diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 678f4f3e5a..c6b096d552 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ COPY ./deploy/docker/templates/nginx/* \
   templates/
 
 # Add bootstrapfile
-COPY ./deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh ./deploy/docker/scripts/* ./
+COPY ./deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh ./deploy/docker/scripts/* ./scripts/start-backend.sh ./
 
-# Add uitl tools
+# Add util tools
 COPY ./deploy/docker/utils ./utils
 RUN cd ./utils && npm install && npm install -g .
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ COPY ./deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/ templates/supervisord/
 COPY ./deploy/docker/templates/cron.d /etc/cron.d/
 RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/*
 
-RUN chmod +x entrypoint.sh renew-certificate.sh healthcheck.sh
+RUN chmod +x entrypoint.sh renew-certificate.sh healthcheck.sh start-backend.sh
 
 # Disable setuid/setgid bits for the files inside container.
 RUN find / \( -path /proc -prune \) -o \( \( -perm -2000 -o -perm -4000 \) -print -exec chmod -s '{}' + \) || true
diff --git a/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/backend.conf b/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/backend.conf
index 6f359d401f..ff582463b0 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/backend.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/backend.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [program:backend]
 directory=/opt/appsmith/backend
-command=/opt/appsmith/run-with-env.sh /opt/appsmith/run-java.sh
-priority=15
+command=/opt/appsmith/start-backend.sh
+priority=20
 autostart=true
 autorestart=true
 startsecs=10
diff --git a/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/rts.conf b/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/rts.conf
index 4cfe4046df..fbf4283aab 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/rts.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/templates/supervisord/application_process/rts.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [program:rts]
 directory=/opt/appsmith/rts
 command=/opt/appsmith/run-with-env.sh node server.js
-priority=20
+priority=15
 autostart=true
 autorestart=true
 startsecs=0
diff --git a/scripts/start-backend.sh b/scripts/start-backend.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28c96ec35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-backend.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+
+# Wait until RTS started and listens on port 8091
+while ! curl --fail --silent localhost/rts-api/v1/health-check; do
+  echo 'Waiting for RTS to start ...'
+  sleep 1
+done
+echo 'RTS started.'
+
+# Start server.
+echo 'Starting Backend server...'
+exec /opt/appsmith/run-with-env.sh /opt/appsmith/run-java.sh