diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 021fb14b..d2b7e2c4 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stages:
 build_and_push_container:
   stage: deploy
   script:
+    - echo "Wait for Docker daemon at tcp://localhost:2375"
+    - while ! nc -z localhost 2375; do sleep 0.1; done # Wait until docker socket is available
     - docker login -u ldooks -p $DOCKER_ACCESS_TOKEN
     - docker build -t ldooks/dragon-bot:latest .
     - docker push ldooks/dragon-bot:latest