diff --git a/ixc_django_docker/bin/help.sh b/ixc_django_docker/bin/help.sh
index 2e2ed19..56fc868 100755
--- a/ixc_django_docker/bin/help.sh
+++ b/ixc_django_docker/bin/help.sh
@@ -99,8 +99,11 @@ Here is a list of frequently used commands you might want to run:
 		Create a PostgreSQL database with a name derived from the project
 		directory and current Git branch.
 
-		Seed the new database it with data from the 'SRC_PG*' environment
+		Seed the new database with data from the 'SRC_PG*' environment
 		variables, if defined.
+		
+		Additional 'pg_dump' args can be specified in the 'SRC_PGDUMP_EXTRA'
+		environment variable. E.g. '--exclude-table-data django_session'
 
 		Drop and recreate the database if 'SETUP_POSTGRES_FORCE' is defined.
 
diff --git a/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-django.sh b/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-django.sh
index 6b6f9bb..f0c4d37 100755
--- a/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-django.sh
+++ b/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-django.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ cat <<EOF
 #
 EOF
 
+dockerize -timeout 1m -wait "tcp://$REDIS_ADDRESS"
+
 # Install Node modules.
 waitlock.py -b "npm-install.sh '$PROJECT_DIR'"
 
diff --git a/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-postgres.sh b/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-postgres.sh
index 9e34300..ac4e299 100755
--- a/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-postgres.sh
+++ b/ixc_django_docker/bin/setup-postgres.sh
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ elif [[ -n "$SRC_PGDATABASE" ]]; then
 		echo "Waited $COUNT seconds for PostgreSQL."
 	fi
 	echo "Restore database '$PGDATABASE' from source database '$SRC_PGDATABASE' on tcp://$SRC_PGHOST:$SRC_PGPORT."
-	PGPASSWORD="$SRC_PGPASSWORD" pg_dump -h "$SRC_PGHOST" -p "$SRC_PGPORT" -U "$SRC_PGUSER" -O -x "$SRC_PGDATABASE" | pv | psql -d "$PGDATABASE" > /dev/null
+	PGPASSWORD="$SRC_PGPASSWORD" pg_dump $SRC_PGDUMP_EXTRA -h "$SRC_PGHOST" -p "$SRC_PGPORT" -U "$SRC_PGUSER" -O -x "$SRC_PGDATABASE" | pv | psql -d "$PGDATABASE" > /dev/null
 fi
diff --git a/ixc_django_docker/bin/waitlock.py b/ixc_django_docker/bin/waitlock.py
index 45c2fba..f7583dc 100755
--- a/ixc_django_docker/bin/waitlock.py
+++ b/ixc_django_docker/bin/waitlock.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import time
 
+from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
 import redis
 import redis_lock
 
@@ -80,25 +82,48 @@ def waitlock(cmd, block=False):
     # Create lock object.
     lock = redis_lock.Lock(conn, name=cmd, expire=60, auto_renewal=True)
 
-    # Attempt to acquire lock.
-    if lock.acquire(blocking=False):
-        logger.debug('Acquired lock. Executing command: %s' % cmd)
-
-    # Block until lock is available, then execute.
-    elif block:
-        logger.info('Waiting to acquire lock for command: %s' % cmd)
-        when = datetime.datetime.now()
-        lock.acquire()
-        duration = datetime.datetime.now() - when
-        logger.info(
-            'Waited %s seconds to acquire lock. Executing command: %s' % (
-                duration.seconds,
-                cmd,
-            ))
-
-    else:
-        logger.info('Unable to acquire lock.')
-        return 0
+    # Retry on connection errors, when told to block.
+    while True:
+        try:
+            # Attempt to acquire lock.
+            if lock.acquire(blocking=False):
+                logger.debug('Acquired lock. Executing command: %s' % cmd)
+
+            # Block until lock is available, then execute.
+            elif block:
+                logger.info('Waiting to acquire lock for command: %s' % cmd)
+                when = datetime.datetime.now()
+                lock.acquire()
+                duration = datetime.datetime.now() - when
+                logger.info(
+                    'Waited %s seconds to acquire lock. Executing command: %s' % (
+                        duration.seconds,
+                        cmd,
+                    ))
+
+            # Abort.
+            else:
+                logger.info('Unable to acquire lock.')
+                return 0
+        except ConnectionError:
+            # Retry.
+            if block:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Unable to connect to Redis at '%s:%s'. Retrying in 1 "
+                    'second.' % (
+                        REDIS_HOST,
+                        REDIS_PORT,
+                    ))
+                time.sleep(1)
+                continue
+            logger.info(
+                'Unable to acquire lock. Unable to connect to Redis at '
+                "'%s:%s'." % (
+                    REDIS_HOST,
+                    REDIS_PORT,
+                ))
+            return 0
+        break
 
     # Execute command and get exit code from subprocess.
     exit_code = execute(cmd)[0]