diff --git a/scripts/ci/docker-compose/backend-mssql.yml b/scripts/ci/docker-compose/backend-mssql.yml
index 93d2da179548b..b9e24f9f62462 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/docker-compose/backend-mssql.yml
+++ b/scripts/ci/docker-compose/backend-mssql.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ services:
       - SA_PASSWORD=Airflow123
     volumes:
       - mssql-db-volume:/var/opt/mssql
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "sqlcmd", "-S", "localhost", "-U", "sa", "-P", "$SA_PASSWORD", "-Q", "SELECT 1"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 10
+    restart: always