diff --git a/packages/scheduler/wait-for.sh b/packages/scheduler/wait-for.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f3d72b834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scheduler/wait-for.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+host="$1"
+shift
+port="$1"
+shift
+cmd="$@"
+
+while ! nc -vz $host $port; do
+  >&2 echo "$host:$port is unavailable yet - waiting for it to start"
+  sleep 10
+done
+
+>&2 echo "$host:$port is up - executing command"
+exec $cmd