diff --git a/CefSharp.Core/WebBrowserExtensionsEx.cs b/CefSharp.Core/WebBrowserExtensionsEx.cs
index b88df16413..0c898f31fe 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Core/WebBrowserExtensionsEx.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Core/WebBrowserExtensionsEx.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using CefSharp.Internals;
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace CefSharp
@@ -50,6 +51,106 @@ public static Task<NavigationEntry> GetVisibleNavigationEntryAsync(this IWebBrow
             return tcs.Task;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// See <see cref="IWebBrowser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync()"/> for details
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="chromiumWebBrowser">ChromiumWebBrowser instance (cannot be null)</param>
+        /// <returns>See <see cref="IWebBrowser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync()"/> for details</returns>
+        public static async Task<LoadUrlAsyncResponse> WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync(IWebBrowser chromiumWebBrowser)
+        {
+            if (chromiumWebBrowser.IsDisposed)
+            {
+                throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(chromiumWebBrowser));
+            }
+
+            //If the browser has already initialized then we
+            //should check if the page has already loaded
+            if (chromiumWebBrowser.IsBrowserInitialized)
+            {
+                var browser = chromiumWebBrowser.GetBrowser();
+
+                if (!browser.IsLoading)
+                {
+                    var navEntry = await chromiumWebBrowser.GetVisibleNavigationEntryAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    int statusCode = navEntry?.HttpStatusCode ?? -1;
+
+                    //By default 0 is some sort of error, we map that to -1
+                    //so that it's clearer that something failed.
+                    if (statusCode == 0)
+                    {
+                        statusCode = -1;
+                    }
+
+                    return new LoadUrlAsyncResponse(CefErrorCode.None, statusCode);
+                }
+            }
+
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<LoadUrlAsyncResponse>();
+
+            EventHandler<LoadErrorEventArgs> loadErrorHandler = null;
+            EventHandler<LoadingStateChangedEventArgs> loadingStateChangeHandler = null;
+
+            loadErrorHandler = (sender, args) =>
+            {
+                //Ignore Aborted
+                if (args.ErrorCode == CefErrorCode.Aborted)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                //If LoadError was called then we'll remove both our handlers
+                //as we won't need to capture LoadingStateChanged, we know there
+                //was an error
+                chromiumWebBrowser.LoadError -= loadErrorHandler;
+                chromiumWebBrowser.LoadingStateChanged -= loadingStateChangeHandler;
+
+                //Ensure our continuation is executed on the ThreadPool
+                //For the .Net Core implementation we could use
+                //TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously
+                tcs.TrySetResultAsync(new LoadUrlAsyncResponse(args.ErrorCode, -1));
+            };
+
+            loadingStateChangeHandler = (sender, args) =>
+            {
+                //Wait for IsLoading = false
+                if (!args.IsLoading)
+                {
+                    //If LoadingStateChanged was called then we'll remove both our handlers
+                    //as LoadError won't be called, our site has loaded with a valid HttpStatusCode
+                    //HttpStatusCodes can still be for example 404, this is considered a successful request,
+                    //the server responded, it just didn't have the page you were after.
+                    chromiumWebBrowser.LoadError -= loadErrorHandler;
+                    chromiumWebBrowser.LoadingStateChanged -= loadingStateChangeHandler;
+
+                    var host = args.Browser.GetHost();
+
+                    var navEntry = host?.GetVisibleNavigationEntry();
+
+                    int statusCode = navEntry?.HttpStatusCode ?? -1;
+
+                    //By default 0 is some sort of error, we map that to -1
+                    //so that it's clearer that something failed.
+                    if (statusCode == 0)
+                    {
+                        statusCode = -1;
+                    }
+
+                    //Ensure our continuation is executed on the ThreadPool
+                    //For the .Net Core implementation we could use
+                    //TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously
+                    tcs.TrySetResultAsync(new LoadUrlAsyncResponse(CefErrorCode.None, statusCode));
+                }
+            };
+
+            chromiumWebBrowser.LoadError += loadErrorHandler;
+            chromiumWebBrowser.LoadingStateChanged += loadingStateChangeHandler;
+
+            var response = await tcs.Task.ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            return response;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Downloads the specified <paramref name="url"/> and calls <paramref name="completeHandler"/>
         /// when the download is complete. Makes a GET Request.
diff --git a/CefSharp.Test/DevTools/DevToolsClientFacts.cs b/CefSharp.Test/DevTools/DevToolsClientFacts.cs
index 1cce4032cc..121bfbc3d6 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Test/DevTools/DevToolsClientFacts.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Test/DevTools/DevToolsClientFacts.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public async Task CanCaptureScreenshot()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public async Task CanGetDevToolsProtocolVersion()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public async Task CanEmulationCanEmulate()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public async Task CanGetPageNavigationHistory()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public async Task CanSetCookieForDomain(string name, string value, string domain
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public async Task CanUseMultipleDevToolsClientInstancesPerBrowser()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public async Task CanSetUserAgentOverride()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public async Task ExecuteDevToolsMethodThrowsExceptionWithInvalidMethod()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
diff --git a/CefSharp.Test/JavascriptBinding/IntegrationTestFacts.cs b/CefSharp.Test/JavascriptBinding/IntegrationTestFacts.cs
index 87753d95b3..c17d629d39 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Test/JavascriptBinding/IntegrationTestFacts.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Test/JavascriptBinding/IntegrationTestFacts.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public async Task IsObjectCachedWithInvalidObjectNameReturnsFalse()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(CefExample.BindingApiCustomObjectNameTestUrl))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 //We'll execute twice using the different cased (camelcase naming and standard)
                 var response = await browser.EvaluateScriptAsync("CefSharp.IsObjectCached('doesntexist')");
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public async Task JsBindingGlobalObjectNameCustomValueExecuteIsObjectCachedSucce
                 //To modify the settings we need to defer browser creation slightly
                 browser.CreateBrowser();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var result = await browser.EvaluateScriptAsync("bindingApiObject.isObjectCached('doesntexist') === false");
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public async Task JsBindingGlobalApiDisabled()
                 //To modify the settings we need to defer browser creation slightly
                 browser.CreateBrowser();
 
