diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
index f8131268e61..5b6b5ce3194 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.HttpWaitStrategy;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.images.RemoteDockerImage;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
@@ -282,6 +284,27 @@ public void testElasticsearch8SecureByDefaultCustomCaCertFails() throws Exceptio
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testElasticsearch8SecureByDefaultHttpWaitStrategy() throws Exception {
+        final HttpWaitStrategy httpsWaitStrategy = Wait.forHttps("/")
+            .forPort(9200)
+            .forStatusCode(200)
+            .withBasicCredentials(ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME, ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD)
+            // trusting self-signed certificate
+            .allowInsecure();
+
+        try (ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.1.2")
+            .waitingFor(httpsWaitStrategy)) {
+
+            // Start the container. This step might take some time...
+            container.start();
+
+            Response response = getClusterHealth(container);
+            assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(200));
+            assertThat(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()), containsString("cluster_name"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testElasticsearch8SecureByDefaultFailsSilentlyOnLatestImages() throws Exception {
         // this test exists for custom images by users that use the `latest` tag