diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/templates/statefulset.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/templates/statefulset.yaml
index edb3a2a..4cd2ab5 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@
                 apiVersion: v1
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         {{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
+        - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-aaf-readiness
+          image: "{{ .Values.global.readinessRepository }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
+          command:
+          - /root/ready.py
+          args:
+          - --container-name
+          - aaf-locate
+          env:
+          - name: NAMESPACE
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                apiVersion: v1
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-dr-node-aaf-config
           image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.global.aafAgentImage }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}