diff --git a/test/runner/lib/cloud/tower.py b/test/runner/lib/cloud/tower.py
index 04b4b62bd1..2c34a06538 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/cloud/tower.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/cloud/tower.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class TowerCloudProvider(CloudProvider):
 
         aci = get_tower_aci(self.args, self.version)
         aci.start()
+        aci.wait()
 
         connection = aci.get()