diff --git a/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml b/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml
index 77d9c9b31..b28b0be84 100644
--- a/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ spec:
         app: fineract-server
         tier: backend
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: init-mydb
+          image: busybox:1.28
+          command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo -e "Checking for the availability of MYSQL server deployment"; while ! nc -z "fineractmysql" 3306; do sleep 1; printf "-"; done; echo -e " >> MYSQL server has started";']
       containers:
       - name: fineract-server
         image: apache/fineract:latest