diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh b/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh
index 58a142aafa..071da9c0bf 100755
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ if [ `id -u` -ge 500 ]; then
     cat /tmp/passwd > /etc/passwd
     rm /tmp/passwd
 fi
+
+ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
+ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$MEMCACHED_HOST port=11211" all
+ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$RABBITMQ_HOST port=5672" all
+ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m postgresql_db -U $DATABASE_USER -a "name=$DATABASE_NAME owner=$DATABASE_USER login_user=$DATABASE_USER login_host=$DATABASE_HOST login_password=$DATABASE_PASSWORD port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
+
 awx-manage collectstatic --noinput --clear
 supervisord -c /supervisor.conf