diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9d450ed2..dc4141c5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ RUN addgroup -S "$OWGW_USER" && \
 RUN mkdir /openwifi
 RUN mkdir -p "$OWGW_ROOT" "$OWGW_CONFIG" && \
     chown "$OWGW_USER": "$OWGW_ROOT" "$OWGW_CONFIG"
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache librdkafka mariadb-connector-c libpq unixodbc su-exec gettext ca-certificates
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache librdkafka mariadb-connector-c libpq unixodbc su-exec gettext ca-certificates bash jq curl
 
 COPY --from=builder /owgw/cmake-build/owgw /openwifi/owgw
 COPY --from=builder /cppkafka/cmake-build/src/lib/* /lib/
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /poco/cmake-build/lib/* /lib/
 COPY owgw.properties.tmpl /
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /
 RUN wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Telecominfraproject/wlan-cloud-ucentral-deploy/main/docker-compose/certs/restapi-ca.pem \
-    -O /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/restapi-ca-selfsigned.pem 
+    -O /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/restapi-ca-selfsigned.pem
+
+COPY readiness_check /readiness_check
 
 EXPOSE 15002 16002 16003 17002 16102
 
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 92c5561e..4c978667 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ checks:
         path: /
         port: 16102
     readiness:
-      httpGet:
-        path: /
-        port: 16102
+      exec:
+        command:
+          - /readiness_check
+      failureThreshold: 1
 
 ingresses:
   restapi:
@@ -130,8 +131,16 @@ persistence:
 public_env_variables:
   OWGW_ROOT: /owgw-data
   OWGW_CONFIG: /owgw-data
+  # Environment variables required for the readiness checks using script
+  FLAGS: "-s --connect-timeout 3"
+  # NOTE in order for readiness check to use system info you need to set READINESS_METHOD to "systeminfo" and set OWSEC to the OWSEC's REST API endpoint
+  #READINESS_METHOD: systeminfo
+  #OWSEC: gw-qa01.cicd.lab.wlan.tip.build:16001
 
-secret_env_variables: {}
+secret_env_variables:
+  # NOTE in order for readiness check to use system info method you need to override these values to the real OWSEC credentials
+  OWSEC_USERNAME: tip@ucentral.com
+  OWSEC_PASSWORD: openwifi
 
 configProperties:
   # -> Public part
diff --git a/readiness_check b/readiness_check
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4eeee7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readiness_check
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [[ "$(which jq)" == "" ]]
+then
+  echo "You need the package jq installed to use this script."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$(which curl)" == "" ]]
+then
+  echo "You need the package curl installed to use this script."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${OWSEC}" == "" ]]
+then
+  echo "You must set the variable OWSEC in order to use this script. Something like"
+  echo "OWSEC=security.isp.com:16001"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${OWSEC_USERNAME}" == "" ]]
+then
+  echo "You must set the variable OWSEC_USERNAME in order to use this script. Something like"
+  echo "OWSEC_USERNAME=tip@ucentral.com"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${OWSEC_PASSWORD}" == "" ]]
+then
+  echo "You must set the variable OWSEC_PASSWORD in order to use this script. Something like"
+  echo "OWSEC_PASSWORD=openwifi"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${READINESS_METHOD}" == "systeminfo" ]]
+then
+  # Get OAuth token from OWSEC and cache it or use cached one
+  payload="{ \"userId\" : \"$OWSEC_USERNAME\" , \"password\" : \"$OWSEC_PASSWORD\" }"
+  if [[ -f "/tmp/token" ]]
+  then
+    token=$(cat /tmp/token)
+  else
+    token=$(curl ${FLAGS} -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$payload" "https://${OWSEC}/api/v1/oauth2" | jq -r '.access_token')
+  fi
+  if [[ "${token}" == "" ]]
+  then
+    echo "Could not login. Please verify the host and username/password."
+    exit 13
+  fi
+  echo -n $token > /tmp/token
+
+  # Make systeminfo request to the local owgw instance
+  export RESTAPI_PORT=$(grep 'openwifi.restapi.host.0.port' $OWGW_CONFIG/owgw.properties | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | xargs | envsubst)
+  curl ${FLAGS} -k -X GET "https://localhost:$RESTAPI_PORT/api/v1/system?command=info" \
+    -H "accept: application/json" \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" > /tmp/result.json
+  exit_code=$?
+  jq < /tmp/result.json
+  exit $exit_code
+else
+  export ALB_PORT=$(grep 'alb.port' $OWGW_CONFIG/owgw.properties | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | xargs | envsubst)
+  curl localhost:$ALB_PORT
+fi