diff --git a/packages/common/utils.js b/packages/common/utils.js
index e4bae26b0ed2da185be88fbe795b13de56be76d6..99624b4d7b3348e7f2932dfc96aec4af018a374b 100644
--- a/packages/common/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/utils.js
@@ -225,4 +225,28 @@ export const getAssetURL = (path) => {
     // If all fails we just fall back to relative paths and hope the
     // html is on the same path as the bundle
     return path;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+/**
+ * Poll <fn> every <interval> ms until <timeout> ms
+ *
+ * @param fn
+ * @param timeout
+ * @param interval
+ */
+export const pollFunc =  (fn, timeout, interval) => {
+    var startTime = (new Date()).getTime();
+    interval = interval || 1000;
+
+    (function p() {
+        // don't retry if we took longer than timeout ms
+        if (((new Date).getTime() - startTime ) > timeout) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // retry until fn() returns true
+        if (!fn())  {
+            setTimeout(p, interval);
+        }
+    })();
+};