diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 34487b4d1..5c8358231 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     gettext-base=0.21-12 \
     xdg-user-dirs=0.18-1 \
     jo=1.9-1 \
+    netcat-traditional=1.10-47 \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/scripts/player_logging.sh b/scripts/player_logging.sh
index 166b0cc4a..bf9f98e88 100644
--- a/scripts/player_logging.sh
+++ b/scripts/player_logging.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ get_playername(){
     echo "${player_info}" | sed -E 's/,([0-9]+),[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]//g'
 }
 
+# Wait until rcon port is open
+while ! nc -z 127.0.0.1 "${RCON_PORT}"; do
+    sleep 5
+    LogInfo "Waiting for RCON port to open to show player logging..."
+done
+
 while true; do
     server_pid=$(pidof PalServer-Linux-Test)
     if [ -n "${server_pid}" ]; then