diff --git a/Containers/fulltextsearch/Dockerfile b/Containers/fulltextsearch/Dockerfile
index 571780ede2e..9b7804f7463 100644
--- a/Containers/fulltextsearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/Containers/fulltextsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
     ; \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*;
 
+COPY --chmod=775 healthcheck.sh /healthcheck.sh
+
 USER 1000:0
 
-HEALTHCHECK CMD nc -z 127.0.0.1 9200 || exit 1
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=5s --start-period=1m --retries=5 CMD /healthcheck.sh
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable="false"
diff --git a/Containers/fulltextsearch/healthcheck.sh b/Containers/fulltextsearch/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e888ea6013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Containers/fulltextsearch/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+nc -z 127.0.0.1 9200 || exit 1
diff --git a/php/containers.json b/php/containers.json
index cdf9d73cd5f..d99a18817ad 100644
--- a/php/containers.json
+++ b/php/containers.json
@@ -732,6 +732,14 @@
       "display_name": "Fulltextsearch",
       "image": "nextcloud/aio-fulltextsearch",
       "init": false,
+      "healthcheck": {
+        "start_period": "60s",
+        "test": "/healthcheck.sh",
+        "interval": "10s",
+        "timeout": "5s",
+        "start_interval": "5s",
+        "retries": 5
+      },
       "expose": [
         "9200"
       ],