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diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1c18a1f..c8fefe0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,18 @@ jobs:
           key: v1-dependencies-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
       - run:
           name: Setup latest DDL
-          command: ./bin/db-helper -a create --driver mysql -u root -p root -t yes -h 127.0.0.1
+          command: |
+            count=0
+            until mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -u root --password=root --silent; do
+              if [[ "$count" == "25" ]]; then
+                exit 1
+              fi
+              (( count++ ))
+
+              printf '.'
+              sleep 5
+            done
+            ./bin/db-helper -a create --driver mysql -u root -p root -t yes -h 127.0.0.1
       - run: mvn clean install -Plocaltest-mysql
       - run:
           name: Save test results