This paper proposes an adaptive fuzzy control method with prescribed performance for Waverider Vehicles (WVs), being able to guarantee finite-time convergence and small overshoot for tracking errors. Firstly, we design a new type of performance function that is independent of the initial error, and possess finite-time convergence and small overshoot. Then, we transform the inequality constraints on tracking errors into an unconstrained equation by introducing a transformed error. On this basis, we design a prescribed performance control (PPC) approach to limit the tracking errors within prescribed funnels utilizing the transformed error and fuzzy approximation, which ensures that satisfactory transient performance and steady-state accuracy can be guaranteed for tracking errors. Compared with the existing PPC, the improvement is to assure finite-time convergence of tracking errors with almost zero overshoot. Finally, compared simulations are given to verify the advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]