-                var loadResponse = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var loadResponse = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(loadResponse.Success);
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public async Task JsBindingGlobalApiEnabled()
                 //To modify the settings we need to defer browser creation slightly
                 browser.CreateBrowser();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var response1 = await browser.EvaluateScriptAsync("typeof window.cefSharp === 'undefined'");
                 var response2 = await browser.EvaluateScriptAsync("typeof window.CefSharp === 'undefined'");
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public async Task JsBindingRenderProcessId(string script)
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(CefExample.BindingApiCustomObjectNameTestUrl))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var result = await browser.EvaluateScriptAsync(script);
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public async Task CanCallCefSharpBindObjectAsyncWithoutParams()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(CefExample.HelloWorldUrl))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 //TODO: See if we can avoid GetAwaiter().GetResult()
                 var evt = Assert.Raises<JavascriptBindingEventArgs>(
diff --git a/CefSharp.Test/OffScreen/OffScreenBrowserBasicFacts.cs b/CefSharp.Test/OffScreen/OffScreenBrowserBasicFacts.cs
index ba9345dd5d..20f45f0029 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Test/OffScreen/OffScreenBrowserBasicFacts.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Test/OffScreen/OffScreenBrowserBasicFacts.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadGoogle()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadInvalidDomain()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("notfound.cefsharp.test"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadExpiredBadSsl()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("https://expired.badssl.com/"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadGoogleAndEvaluateScript()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public async Task CanEvaluateScriptInParallel()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("www.google.com"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public async Task CanEvaluateScriptAsyncReturnPartiallyEmptyArrays(string javasc
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(CefExample.HelloWorldUrl))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var result = await browser.EvaluateScriptAsync(javascript);
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public async Task CrossSiteNavigationJavascriptBinding()
                 browser.JavascriptObjectRepository.Register("bound", boundObj, true);
 #endif
 
