diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/bot.py b/dev/archery/archery/bot.py
index c548e9a2a47..468b6246577 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/bot.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/bot.py
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ def _clone_arrow_and_crossbow(dest, crossbow_repo, pull_request):
               help='Additional task parameters for rendering the CI templates')
 @click.option('--arrow-version', '-v', default=None,
               help='Set target version explicitly.')
+@click.option('--wait', default=60,
+              help='Wait the specified seconds before generating a report.')
 @click.pass_obj
-def submit(obj, tasks, groups, params, arrow_version):
+def submit(obj, tasks, groups, params, arrow_version, wait):
     """
     Submit crossbow testing tasks.
 
@@ -270,7 +272,8 @@ def submit(obj, tasks, groups, params, arrow_version):
         queue.push()
 
         # render the response comment's content
-        report = CommentReport(job, crossbow_repo=crossbow_repo)
+        report = CommentReport(job, crossbow_repo=crossbow_repo,
+                               wait_for_task=wait)
 
         # send the response
         pull_request.create_issue_comment(report.show())
diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/reports.py b/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/reports.py
index a3958d8ccf2..2c8a0f0375c 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/reports.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/reports.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import operator
 import fnmatch
 import functools
+import time
 
 import click
 import requests
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class Report:
         "arrow_commit",
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self, job, task_filters=None):
+    def __init__(self, job, task_filters=None, wait_for_task=None):
         self.job = job
 
         tasks = sorted(job.tasks.items())
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self, job, task_filters=None):
             tasks = [(name, task) for name, task in tasks if name in filtered]
 
         self._tasks = dict(tasks)
+        self._wait_for_task = wait_for_task
 
     @property
     def repo_url(self):
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ def branch_url(self, branch):
         return '{}/tree/{}'.format(self.repo_url, branch)
 
     def task_url(self, task):
+        if self._wait_for_task:
+            time.sleep(self._wait_for_task)
         if task.status().build_links:
             # show link to the actual build, some CI providers implement
             # the statuses API others implement the checks API, retrieve any.
@@ -307,9 +311,9 @@ class CommentReport(Report):
         ),
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, job, crossbow_repo):
+    def __init__(self, job, crossbow_repo, wait_for_task=None):
         self.crossbow_repo = crossbow_repo
-        super().__init__(job)
+        super().__init__(job, wait_for_task=wait_for_task)
 
     def show(self):
         url = 'https://github.com/{repo}/branches/all?query={branch}'