diff --git a/app/models/ci/build.rb b/app/models/ci/build.rb
index 30ae4bc0eda9041d0d5fcf0e74614cb036274c9b..5bd2b4371da035d3eebd936ec95486e3996c9ef8 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/build.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/build.rb
@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ def playable?
       action? && !archived? && (manual? || scheduled? || retryable?)
     end
 
+    def waiting_for_deployment_approval?
+      manual? && starts_environment? && deployment&.blocked?
+    end
+
     def schedulable?
       self.when == 'delayed' && options[:start_in].present?
     end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/factory.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/factory.rb
index 7e5afbad80655230c62575b557d05b009052fa15..a4434e2c144965d127837203af821df100379426 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/factory.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/factory.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def self.extended_statuses
               Status::Build::WaitingForResource,
               Status::Build::Preparing,
               Status::Build::Pending,
-              Status::Build::Skipped],
+              Status::Build::Skipped,
+              Status::Build::WaitingForApproval],
              [Status::Build::Cancelable,
               Status::Build::Retryable],
              [Status::Build::FailedUnmetPrerequisites,
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/waiting_for_approval.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/waiting_for_approval.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..59869a947a9512b1216b69b7388ede8a2d8b3670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/waiting_for_approval.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module Ci
+    module Status
+      module Build
+        class WaitingForApproval < Status::Extended
+          def illustration
+            {
+              image: 'illustrations/manual_action.svg',
+              size: 'svg-394',
+              title: 'Waiting for approval',
+              content: "This job deploys to the protected environment \"#{subject.deployment&.environment&.name}\" which requires approvals. Use the Deployments API to approve or reject the deployment."
+            }
+          end
+
+          def self.matches?(build, user)
+            build.waiting_for_deployment_approval?
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/waiting_for_approval_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/waiting_for_approval_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b703a8a47ac020b0fe64c1d57499ebf960cba75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/waiting_for_approval_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Status::Build::WaitingForApproval do
+  let_it_be(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
+  let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  subject { described_class.new(Gitlab::Ci::Status::Core.new(build, user)) }
+
+  describe '#illustration' do
+    let(:build) { create(:ci_build, :manual, environment: 'production', project: project) }
+
+    before do
+      environment = create(:environment, name: 'production', project: project)
+      create(:deployment, :blocked, project: project, environment: environment, deployable: build)
+    end
+
+    it { expect(subject.illustration).to include(:image, :size) }
+    it { expect(subject.illustration[:title]).to eq('Waiting for approval') }
+    it { expect(subject.illustration[:content]).to include('This job deploys to the protected environment "production"') }
+  end
+
+  describe '.matches?' do
+    subject { described_class.matches?(build, user) }
+
+    let(:build) { create(:ci_build, :manual, environment: 'production', project: project) }
+
+    before do
+      create(:deployment, deployment_status, deployable: build, project: project)
+    end
+
+    context 'when build is waiting for approval' do
+      let(:deployment_status) { :blocked }
+
+      it 'is a correct match' do
+        expect(subject).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when build is not waiting for approval' do
+      let(:deployment_status) { :created }
+
+      it 'does not match' do
+        expect(subject).to be_falsey
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end