diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/579-k8s_scale-fix-issue-with-scaling-statefulsets.yml b/changelogs/fragments/579-k8s_scale-fix-issue-with-scaling-statefulsets.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8639fd30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/579-k8s_scale-fix-issue-with-scaling-statefulsets.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - k8s_scale - fix issue when scaling StatefulSets with updateStrategy=OnDelete (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/579).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/waiter.py b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/waiter.py
index 653e1708..55afd801 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/waiter.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/waiter.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ def daemonset_ready(daemonset: ResourceInstance) -> bool:
 
 
 def statefulset_ready(statefulset: ResourceInstance) -> bool:
+    if statefulset.spec.updateStrategy.type == "OnDelete":
+        return bool(
+            statefulset.status
+            and statefulset.status.observedGeneration
+            == (statefulset.metadata.generation or 0)
+            and statefulset.status.replicas == statefulset.spec.replicas
+        )
     # These may be None
     updated_replicas = statefulset.status.updatedReplicas or 0
     ready_replicas = statefulset.status.readyReplicas or 0
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml
index eb2107d3..f5c79df5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml
@@ -389,6 +389,71 @@
         that:
           - output.result.status.replicas == 0
 
+    - name: Create a StatefulSet with updateStrategy=OnDelete
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        wait: yes
+        wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
+        definition:
+          apiVersion: apps/v1
+          kind: StatefulSet
+          metadata:
+            namespace: "{{ scale_namespace }}"
+            name: scale-set-ondelete
+          spec:
+            replicas: 2
+            updateStrategy:
+              type: OnDelete
+            selector:
+              matchLabels:
+                app: foo
+            template:
+              metadata:
+                labels:
+                  app: foo
+              spec:
+                terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
+                containers:
+                  - image: busybox
+                    name: busybox
+                    command:
+                      - sleep
+                      - "600"
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output.result.status.replicas == 2
+
+    - name: Wait for StatefulSet to scale down to 0
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_scale:
+        kind: StatefulSet
+        api_version: apps/v1
+        name: scale-set-ondelete
+        namespace: "{{ scale_namespace }}"
+        replicas: 0
+        wait: yes
+        wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output.result.status.replicas == 0
+
+    - name: Wait for StatefulSet to scale up to 2
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_scale:
+        kind: StatefulSet
+        api_version: apps/v1
+        name: scale-set-ondelete
+        namespace: "{{ scale_namespace }}"
+        replicas: 2
+        wait: yes
+        wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - output.result.status.replicas == 2
+
   always:
     - name: Remove namespace
       k8s: