diff --git a/kustomize/overlays/local/backend-startup-dependencies.yaml b/kustomize/overlays/local/backend-startup-dependencies.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c21cb7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/overlays/local/backend-startup-dependencies.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: dealbot
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: wait-for-dependencies
+          image: busybox:1.36
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              set -eu
+              until nc -z dealbot-postgres 5432; do
+                echo "waiting for Postgres"
+                sleep 2
+              done
+              until wget -T 5 -qO- http://dealbot-clickhouse:8123/ping | grep -qxF "Ok."; do
+                echo "waiting for ClickHouse"
+                sleep 2
+              done
diff --git a/kustomize/overlays/local/dealbot-worker-deployment.yaml b/kustomize/overlays/local/dealbot-worker-deployment.yaml
index 449f28b4..f0c1b3be 100644
--- a/kustomize/overlays/local/dealbot-worker-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/overlays/local/dealbot-worker-deployment.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: dealbot-worker
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: wait-for-dependencies
+          image: busybox:1.36
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              set -eu
+              until nc -z dealbot-postgres 5432; do
+                echo "waiting for Postgres"
+                sleep 2
+              done
+              until wget -T 5 -qO- http://dealbot-clickhouse:8123/ping | grep -qxF "Ok."; do
+                echo "waiting for ClickHouse"
+                sleep 2
+              done
       containers:
         - name: dealbot-worker
           image: dealbot:latest
diff --git a/kustomize/overlays/local/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/overlays/local/kustomization.yaml
index dd3f0e01..716cd490 100644
--- a/kustomize/overlays/local/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/overlays/local/kustomization.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ patches:
   - path: web-service-nodeport.yaml
   - path: backend-configmap-local.yaml
   - path: backend-resources-local.yaml
+  - path: backend-startup-dependencies.yaml
   - path: web-env-local.yaml
 
 # Override images to use local tags