diff --git a/install-wc.sh b/install-wc.sh
index 26b1993b90063ba71ec5a5800a19a8c859db0bdf..718c6bb0dcc242dea8cf4f8c8eb909668680a903 100755
--- a/install-wc.sh
+++ b/install-wc.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+# Wait for MySQL
+while ! mysqladmin ping -h localhost --silent; do
+    sleep 1
+done
+
 mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`wordpress\` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;"
 
 cd /var/www/html
-./wp-cli core download --version=3.5
-./wp-cli core config --dbname=wordpress --dbuser=root --dbpass=root
-./wp-cli core install --url=http://localhost:8888/wordpress/ --title=WordPress --admin_user=admin --admin_password=admin123 --admin_email=somefakeemail@fakedomain.com
+/var/www/html/wp-cli core download --version=3.5
+/var/www/html/wp-cli core config --dbname=wordpress --dbuser=root --dbpass=root
+/var/www/html/wp-cli core install --url=http://localhost:8888/wordpress/ --title=WordPress --admin_user=admin --admin_password=admin123 --admin_email=somefakeemail@fakedomain.com