diff --git a/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml b/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
index 161edf8..4854095 100644
--- a/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/infra/forgejo-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: runner
           image: {{ .Values.runner.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.runner.image.tag }}
-          command: ["sh", "-c", "forgejo-runner daemon --config /etc/forgejo-runner/config.yaml"]
+          command: ["sh", "-c", "while ! wget -q -O- http://localhost:2375/_ping >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for dind...'; sleep 2; done; echo 'dind ready'; forgejo-runner daemon --config /etc/forgejo-runner/config.yaml"]
           workingDir: /data
           env:
             - name: DOCKER_HOST