diff --git a/charts/invenio/templates/install-init-job.yaml b/charts/invenio/templates/install-init-job.yaml
index ca8a2e5..8e763f8 100644
--- a/charts/invenio/templates/install-init-job.yaml
+++ b/charts/invenio/templates/install-init-job.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: wait-for-services
+        image: busybox
+        command: [ "/bin/sh","-c" ]
+        args: [ "until echo 'Waiting for opensearch...' && nc -vz -w 5 {{ include "invenio.opensearch.hostname" $ }} 9200; do echo 'And again...'; sleep 10; done;" ]
       containers:
       - name: install-init
         image: {{ required "Missing .Values.web.image" .Values.web.image }}