diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e5874307c..a7c421c62 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FROM perl:5.22
 
 ENV PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 PERL_CARTON_PATH=/carton
 
+COPY wait-for-it.sh /
 COPY cpanfile cpanfile.snapshot /metacpan-api/
 WORKDIR /metacpan-api
 
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@ USER metacpan-api:users
 
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-CMD [ "./wait-for-it.sh", "db:5432", "carton", "exec", "morbo", "-l", "http://*:5000", "-w", "root", "./bin/api.pl"]
+CMD [ "/wait-for-it.sh", "db:5432", "--", "carton", "exec", "morbo", "-l", "http://*:5000", "-w", "root", "./bin/api.pl"]
diff --git a/wait-for-it.sh b/wait-for-it.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..33e0d0e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wait-for-it.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# See https://github.com/vishnubob/wait-for-it
+#
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Giles Hall
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+# this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+# the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+# use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+# of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+# so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#   Use this script to test if a given TCP host/port are available
+
+cmdname=$(basename $0)
+
+echoerr() { if [[ $QUIET -ne 1 ]]; then echo "$@" 1>&2; fi }
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat << USAGE >&2
+Usage:
+    $cmdname host:port [-s] [-t timeout] [-- command args]
+    -h HOST | --host=HOST       Host or IP under test
+    -p PORT | --port=PORT       TCP port under test
+                                Alternatively, you specify the host and port as host:port
+    -s | --strict               Only execute subcommand if the test succeeds
+    -q | --quiet                Don't output any status messages
+    -t TIMEOUT | --timeout=TIMEOUT
+                                Timeout in seconds, zero for no timeout
+    -- COMMAND ARGS             Execute command with args after the test finishes
+USAGE
+    exit 1
+}
+
+wait_for()
+{
+    if [[ $TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$cmdname: waiting $TIMEOUT seconds for $HOST:$PORT"
+    else
+        echoerr "$cmdname: waiting for $HOST:$PORT without a timeout"
+    fi
+    start_ts=$(date +%s)
+    while :
+    do
+        if [[ $ISBUSY -eq 1 ]]; then
+            nc -z $HOST $PORT
+            result=$?
+        else
+            (echo > /dev/tcp/$HOST/$PORT) >/dev/null 2>&1
+            result=$?
+        fi
+        if [[ $result -eq 0 ]]; then
+            end_ts=$(date +%s)
+            echoerr "$cmdname: $HOST:$PORT is available after $((end_ts - start_ts)) seconds"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return $result
+}
+
+wait_for_wrapper()
+{
+    # In order to support SIGINT during timeout: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/57692
+    if [[ $QUIET -eq 1 ]]; then
+        timeout $BUSYTIMEFLAG $TIMEOUT $0 --quiet --child --host=$HOST --port=$PORT --timeout=$TIMEOUT &
+    else
+        timeout $BUSYTIMEFLAG $TIMEOUT $0 --child --host=$HOST --port=$PORT --timeout=$TIMEOUT &
+    fi
+    PID=$!
+    trap "kill -INT -$PID" INT
+    wait $PID
+    RESULT=$?
+    if [[ $RESULT -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$cmdname: timeout occurred after waiting $TIMEOUT seconds for $HOST:$PORT"
+    fi
+    return $RESULT
+}
+
+# process arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+        *:* )
+        hostport=(${1//:/ })
+        HOST=${hostport[0]}
+        PORT=${hostport[1]}
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --child)
+        CHILD=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -q | --quiet)
+        QUIET=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -s | --strict)
+        STRICT=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -h)
+        HOST="$2"
+        if [[ $HOST == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --host=*)
+        HOST="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -p)
+        PORT="$2"
+        if [[ $PORT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --port=*)
+        PORT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -t)
+        TIMEOUT="$2"
+        if [[ $TIMEOUT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --timeout=*)
+        TIMEOUT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --)
+        shift
+        CLI=("$@")
+        break
+        ;;
+        --help)
+        usage
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echoerr "Unknown argument: $1"
+        usage
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "$HOST" == "" || "$PORT" == "" ]]; then
+    echoerr "Error: you need to provide a host and port to test."
+    usage
+fi
+
+TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT:-15}
+STRICT=${STRICT:-0}
+CHILD=${CHILD:-0}
+QUIET=${QUIET:-0}
+
+# check to see if timeout is from busybox?
+# check to see if timeout is from busybox?
+TIMEOUT_PATH=$(realpath $(which timeout))
+if [[ $TIMEOUT_PATH =~ "busybox" ]]; then
+        ISBUSY=1
+        BUSYTIMEFLAG="-t"
+else
+        ISBUSY=0
+        BUSYTIMEFLAG=""
+fi
+
+if [[ $CHILD -gt 0 ]]; then
+    wait_for
+    RESULT=$?
+    exit $RESULT
+else
+    if [[ $TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        wait_for_wrapper
+        RESULT=$?
+    else
+        wait_for
+        RESULT=$?
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $CLI != "" ]]; then
+    if [[ $RESULT -ne 0 && $STRICT -eq 1 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$cmdname: strict mode, refusing to execute subprocess"
+        exit $RESULT
+    fi
+    exec "${CLI[@]}"
+else
+    exit $RESULT
+fi