diff --git a/tasks/setupacdc.yml b/tasks/setupacdc.yml
index c423979..40c73dd 100644
--- a/tasks/setupacdc.yml
+++ b/tasks/setupacdc.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@
       register: start_result
       changed_when: "'started' in start_result.stdout or start_result.rc == 0"
 
+    - name: Wait until container has an IP address
+      ansible.builtin.shell: "pct exec {{ container_id }} -- hostname -I | awk '{print $1}'"
+      register: lxc_ip
+      until: lxc_ip.stdout != ""
+      retries: 10
+      delay: 5
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Wait for SSH to become available
+      ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+        host: "{{ lxc_ip.stdout }}"
+        port: 22
+        delay: 5
+        timeout: 60
 
 - name: Provision dc1 LXC
   hosts: dc1