diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/crds/tailscale.com_tailnets.yaml b/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/crds/tailscale.com_tailnets.yaml
index 642fc3d4b..200d83943 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/crds/tailscale.com_tailnets.yaml
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/crds/tailscale.com_tailnets.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ spec:
         - jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
           name: Age
           type: date
+        - description: Status of the deployed Tailnet resources.
+          jsonPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type == "TailnetReady")].reason
+          name: Status
+          type: string
       name: v1alpha1
       schema:
         openAPIV3Schema:
diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/manifests/operator.yaml b/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/manifests/operator.yaml
index 5e89a8dff..5a64f2c7d 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/manifests/operator.yaml
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/deploy/manifests/operator.yaml
@@ -5104,6 +5104,10 @@ spec:
             - jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
               name: Age
               type: date
+            - description: Status of the deployed Tailnet resources.
+              jsonPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type == "TailnetReady")].reason
+              name: Status
+              type: string
           name: v1alpha1
           schema:
             openAPIV3Schema:
diff --git a/k8s-operator/apis/v1alpha1/types_tailnet.go b/k8s-operator/apis/v1alpha1/types_tailnet.go
index 921d9bab5..a3a17374b 100644
--- a/k8s-operator/apis/v1alpha1/types_tailnet.go
+++ b/k8s-operator/apis/v1alpha1/types_tailnet.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ var TailnetKind = "Tailnet"
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Cluster,shortName=tn
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp"
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=`.status.conditions[?(@.type == "TailnetReady")].reason`,description="Status of the deployed Tailnet resources."
 
 type Tailnet struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`