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public async Task CrossSiteNavigationJavascriptBinding()
                 boundObj.MethodCalled = false;
 
                 browser.Load("https://www.google.com");
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
                 browser.GetMainFrame().ExecuteJavaScriptAsync(script);
                 await Task.Delay(2000);
                 Assert.True(boundObj.MethodCalled);
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public async Task JavascriptBindingMultipleObjects()
 #endif
                 };
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
                 browser.GetMainFrame().ExecuteJavaScriptAsync(script);
 
                 await Task.Delay(2000);
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public async Task CanEvaluateScriptAsyncWithEncodedStringArguments()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://www.google.com"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public async Task CanEvaluateScriptAsPromiseAsyncJavascriptBindingApiGlobalObjec
                 browser.JavascriptObjectRepository.Settings.JavascriptBindingApiGlobalObjectName = rootObjName;
                 browser.CreateBrowser();
 
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public async Task CanEvaluateScriptAsPromiseAsync(string script, bool success, s
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://www.google.com"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ public async Task CanEvaluateScriptAsPromiseAsyncReturnObject(string script, boo
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://www.google.com"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public async Task CanMakeFrameUrlRequest()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public async Task CanDownloadUrlForFrame(string url)
         {            
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(url))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ public async Task CanDownloadFileToFolderWithoutAskingUser(string url)
                             }
                         });
 
-                await chromiumWebBrowser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await chromiumWebBrowser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 chromiumWebBrowser.StartDownload(url);
 
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ public async Task CanExecuteJavascriptInMainFrameAfterNavigatingToDifferentOrigi
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(firstUrl))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadRequestWithPostData(string url)
             //To use LoadRequest we must first load a web page
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(new HtmlString("Testing")))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadHttpWebsiteUsingProxy()
                 
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://cefsharp.github.io/", requestContext: requestContext))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadHttpWebsiteUsingSetProxyAsync()
 
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://cefsharp.github.io/", requestContext: requestContext))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ await Cef.UIThreadTaskFactory.StartNew(delegate
 
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://cefsharp.github.io/", requestContext: requestContext))
             {
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -720,6 +720,28 @@ await Cef.UIThreadTaskFactory.StartNew(delegate
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CanWaitForBrowserInitialLoadAfterLoad()
+        {
+            using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser("http://www.google.com"))
+            {
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
+
+                var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
+                Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
+                Assert.Contains("www.google.com", mainFrame.Url);
+                Assert.Equal(CefErrorCode.None, response.ErrorCode);
+                Assert.Equal(200, response.HttpStatusCode);
+
+                output.WriteLine("Url {0}", mainFrame.Url);
+
+                response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
+
+                Assert.Equal(CefErrorCode.None, response.ErrorCode);
+                Assert.Equal(200, response.HttpStatusCode);
+            }
+        }
+
 #if DEBUG
         [Fact]
         public async Task CanLoadMultipleBrowserInstancesSequentially()
@@ -728,7 +750,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadMultipleBrowserInstancesSequentially()
             {
                 using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(new HtmlString("Testing")))
                 {
-                    var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                    var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                     Assert.True(response.Success);
 
