diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-discovery-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-discovery-deployment.yaml
index 5f8db61..5c01feb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-discovery-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-discovery-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@
       name: msb-discovery
     spec:
       hostname: msb-discovery
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - /root/ready.py
+        args:
+        - --container-name
+        - msb-consul
+        env:
+        - name: NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              apiVersion: v1
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        image: {{ .Values.image.readiness }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pullPolicy }}
+        name: msb-discovery-readiness
       containers:
       - args:
         image:  {{ .Values.image.discovery }}
@@ -34,4 +49,4 @@
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pullPolicy }}
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-docker-registry-key"
-#{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+#{{ end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-eag-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-eag-deployment.yaml
index 714f19b..10cbbe1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-eag-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-eag-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@
       name: msb-eag
     spec:
       hostname: msb-eag
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - /root/ready.py
+        args:
+        - --container-name
+        - msb-discovery
+        env:
+        - name: NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              apiVersion: v1
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        image: {{ .Values.image.readiness }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pullPolicy }}
+        name: msb-eag-readiness
       containers:
       - args:
         image:  {{ .Values.image.apigateway }}
@@ -38,4 +53,4 @@
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pullPolicy}}
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-docker-registry-key"
-#{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+#{{ end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-iag-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-iag-deployment.yaml
index ca4d5a0..18dbc67 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-iag-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/templates/msb-iag-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@
       name: msb-iag
     spec:
       hostname: msb-iag
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - /root/ready.py
+        args:
+        - --container-name
+        - msb-discovery
+        env:
+        - name: NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              apiVersion: v1
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        image: {{ .Values.image.readiness }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pullPolicy }}
+        name: msb-iag-readiness
       containers:
       - args:
         image:  {{ .Values.image.apigateway }}
@@ -38,4 +53,4 @@
         imagePullPolicy: "{{ .Values.pullPolicy}}"
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-docker-registry-key"
-#{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+#{{ end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/values.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/values.yaml
index 7c1b16b..9bbdb92 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 nsPrefix: onap
 pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 image:
+  readiness: oomk8s/readiness-check:1.0.0
   consul: consul:0.9.3
   discovery: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/msb/msb_discovery:1.0.0
   apigateway: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/msb/msb_apigateway:1.0.0