diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml
index 395d49685..c0157461a 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   name: clusterissuers.cert-manager.io
 spec:
+  additionalPrinterColumns:
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status
+    name: Ready
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].message
+    name: Status
+    priority: 1
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
+    description: CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when
+      this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order
+      across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented
+      in RFC3339 form and is in UTC.
+    name: Age
+    type: date
   group: cert-manager.io
   names:
     kind: ClusterIssuer
diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml
index cf6164e20..7bb035146 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   name: issuers.cert-manager.io
 spec:
+  additionalPrinterColumns:
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status
+    name: Ready
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].message
+    name: Status
+    priority: 1
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
+    description: CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when
+      this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order
+      across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented
+      in RFC3339 form and is in UTC.
+    name: Age
+    type: date
   group: cert-manager.io
   names:
     kind: Issuer
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml b/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
index 08a75974f..b3771e98b 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
@@ -1787,6 +1787,21 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   name: clusterissuers.cert-manager.io
 spec:
+  additionalPrinterColumns:
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status
+    name: Ready
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].message
+    name: Status
+    priority: 1
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
+    description: CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when
+      this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order
+      across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented
+      in RFC3339 form and is in UTC.
+    name: Age
+    type: date
   group: cert-manager.io
   names:
     kind: ClusterIssuer
@@ -3442,6 +3457,21 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   name: issuers.cert-manager.io
 spec:
+  additionalPrinterColumns:
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status
+    name: Ready
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].message
+    name: Status
+    priority: 1
+    type: string
+  - JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
+    description: CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when
+      this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order
+      across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented
+      in RFC3339 form and is in UTC.
+    name: Age
+    type: date
   group: cert-manager.io
   names:
     kind: Issuer
diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
index 75e81eb4e..b881485f6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ type ClusterIssuerList struct {
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].status",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].message",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description="CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented in RFC3339 form and is in UTC."
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:resource:path=issuers
 type Issuer struct {