diff --git a/clearml/automation/controller.py b/clearml/automation/controller.py
index 37f75f4e..3fb7b27d 100644
--- a/clearml/automation/controller.py
+++ b/clearml/automation/controller.py
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ from .. import Logger
 from ..automation import ClearmlJob
 from ..backend_api import Session
 from ..backend_interface.task.populate import CreateFromFunction
-from ..backend_interface.util import get_or_create_project, exact_match_regex
+from ..backend_interface.util import get_or_create_project
 from ..config import get_remote_task_id
 from ..debugging.log import LoggerRoot
+from ..errors import UsageError
 from ..model import BaseModel, OutputModel
 from ..storage.util import hash_dict
 from ..task import Task
@@ -1152,14 +1153,41 @@ class PipelineController(object):
         """
         return self._thread is not None and self._thread.is_alive()
 
-    def is_successful(self):
-        # type: () -> bool
+    def is_successful(self, fail_on_step_fail=True, fail_condition="all"):
+        # type: (bool, str) -> bool
         """
-        return True if the pipeline controller is fully executed and none of the steps / Tasks failed
+        Evaluate whether or not the pipeline is successful
+        :param fail_on_step_fail: If True (default), evaluate the pipeline steps' status to assess if the pipeline
+            is successful. If False, only evaluate the controller
+        :param fail_condition: Must be one of the following: 'all' (default), 'failed' or 'aborted'. If 'failed', this
+            function will return False if the pipeline failed and True if the pipeline was aborted. If 'aborted',
+            this function will return False if the pipeline was aborted and True if the pipeline failed. If 'all',
+            this function will return False in both cases.
 
-        :return: A boolean indicating whether all steps did not fail
+        :return: A boolean indicating whether the pipeline was successful or not. Note that if the pipeline is in a
+            running/pending state, this function will return False
         """
-        return self._thread and not self.is_running() and not self._pipeline_task_status_failed
+        if fail_condition == "all":
+            success_status = [Task.TaskStatusEnum.completed]
+        elif fail_condition == "failed":
+            success_status = [Task.TaskStatusEnum.completed, Task.TaskStatusEnum.stopped]
+        elif fail_condition == "aborted":
+            success_status = [Task.TaskStatusEnum.completed, Task.TaskStatusEnum.failed]
+        else:
+            raise UsageError("fail_condition needs to be one of the following: 'all', 'failed', 'aborted'")
+
+        if self._task.status not in success_status:
+            return False
+
+        if not fail_on_step_fail:
+            return True
+
+        self._update_nodes_status()
+        for node in self._nodes.values():
+            if node.status not in success_status:
+                return False
+
+        return True
 
     def elapsed(self):
         # type: () -> float