
--- a/include/crow/crow.hpp
+++ b/include/crow/crow.hpp
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ class crow
      */
     void clear_context();
 
+    /*!
+     * @brief waits for all pending posts/jobs to complete
+     *
+     */
+    void wait_pending_jobs() const;
+
     /*!
      * @}
      */
diff --git a/src/crow.cpp b/src/crow.cpp
index 9a10180..b6942be 100644
--- a/src/crow.cpp
+++ b/src/crow.cpp
@@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ void crow::clear_context()
     }
 }
 
+void crow::wait_pending_jobs() const {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_jobs(m_jobs_mutex);
+
+    for (auto it = m_jobs.begin(); it != m_jobs.end(); ++it) {
+      it->wait();
+    }
+}
+
 std::string crow::post(json payload) const
 {
     curl_wrapper curl;