diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 008f7be..9df57b6 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+echo "Waiting for postgres..."
+
+POSTGRES_PORT=${POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
+POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST:-localhost}
+
+while ! nc -z "$POSTGRES_HOST" "$POSTGRES_PORT"; do
+  sleep 0.1
+done
+
+echo "PostgreSQL started"
+
 # Only migrate, collectstatic and compilemessages if we are NOT in development
 if [ -z "$DEBUG" ]; then
   python src/manage.py migrate;