diff --git a/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb-persistent.json b/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb-persistent.json
index a9c3653..df3704b 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb-persistent.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb-persistent.json
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to build the application"
+          "description": "Defines how to build the application",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${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/nodejs-mongodb.json b/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json
index 53a6147..eb6ab33 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to build the application"
+          "description": "Defines how to build the application",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${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/nodejs.json b/openshift/templates/nodejs.json
index e53b85d..b674cf2 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/nodejs.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/nodejs.json
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "description": "Defines how to build the application"
+          "description": "Defines how to build the application",
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
@@ -139,7 +140,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${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": {