diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 322285d6b3564..d0b7e545cc885 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       interval: 5s
       retries: 10
+      start_period: 60s
 
   ##
   # The WP CLI container.