diff --git a/tqdm/std.py b/tqdm/std.py
index b5ff064ed..fe74b6bef 100644
--- a/tqdm/std.py
+++ b/tqdm/std.py
@@ -771,11 +771,11 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 
     def __init__(self, iterable=None, desc=None, total=None, leave=True,
                  file=None, ncols=None, mininterval=0.1, maxinterval=10.0,
-                 miniters=None, ascii=None, disable=False, unit='it',
-                 unit_scale=False, dynamic_ncols=False, smoothing=0.3,
-                 bar_format=None, initial=0, position=None, postfix=None,
-                 unit_divisor=1000, write_bytes=None, lock_args=None,
-                 gui=False, **kwargs):
+                 miniters=None, waituntil=0.0, ascii=None, disable=False,
+                 unit='it', unit_scale=False, dynamic_ncols=False,
+                 smoothing=0.3, bar_format=None, initial=0, position=None,
+                 postfix=None, unit_divisor=1000, write_bytes=None,
+                 lock_args=None, gui=False, **kwargs):
         """
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -821,6 +821,9 @@ def __init__(self, iterable=None, desc=None, total=None, leave=True,
             Tweak this and `mininterval` to get very efficient loops.
             If your progress is erratic with both fast and slow iterations
             (network, skipping items, etc) you should set miniters=1.
+        waituntil  : float, optional
+            Don't display the progressbar until this number [default: 0] of
+            seconds has elapsed.
         ascii  : bool or str, optional
             If unspecified or False, use unicode (smooth blocks) to fill
             the meter. The fallback is to use ASCII characters " 123456789#".
@@ -976,6 +979,7 @@ def __init__(self, iterable=None, desc=None, total=None, leave=True,
         self.maxinterval = maxinterval
         self.miniters = miniters
         self.dynamic_miniters = dynamic_miniters
+        self.waituntil = waituntil
         self.ascii = ascii
         self.disable = disable
         self.unit = unit
@@ -1010,7 +1014,8 @@ def __init__(self, iterable=None, desc=None, total=None, leave=True,
         if not gui:
             # Initialize the screen printer
             self.sp = self.status_printer(self.fp)
-            self.refresh(lock_args=self.lock_args)
+            if waituntil <= 0:
+                self.refresh(lock_args=self.lock_args)
 
         # Init the time counter
         self.last_print_t = self._time()
@@ -1077,6 +1082,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
         dynamic_miniters = self.dynamic_miniters
         last_print_t = self.last_print_t
         last_print_n = self.last_print_n
+        start_t = self.start_t
         n = self.n
         smoothing = self.smoothing
         avg_time = self.avg_time
@@ -1096,9 +1102,9 @@ def __iter__(self):
             # check counter first to avoid calls to time()
             if n - last_print_n >= self.miniters:
                 miniters = self.miniters  # watch monitoring thread changes
-                delta_t = time() - last_print_t
-                if delta_t >= mininterval:
-                    cur_t = time()
+                cur_t = time()
+                delta_t = cur_t - last_print_t
+                if delta_t >= mininterval and cur_t - start_t >= self.waituntil:
                     delta_it = n - last_print_n
                     # EMA (not just overall average)
                     if smoothing and delta_t and delta_it:
@@ -1173,9 +1179,10 @@ def update(self, n=1):
 
         # check counter first to reduce calls to time()
         if self.n - self.last_print_n >= self.miniters:
-            delta_t = self._time() - self.last_print_t
-            if delta_t >= self.mininterval:
-                cur_t = self._time()
+            cur_t = self._time()
+            delta_t = cur_t - self.last_print_t
+            if (delta_t >= self.mininterval
+                    and cur_t - self.start_t >= self.waituntil):
                 delta_it = self.n - self.last_print_n  # >= n
                 # elapsed = cur_t - self.start_t
                 # EMA (not just overall average)
@@ -1248,15 +1255,17 @@ def fp_write(s):
         leave = pos == 0 if self.leave is None else self.leave
 
         with self._lock:
-            if leave:
-                # stats for overall rate (no weighted average)
-                self.avg_time = None
-                self.display(pos=0)
-                fp_write('\n')
-            else:
-                self.display(msg='', pos=pos)
-                if not pos:
-                    fp_write('\r')
+            # If the following doesn't hold, we haven't even printed anything.
+            if self.last_print_t - self.start_t >= self.waituntil:
+                if leave:
+                    # stats for overall rate (no weighted average)
+                    self.avg_time = None
+                    self.display(pos=0)
+                    fp_write('\n')
+                else:
+                    self.display(msg='', pos=pos)
+                    if not pos:
+                        fp_write('\r')
 
     def clear(self, nolock=False):
         """Clear current bar display."""
diff --git a/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py b/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
index 2ce4620a9..f2fc56ab5 100644
--- a/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
@@ -610,6 +610,22 @@ def test_max_interval():
         t2.close()
 
 
+@with_setup(pretest, posttest)
+def test_waituntil():
+    """Test waituntil"""
+    timer = DiscreteTimer()
+    with closing(StringIO()) as our_file:
+        t = tqdm(total=2, file=our_file, leave=True, waituntil=3)
+        cpu_timify(t, timer)
+        timer.sleep(2)
+        t.update(1)
+        assert not our_file.getvalue()
+        timer.sleep(2)
+        t.update(1)
+        assert our_file.getvalue()
+        t.close()
+
+
 @with_setup(pretest, posttest)
 def test_min_iters():
     """Test miniters"""