diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-docker-compose-wopi.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-docker-compose-wopi.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dc59481f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-docker-compose-wopi.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Bugfix: Fix the docker-compose wopi
+
+We fixed an issue when Collabora is not available time by time after running the docker-compose wopi deployment
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/8483  
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/8474
diff --git a/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/config/ocis-appprovider-collabora/entrypoint-override.sh b/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/config/ocis-appprovider-collabora/entrypoint-override.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ebf446c9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/config/ocis-appprovider-collabora/entrypoint-override.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+apk add curl
+
+#TODO: app driver itself should try again until Collabora is up...
+
+retries=10
+while [[ $retries -gt 0 ]]; do
+    if curl --silent --show-error --fail http://collabora:9980/hosting/discovery > /dev/null; then
+        ocis app-provider server
+    else
+        echo "Collabora is not yet available, trying again in 10 seconds"
+        sleep 10
+        retries=$((retries - 1))
+    fi
+done
+echo 'Collabora was not available after 100 seconds'
+exit 1
diff --git a/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/docker-compose.yml b/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/docker-compose.yml
index f9ce508b48..02bf4a0a82 100644
--- a/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployments/examples/ocis_wopi/docker-compose.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ services:
     image: owncloud/ocis:${OCIS_DOCKER_TAG:-latest}
     networks:
       ocis-net:
+    user: "0" # needed for apk add in entrypoint script
+    entrypoint:
+      - /bin/sh
+      - /entrypoint-override.sh
     command: app-provider server
     environment:
       # use the internal service name of the gateway
@@ -129,10 +133,13 @@ services:
       # share the registry with the ocis container
       MICRO_REGISTRY_ADDRESS: ocis:9233
     volumes:
+      - ./config/ocis-appprovider-collabora/entrypoint-override.sh:/entrypoint-override.sh
       - ocis-config:/etc/ocis
     logging:
       driver: ${LOG_DRIVER:-local}
     restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      - ocis
 
   ocis-appprovider-onlyoffice:
     image: owncloud/ocis:${OCIS_DOCKER_TAG:-latest}
@@ -166,6 +173,8 @@ services:
     logging:
       driver: ${LOG_DRIVER:-local}
     restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      - ocis
 
   wopiserver:
     image: cs3org/wopiserver:${WOPISERVER_DOCKER_TAG:-v10.3.0}