diff --git a/.gitlab/build/docker_install.sh b/.gitlab/build/docker_install.sh
index ef0bccf..ba4d7f8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/build/docker_install.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/build/docker_install.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 set -xe
 
 apt-get update -yqq
-apt-get install git libzip-dev unzip parallel libxml2-utils wget -yqq
+apt-get install git libzip-dev unzip parallel libxml2-utils wget wait-for-it -yqq
 
 php -r "readfile('http://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin/ --filename=composer
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v10.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v10.yml
index 204b601..d0363a4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v10.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v10.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ func-php7.2-v10:
     - php-lint-php7.2
   script:
     - composer require --no-progress typo3/minimal:"^10.4"
-    - composer ci:tests:functional
+    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v9.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v9.yml
index 3229fbe..24dfe16 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v9.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v9.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ func-php7.2-v9:
     - php-lint-php7.2
   script:
     - composer require --no-progress typo3/minimal:"^9.5"
-    - composer ci:tests:functional
+    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v10.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v10.yml
index 2f2fa29..4432c82 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v10.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v10.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ func-php7.3-v10:
     - php-lint-php7.3
   script:
     - composer require --no-progress typo3/minimal:"^10.4"
-    - composer ci:tests:functional
+    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v9.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v9.yml
index 7f14895..cddda3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v9.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v9.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ func-php7.3-v9:
     - php-lint-php7.3
   script:
     - composer require --no-progress typo3/minimal:"^9.5"
-    - composer ci:tests:functional
+    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v10.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v10.yml
index 6c30e38..0df7018 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v10.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v10.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ func-php7.4-v10:
     - php-lint-php7.4
   script:
     - composer require --no-progress typo3/minimal:"^10.4"
-    - composer ci:tests:functional
+    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v9.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v9.yml
index 03bcd82..58d545f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v9.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v9.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ func-php7.4-v9:
     - php-lint-php7.4
   script:
     - composer require --no-progress typo3/minimal:"^9.5"
-    - composer ci:tests:functional
+    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional