diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index b90729e2..98c8eaf0 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ if [ ! -z "$confluentsrv" ]; then
         ifname=$(ip -br link|grep LOWER_UP|grep -v UNKNOWN|head -n 1|awk '{print $1}')
         echo -n "Attempting to use dhcp to bring up $ifname..."
         dhclient $ifname
+        while ! ip -br addr show dev $ifname | grep \\ . > /dev/null; do
+            echo -n "Still waiting for IPv4 address on: "
+            ip -br link show dev $ifname 
+            sleep 1
+        done
         echo -n "Complete: "
         ip -br addr show dev $ifname
         DIDDHCP=1
@@ -204,6 +209,11 @@ if [ "$autoconfigmethod" = "dhcp" ]; then
     if [ "$DIDDHCP" = "0" ]; then
         echo -n "Attempting to use dhcp to bring up $ifname..."
         dhclient $ifname
+        while ! ip -br addr show dev $ifname | grep \\ . > /dev/null; do
+            echo -n "Still waiting for IPv4 address on: "
+            ip -br link show dev $ifname 
+            sleep 1
+        done
         echo -n "Complete: "
         ip -br addr show dev $ifname
     fi