diff --git a/cmd/cloudinfo/main.go b/cmd/cloudinfo/main.go
index 641832c15..bbb80cffa 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudinfo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudinfo/main.go
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ func main() {
 	// use the configured store implementation
 	cloudInfoStore := cistore.NewCloudInfoStore(config.Store, cloudInfoLogger)
 	defer cloudInfoStore.Close()
+	if !cloudInfoStore.Ready() {
+		emperror.Panic(errors.New("configured product store not available"))
+	}
 
 	infoers, providers, err := loadInfoers(config, cloudInfoLogger)
 	emperror.Panic(err)
diff --git a/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/cassandra.go b/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/cassandra.go
index 95b558ee2..ab926a392 100644
--- a/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/cassandra.go
+++ b/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/cassandra.go
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ func NewCassandraProductStore(config cassandra.Config, logger cloudinfo.Logger)
 	}
 }
 
+func (cps *cassandraProductStore) Ready() bool {
+	err := cps.initSession()
+	if err != nil {
+		cps.log.Error("failure checking cassandra ready", map[string]interface{}{"error": err})
+		return false
+	}
+	cps.log.Debug("casandra product store ready")
+	return true
+}
+
 func (cps *cassandraProductStore) StoreRegions(provider, service string, val map[string]string) {
 	cps.set(cps.getKey(cloudinfo.RegionKeyTemplate, provider, service), val)
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/go-cache.go b/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/go-cache.go
index 10589084e..6b57cd22f 100644
--- a/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/go-cache.go
+++ b/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/go-cache.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ type cacheProductStore struct {
 	log        cloudinfo.Logger
 }
 
+func (cis *cacheProductStore) Ready() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func (cis *cacheProductStore) DeleteRegions(provider, service string) {
 	cis.Delete(cis.getKey(cloudinfo.RegionKeyTemplate, provider, service))
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/redis.go b/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/redis.go
index 262548678..8afb08363 100644
--- a/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/redis.go
+++ b/internal/app/cloudinfo/cistore/redis.go
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ type redisProductStore struct {
 	log  cloudinfo.Logger
 }
 
+func (rps *redisProductStore) Ready() bool {
+	conn := rps.pool.Get()
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	reply, err := conn.Do("PING")
+	if err != nil {
+		rps.log.Error("failure checking redis ready", map[string]interface{}{"error": err})
+		return false
+	}
+	if reply != "PONG" {
+		rps.log.Error("redis PING returned unexpected value")
+		return false
+	}
+	rps.log.Debug("redis product store ready")
+	return true
+}
+
 func (rps *redisProductStore) DeleteRegions(provider, service string) {
 	rps.delete(rps.getKey(cloudinfo.RegionKeyTemplate, provider, service))
 }
diff --git a/internal/cloudinfo/store.go b/internal/cloudinfo/store.go
index 3077011a3..03b0280c4 100644
--- a/internal/cloudinfo/store.go
+++ b/internal/cloudinfo/store.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ const (
 
 // Storage operations for cloud information
 type CloudInfoStore interface {
+	Ready() bool
+
 	StoreRegions(provider, service string, val map[string]string)
 	GetRegions(provider, service string) (map[string]string, bool)
 	DeleteRegions(provider, service string)