diff --git a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/Chart.yaml
index fe13457..fa89a66 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/Chart.yaml
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@
     repository: 'file://../repositoryGenerator'
   - name: serviceAccount
     version: ~13.x-0
-    repository: '@local'
\ No newline at end of file
+    repository: '@local'
+  - name: readinessCheck
+    version: ~13.x-0
+    repository: '@local'
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/templates/job.yaml b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/templates/job.yaml
index 288ea8e..0180fec 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/templates/job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/templates/job.yaml
@@ -37,27 +37,19 @@
       name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
     spec:
       initContainers:
-      - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
-        command:
-        - /app/ready.py
-        args:
-        - --app-name
-        - {{ default .Values.global.mariadbGalera.nameOverride .Values.mariadbGalera.containerName }}
-        env:
-        - name: NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              apiVersion: v1
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.readiness" . }}
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            cpu: "100m"
-            memory: "0.5Gi"
-          requests:
-            cpu: "3m"
-            memory: "0.02Gi"
+      {{- if .Values.global.mariadbGalera.localCluster }}
+      {{-   if .Values.global.mariadbGalera.useOperator }}
+      {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" (dict "dot" . "wait_for" .Values.readinessCheck.wait_for_local_operator ) | indent 6 | trim }}
+      {{    else }}
+      {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" (dict "dot" . "wait_for" .Values.readinessCheck.wait_for_local ) | indent 6 | trim }}
+      {{-   end }}
+      {{ else }}
+      {{-   if .Values.global.mariadbGalera.useOperator }}
+      {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" (dict "dot" . "wait_for" .Values.readinessCheck.wait_for_global_operator ) | indent 6 | trim }}
+      {{   else }}
+      {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" (dict "dot" . "wait_for" .Values.readinessCheck.wait_for_global ) | indent 6 | trim }}
+      {{-   end }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.mariadb" . }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml
index 9a4b4b3..e0ba282 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml
@@ -148,3 +148,17 @@
 wait_for_job_container:
   containers:
     - '{{ include "common.name" . }}'
+
+readinessCheck:
+  wait_for_global_operator:
+    pods:
+      - '{{ .Values.global.mariadbGalera.nameOverride }}-0'
+  wait_for_local_operator:
+    pods:
+      - '{{ index .Values "mariadb-galera" "nameOverride" }}-0'
+  wait_for_global:
+    apps:
+      - '{{ include "common.mariadbAppName" . }}'
+  wait_for_local:
+    apps:
+      - '{{ include "common.mariadbAppName" . }}'