diff --git a/CefSharp.Test/PostMessage/IntegrationTestFacts.cs b/CefSharp.Test/PostMessage/IntegrationTestFacts.cs
index 840984700f..7c38fb4bc8 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Test/PostMessage/IntegrationTestFacts.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Test/PostMessage/IntegrationTestFacts.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public async Task JavascriptCustomEvent(string jsEventObject, string eventToRais
             //Page.AddScriptToEvaluateOnNewDocument (via DevTools)
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(new HtmlString("Initial Load")))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 using (var devToolsClient = browser.GetDevToolsClient())
                 {
diff --git a/CefSharp.Test/WinForms/WinFormsBrowserBasicFacts.cs b/CefSharp.Test/WinForms/WinFormsBrowserBasicFacts.cs
index 0296e0b534..b67ed3e3e2 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Test/WinForms/WinFormsBrowserBasicFacts.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Test/WinForms/WinFormsBrowserBasicFacts.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadGoogle()
                 browser.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1024, 768);
                 browser.CreateControl();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public async Task CanSetBrowserSettingsDisableImageLoadingViaObjectFactory()
                 browser.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1024, 768);
                 browser.CreateControl();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public async Task CanSetBrowserSettingsDisableImageLoading()
                 browser.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1024, 768);
                 browser.CreateControl();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public async Task CanSetRequestContextViaRequestContextBuilder()
                 browser.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1024, 768);
                 browser.CreateControl();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public async Task CanSetRequestContext()
                 browser.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1024, 768);
                 browser.CreateControl();
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
diff --git a/CefSharp.Test/Wpf/WpfBrowserBasicFacts.cs b/CefSharp.Test/Wpf/WpfBrowserBasicFacts.cs
index 82909b0de2..7affb3066f 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Test/Wpf/WpfBrowserBasicFacts.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Test/Wpf/WpfBrowserBasicFacts.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public async Task CanLoadGoogle()
         {
             using (var browser = new ChromiumWebBrowser(null, "www.google.com", new Size(1024, 786)))
             {
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public async Task CanCallLoadUrlImmediately()
                 browser.Load("www.google.com");
                 browser.CreateBrowser(null, new Size(1024, 786));
 
-                var response = await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                var response = await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 Assert.True(response.Success);
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public async Task CanSetRequestContext()
                 browser.RequestContext = new RequestContext();
                 browser.CreateBrowser(null, new Size(1024, 786));
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public async Task CanSetRequestContextViaBuilder()
 
                 browser.CreateBrowser(null, new Size(1024, 786));
 
-                await browser.LoadUrlAsync();
+                await browser.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
 
                 var mainFrame = browser.GetMainFrame();
                 Assert.True(mainFrame.IsValid);
diff --git a/CefSharp/IWebBrowser.cs b/CefSharp/IWebBrowser.cs
index 3ac4b1aa81..105ba8e42a 100644
--- a/CefSharp/IWebBrowser.cs
+++ b/CefSharp/IWebBrowser.cs
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ public interface IWebBrowser : IDisposable
         /// </returns>
         Task<LoadUrlAsyncResponse> LoadUrlAsync(string url = null, SynchronizationContext ctx = null);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Wait for the Browser to finish Loading the initial web page
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// A <see cref="Task{LoadUrlAsyncResponse}"/> that can be awaited which returns the HttpStatusCode and <see cref="CefErrorCode"/>.
+        /// A HttpStatusCode equal to 200 and <see cref="CefErrorCode.None"/> is considered a success.
+        /// </returns>
+        Task<LoadUrlAsyncResponse> WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The javascript object repository, one repository per ChromiumWebBrowser instance.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/CefSharp/Internals/Partial/ChromiumWebBrowser.Partial.cs b/CefSharp/Internals/Partial/ChromiumWebBrowser.Partial.cs
index 0bd3692738..99ad0c5a7a 100644
--- a/CefSharp/Internals/Partial/ChromiumWebBrowser.Partial.cs
+++ b/CefSharp/Internals/Partial/ChromiumWebBrowser.Partial.cs
@@ -327,14 +327,19 @@ public void LoadUrl(string url)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public Task<LoadUrlAsyncResponse> LoadUrlAsync(string url = null, SynchronizationContext ctx = null)
+        public Task<LoadUrlAsyncResponse> LoadUrlAsync(string url, SynchronizationContext ctx = null)
         {
             //LoadUrlAsync is actually a static method so that CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost can reuse the code
-            //It's not actually an extension method so we can have it included as part of the
-            //IWebBrowser interface
             return CefSharp.WebBrowserExtensions.LoadUrlAsync(this, url, ctx);
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public Task<LoadUrlAsyncResponse> WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync()
+        {
+            //WaitForBrowserLoadAsync is actually a static method so that CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost can reuse the code
+            return CefSharp.WebBrowserExtensionsEx.WaitForBrowserInitialLoadAsync(this);
+        }
+
         partial void OnAfterBrowserCreated(IBrowser browser);
 
         /// <summary>