diff --git a/check_solr.sh b/check_solr.sh
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index 000000000..17ce5fe65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_solr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Waiting for solr connection at $SOLR_URL ..."
+while true; do
+   echo "$SOLR_URL/solr/admin/collections?action=LIST"
+   RESULT=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -I "$SOLR_URL/solr/admin/collections?action=LIST" -w '%{http_code}')
+   echo $RESULT
+   if [ "$RESULT" -eq '200' ]; then
+      echo "Solr server is up!"
+      break
+   else
+      sleep 3
+   fi
+done