diff --git a/openshift/templates/django-postgresql-persistent.json b/openshift/templates/django-postgresql-persistent.json
index a207020..e37f7a4 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/django-postgresql-persistent.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/django-postgresql-persistent.json
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to build the application"
+          "description": "Defines how to build the application",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to deploy the application server"
+          "description": "Defines how to deploy the application server",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
diff --git a/openshift/templates/django-postgresql.json b/openshift/templates/django-postgresql.json
index 0d33c6e..965c2eb 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/django-postgresql.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/django-postgresql.json
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to build the application"
+          "description": "Defines how to build the application",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to deploy the application server"
+          "description": "Defines how to deploy the application server",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
diff --git a/openshift/templates/django.json b/openshift/templates/django.json
index 341fb5e..a257c7b 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/django.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/django.json
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to build the application"
+          "description": "Defines how to build the application",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to deploy the application server"
+          "description": "Defines how to deploy the application server",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {