diff --git a/common-db/overlay/etc/sunet-machine-healthy/health-checks.d/db.check b/common-db/overlay/etc/sunet-machine-healthy/health-checks.d/db.check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f84c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-db/overlay/etc/sunet-machine-healthy/health-checks.d/db.check
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+
+while true; do
+    if /usr/bin/docker exec -it mariadb-db-1 mysql -p"$(puppet lookup --render-as s mariadb_root_password 2>/dev/null)" -e "show status like 'wsrep_cluster_status';" | grep -q Primary; then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+    sleep 3
+done