diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/SqlServerContainerFixture.cs b/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/SqlServerContainerFixture.cs
index 674771ae56..81bb318295 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/SqlServerContainerFixture.cs
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/SqlServerContainerFixture.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using Aspire.Components.Common.Tests;
 using Aspire.Hosting;
+using DotNet.Testcontainers.Builders;
 using Testcontainers.MsSql;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public async Task InitializeAsync()
         {
             Container = new MsSqlBuilder()
                             .WithImage($"{SqlServerContainerImageTags.Registry}/{SqlServerContainerImageTags.Image}:{SqlServerContainerImageTags.Tag}")
+                            .WithWaitStrategy(Wait.ForUnixContainer().UntilCommandIsCompleted("/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd", "-C", "-Q", "SELECT 1;"))
                             .Build();
             await Container.StartAsync();
         }