diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-plugin.yml
index 2863f868a..69ecb7bd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-plugin.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Maybe upgrade WP DB
         working-directory: plugins/faustwp
         run: docker exec --workdir=/var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/faustwp $(docker-compose ps -q wordpress) wp core update-db --allow-root
+      - name: Init Testing Environment
+        working-directory: plugins/faustwp
+        run: docker exec --workdir=/var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/faustwp $(docker-compose ps -q wordpress) init-testing-environment.sh
       - name: Install WP GraphQL
         working-directory: plugins/faustwp
         run: |
diff --git a/plugins/faustwp/.docker/Dockerfile b/plugins/faustwp/.docker/Dockerfile
index 42f2af39e..4acb728d7 100644
--- a/plugins/faustwp/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/plugins/faustwp/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ ENV WP_VERSION=${WP_VERSION}
 # Needed for Codeception WPDB test integration.
 RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
 
+# Install Dockerize
+ENV DOCKERIZE_VERSION v0.7.0
+RUN curl -L -O https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && rm dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz
+
 # Install WP cli
 RUN curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar \
 	&& chmod +x wp-cli.phar \
diff --git a/plugins/faustwp/.docker/scripts/init-testing-environment.sh b/plugins/faustwp/.docker/scripts/init-testing-environment.sh
index f88e6e7bb..b48c8e8ec 100644
--- a/plugins/faustwp/.docker/scripts/init-testing-environment.sh
+++ b/plugins/faustwp/.docker/scripts/init-testing-environment.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ version_gt() {
     test "$(printf '%s\n' "$@" | sort -V | head -n 1)" != "$1";
 }
 
+# Ensure mysql is loaded
+dockerize -wait tcp://${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST}:3306 -timeout 1m
+
 cd /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/$WP_PLUGIN_FOLDER
 
 # Setup WordPress test core files and database