diff --git a/core/dovecot/Dockerfile b/core/dovecot/Dockerfile
index 363a7244..36effc6a 100644
--- a/core/dovecot/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/dovecot/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.7
 RUN echo "@testing http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
  && apk add --no-cache \
      dovecot dovecot-sqlite dovecot-pigeonhole-plugin dovecot-pigeonhole-plugin-extdata \
-     dovecot-fts-lucene rspamd-client@testing python py-jinja2
+     dovecot-fts-lucene rspamd-client@testing python py-jinja2 py-pip \
+ && pip install --upgrade pip \
+ && pip install tenacity
 
 COPY conf /conf
 COPY sieve /var/lib/dovecot
diff --git a/core/dovecot/start.py b/core/dovecot/start.py
index 83f91fab..0aa7a365 100755
--- a/core/dovecot/start.py
+++ b/core/dovecot/start.py
@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@ import jinja2
 import os
 import socket
 import glob
+import tenacity
+from tenacity import retry
 
 convert = lambda src, dst: open(dst, "w").write(jinja2.Template(open(src).read()).render(**os.environ))
 
-# Actual startup script
-os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
-os.environ["REDIS_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("REDIS_ADDRESS", "redis"))
-if os.environ["WEBMAIL"] != "none":
-	os.environ["WEBMAIL_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("WEBMAIL_ADDRESS", "webmail"))
+@retry(stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(100), wait=tenacity.wait_random(min=2, max=5))
+def resolve():
+	os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
+	os.environ["REDIS_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("REDIS_ADDRESS", "redis"))
+	if os.environ["WEBMAIL"] != "none":
+		os.environ["WEBMAIL_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("WEBMAIL_ADDRESS", "webmail"))
 
+# Actual startup script
+resolve()
 for dovecot_file in glob.glob("/conf/*"):
     convert(dovecot_file, os.path.join("/etc/dovecot", os.path.basename(dovecot_file)))
 
diff --git a/core/postfix/Dockerfile b/core/postfix/Dockerfile
index d853c9f9..bb7acb9b 100644
--- a/core/postfix/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/postfix/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM alpine:3.7
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache postfix postfix-sqlite postfix-pcre rsyslog python py-jinja2
+RUN apk add --no-cache postfix postfix-sqlite postfix-pcre rsyslog python py-jinja2 py-pip \
+ && pip install --upgrade pip \
+ && pip install tenacity
 
 COPY conf /conf
 COPY start.py /start.py
diff --git a/core/postfix/start.py b/core/postfix/start.py
index 4dbf2206..e3c13110 100755
--- a/core/postfix/start.py
+++ b/core/postfix/start.py
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ import os
 import socket
 import glob
 import shutil
-	
+import tenacity
+from tenacity import retry
+
 convert = lambda src, dst: open(dst, "w").write(jinja2.Template(open(src).read()).render(**os.environ))
 
+@retry(stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(100), wait=tenacity.wait_random(min=2, max=5))
+def resolve():
+	os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
+
 # Actual startup script
-os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
+resolve()
 os.environ["HOST_ANTISPAM"] = os.environ.get("HOST_ANTISPAM", "antispam:11332")
 os.environ["HOST_LMTP"] = os.environ.get("HOST_LMTP", "imap:2525")
 
diff --git a/services/rspamd/Dockerfile b/services/rspamd/Dockerfile
index d5e93db7..987e5ab0 100644
--- a/services/rspamd/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/rspamd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM alpine:edge
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache python py-jinja2 rspamd rspamd-controller rspamd-proxy ca-certificates
+RUN apk add --no-cache python py-jinja2 rspamd rspamd-controller rspamd-proxy ca-certificates py-pip \
+ && pip install --upgrade pip \
+ && pip install tenacity
 
 RUN mkdir /run/rspamd
 
diff --git a/services/rspamd/start.py b/services/rspamd/start.py
index 87309cee..b979517e 100755
--- a/services/rspamd/start.py
+++ b/services/rspamd/start.py
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ import jinja2
 import os
 import socket
 import glob
+import tenacity
+from tenacity import retry
 
 convert = lambda src, dst: open(dst, "w").write(jinja2.Template(open(src).read()).render(**os.environ))
 
+@retry(stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(100), wait=tenacity.wait_random(min=2, max=5))
+def resolve():
+	os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
+
 # Actual startup script
-os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = socket.gethostbyname(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
+resolve()
 if "HOST_REDIS" not in os.environ: os.environ["HOST_REDIS"] = "redis"
 
 for rspamd_file in glob.glob("/conf/*"):