diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 79bf8838..ac989678 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ COPY sbdi/data/config/charts.json /data/ala-hub/config/charts.json
 COPY sbdi/data/config/grouped_facets_default.json /data/ala-hub/config/grouped_facets_default.json
 
 COPY build/libs/ala-hub-*-plain.war $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT.war
+
+ENV DOCKERIZE_VERSION v0.7.0
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y wget \
+    && wget -O - https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C /usr/local/bin \
+    && apt-get autoremove -yqq --purge wget && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*