diff --git a/Makefile.d/k8s.mk b/Makefile.d/k8s.mk
index 0a0b38ad5e..3f5f85ed58 100644
--- a/Makefile.d/k8s.mk
+++ b/Makefile.d/k8s.mk
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ k8s/metrics/jaeger/deploy:
 	helm repo add jaegertracing https://jaegertracing.github.io/helm-charts
 	helm install jaeger jaegertracing/jaeger-operator --version $(JAEGER_OPERATOR_VERSION)
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=jaeger-operator --timeout=60s
+	until kubectl run busybox --restart=Never --image=busybox --rm -it -- wget -q -S --spider "https://jaeger-operator-webhook-service.default.svc:443/mutate-jaegertracing-io-v1-jaeger"; do sleep 1; done
 	kubectl apply -f k8s/metrics/jaeger/jaeger.yaml
 
 .PHONY: k8s/metrics/jaeger/delete