diff --git a/nginx/testcontainers/nginx/__init__.py b/nginx/testcontainers/nginx/__init__.py
index 0226d700..d0680f19 100644
--- a/nginx/testcontainers/nginx/__init__.py
+++ b/nginx/testcontainers/nginx/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+
 from testcontainers.core.container import DockerContainer
 from testcontainers.core.utils import raise_for_deprecated_parameter
+from testcontainers.core.waiting_utils import wait_container_is_ready
 
 
 class NginxContainer(DockerContainer):
@@ -20,3 +25,17 @@ def __init__(self, image: str = "nginx:latest", port: int = 80, **kwargs) -> Non
         super(NginxContainer, self).__init__(image, **kwargs)
         self.port = port
         self.with_exposed_ports(self.port)
+
+    def start(self) -> 'NginxContainer':
+        super().start()
+
+        host = self.get_container_host_ip()
+        port = str(self.get_exposed_port(self.port))
+        self._connect(host, port)
+
+        return self
+
+    @wait_container_is_ready(urllib.error.URLError)
+    def _connect(self, host: str, port: str) -> None:
+        url = urllib.parse.urlunsplit(('http', f'{host}:{port}', '', '', ''))
+        urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=1)