diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/requirements.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/requirements.yaml
index 1feea23..b0bda36 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/requirements.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/requirements.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
     # a part of this chart's package and will not
     # be published independently to a repo (at this point)
     repository: '@local'
+  - name: readinessCheck
+    version: ~6.x-0
+    repository: '@local'
   - name: soHelpers
     version: ~6.x-0
     repository: 'file://../soHelpers'
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 5517703..7c528b0 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -24,23 +24,8 @@
     metadata:
       labels: {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
-      initContainers: {{ include "so.certificate.container_importer" . | nindent 8 }}
-        - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
-          command:
-            - /app/ready.py
-          args:
-            - --container-name
-            - aai
-            - --container-name
-            - message-router
-          env:
-            - name: NAMESPACE
-              valueFrom:
-                fieldRef:
-                  apiVersion: v1
-                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: {{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
+      initContainers: {{ include "so.certificate.container_importer" . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" . | indent 6 | trim }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
           envFrom:
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml
index 6511af3..9237b99 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
   persistence:
     mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
 
+readinessCheck:
+  wait_for:
+    - aai
+    - message-router
+
 #################################################################
 # Application configuration defaults.
 #################################################################