diff --git a/src/Spe.Sitecore92/Services/SpePublishManager.cs b/src/Spe.Sitecore92/Services/SpePublishManager.cs
index c4bb42e6..34e06915 100644
--- a/src/Spe.Sitecore92/Services/SpePublishManager.cs
+++ b/src/Spe.Sitecore92/Services/SpePublishManager.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
-using Sitecore.Publishing;
+using Sitecore.Jobs;
+using Sitecore.Publishing;
 using Sitecore.Publishing.Pipelines.Publish;
 using Spe.Abstractions.VersionDecoupling.Interfaces;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using Sitecore;
 
 namespace Spe.VersionSpecific.Services
 {
     public class SpePublishManager : IPublishManager
     {
+        private const int PollIntervalMs = 500;
+
+        private static readonly bool HasAbortedState = Enum.GetNames(typeof(JobState)).Any(n => n == "Aborted");
+
+        private static readonly PropertyInfo StatusStatisticsProperty =
+            typeof(PublishStatus).GetProperty("Statistics", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+
+        private static readonly bool HasStatusStatistics = StatusStatisticsProperty != null;
+
+        private static readonly PropertyInfo PublishResultStatisticsProperty =
+            typeof(PublishResult).GetProperty("Statistics", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+
+        private static bool IsAborted(JobState state) => HasAbortedState && string.Equals(state.ToString(), "Aborted", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+        private static bool IsFinished(JobState state) => string.Equals(state.ToString(), "Finished", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
         public IJob PublishAsync(PublishOptions options)
         {
             var publisher = new Publisher(options);
@@ -16,11 +38,45 @@ public IJob PublishAsync(PublishOptions options)
 
         public PublishResult PublishSync(PublishOptions options)
         {
-            var publishContext = PublishManager.CreatePublishContext(options);
-            publishContext.Languages = new[] { options.Language };
-            publishContext.Job = Sitecore.Context.Job;
+            if (HasStatusStatistics)
+            {
+                var handle = PublishManager.Publish(new[] { options });
+                var status = WaitForCompletion(handle);
+                return BuildPublishResult(status);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var publishContext = PublishManager.CreatePublishContext(options);
+                publishContext.Languages = new[] { options.Language };
+                publishContext.Job = Sitecore.Context.Job;
 
-            return PublishPipeline.Run(publishContext);
+                return PublishPipeline.Run(publishContext);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static PublishStatus WaitForCompletion(Handle handle)
+        {
+            var status = PublishManager.GetStatus(handle);
+            while (status != null && !IsFinished(status.State) && !IsAborted(status.State))
+            {
+                Thread.Sleep(PollIntervalMs);
+                status = PublishManager.GetStatus(handle);
+            }
+            return status;
+        }
+
+        private static PublishResult BuildPublishResult(PublishStatus status)
+        {
+            var result = new PublishResult();
+            if (status != null &&
+                StatusStatisticsProperty != null &&
+                PublishResultStatisticsProperty != null &&
+                PublishResultStatisticsProperty.CanWrite)
+            {
+                var statsValue = StatusStatisticsProperty.GetValue(status);
+                PublishResultStatisticsProperty.SetValue(result, statsValue);
+            }
+            return result;
         }
     }
 }