diff --git a/dpctl/_backend.pxd b/dpctl/_backend.pxd
index f485fd304f..4af83deb4e 100644
--- a/dpctl/_backend.pxd
+++ b/dpctl/_backend.pxd
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ cdef extern from "dpctl_sycl_event_interface.h":
     cdef DPCTLSyclEventRef DPCTLEvent_Create()
     cdef DPCTLSyclEventRef DPCTLEvent_Copy(const DPCTLSyclEventRef ERef)
     cdef void DPCTLEvent_Wait(DPCTLSyclEventRef ERef)
+    cdef void DPCTLEvent_WaitAndThrow(DPCTLSyclEventRef ERef)
     cdef void DPCTLEvent_Delete(DPCTLSyclEventRef ERef)
     cdef _event_status_type DPCTLEvent_GetCommandExecutionStatus(DPCTLSyclEventRef ERef)
     cdef _backend_type DPCTLEvent_GetBackend(DPCTLSyclEventRef ERef)
diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_event.pxd b/dpctl/_sycl_event.pxd
index c30b64a660..8f385a711c 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_event.pxd
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_event.pxd
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ cdef public class SyclEventRaw(_SyclEventRaw) [object PySyclEventRawObject, type
     cdef int _init_event_from__SyclEventRaw(self, _SyclEventRaw other)
     cdef int _init_event_from_SyclEvent(self, SyclEvent event)
     cdef int _init_event_from_capsule(self, object caps)
-    cdef  DPCTLSyclEventRef get_event_ref (self)
-    cpdef void wait (self)
+    cdef DPCTLSyclEventRef get_event_ref (self)
+    cdef void _wait (SyclEventRaw event)
diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx b/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx
index 499949eff6..7cf529d4b3 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import logging
 
 from cpython cimport pycapsule
 from libc.stdint cimport uint64_t
+import collections.abc
 
 from ._backend cimport (  # noqa: E211
     DPCTLEvent_Copy,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ from ._backend cimport (  # noqa: E211
     DPCTLEvent_GetProfilingInfoSubmit,
     DPCTLEvent_GetWaitList,
     DPCTLEvent_Wait,
+    DPCTLEvent_WaitAndThrow,
     DPCTLEventVector_Delete,
     DPCTLEventVector_GetAt,
     DPCTLEventVector_Size,
@@ -192,8 +194,25 @@ cdef class SyclEventRaw(_SyclEventRaw):
         """
         return self._event_ref
 
-    cpdef void wait(self):
-        DPCTLEvent_Wait(self._event_ref)
+    @staticmethod
+    cdef void _wait(SyclEventRaw event):
+        DPCTLEvent_WaitAndThrow(event._event_ref)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def wait(event):
+        """ Waits for a given event or a sequence of events.
+        """
+        if (isinstance(event, collections.abc.Sequence) and
+            all( (isinstance(el, SyclEventRaw) for el in event) )):
+            for e in event:
+                SyclEventRaw._wait(e)
+        elif isinstance(event, SyclEventRaw):
+            SyclEventRaw._wait(event)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(
+                "The passed argument is not a SyclEventRaw type or "
+                "a sequence of such objects"
+            )
 
     def addressof_ref(self):
         """ Returns the address of the C API `DPCTLSyclEventRef` pointer as
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_sycl_event.py b/dpctl/tests/test_sycl_event.py
index 4e0fe30f49..d1bae4ac0d 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_sycl_event.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_sycl_event.py
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ def test_create_event_raw_from_capsule():
         pytest.fail("Failed to create an event from capsule")
 
 
+def test_wait_with_event():
+    event = dpctl.SyclEventRaw()
+    try:
+        dpctl.SyclEventRaw.wait(event)
+    except ValueError:
+        pytest.fail("Failed to wait for the event")
+
+
+def test_wait_with_list():
+    event_1 = dpctl.SyclEventRaw()
+    event_2 = dpctl.SyclEventRaw()
+    try:
+        dpctl.SyclEventRaw.wait([event_1, event_2])
+    except ValueError:
+        pytest.fail("Failed to wait for events from the list")
+
+
 def test_execution_status():
     event = dpctl.SyclEventRaw()
     try: