diff --git a/rabbitmq/etc/init.d/rabbitmq b/rabbitmq/etc/init.d/rabbitmq
index b58a73f..2e26eb7 100755
--- a/rabbitmq/etc/init.d/rabbitmq
+++ b/rabbitmq/etc/init.d/rabbitmq
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ start() {
 	rabbitmq
 }
 
+start_post() {
+	timeout -t 3 docker exec rabbitmq sh -c 'until grep -q "Server startup complete" /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@rabbitmq.log 2>/dev/null ; do usleep 50000; done'
+}
+
 stop() {
 	/usr/bin/docker stop rabbitmq
 }