diff --git a/tobiko/openstack/stacks/_octavia.py b/tobiko/openstack/stacks/_octavia.py
index cf0be5cf1..6087d81e6 100644
--- a/tobiko/openstack/stacks/_octavia.py
+++ b/tobiko/openstack/stacks/_octavia.py
@@ -68,9 +68,15 @@ class OctaviaCirrosServerStackFixture(_cirros.CirrosServerStackFixture):
         # clients connect at the same time. For concurrency testing,
         # OctaviaCentosServerStackFixture is more suited to handle multiple
         # requests.
-        return ("#!/bin/sh\n"
-                "sudo nc -k -p 80 -e echo -e \"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n"
-                "\r\n$(hostname)\"\n")
+
+        return (
+            "#!/bin/sh\n"
+            "sudo nc -k -p 80 -e echo -e \"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+            "Content-Length: $(hostname | head -c-1 | wc -c )\r\n"
+            "Server: $(hostname)\r\n"
+            "Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n"
+            "Connection: close\r\n\r\n"
+            "$(hostname)\"\n")
 
 
 class OctaviaServerStackFixture(OctaviaCirrosServerStackFixture):
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/test_traffic.py b/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/test_traffic.py
index b4e469404..ed443b848 100644
--- a/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/test_traffic.py
+++ b/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/test_traffic.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class OctaviaBasicTrafficScenarioTest(octavia_base.OctaviaTest):
                                            self.listener_stack,
                                            self.member2_stack, self.request)
 
+        # Wait for LB is provisioned and ACTIVE
+        waiters.wait_for_loadbalancer_is_active(self.loadbalancer_stack)
+
         # Check if load balancer is functional
         waiters.wait_for_loadbalancer_functional(self.loadbalancer_stack,
                                                  self.client_stack,
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/waiters.py b/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/waiters.py
index 38629e368..b2e4a0886 100644
--- a/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/waiters.py
+++ b/tobiko/tests/scenario/octavia/waiters.py
@@ -53,6 +53,32 @@ def wait_lb_operating_status(lb_id, operating_status):
                                    lb_id)
 
 
+def wait_resource_provisioning_status(resource_type, provisioning_status,
+                                      resource_get, *args):
+    start = time.time()
+
+    while time.time() - start < CONF.tobiko.octavia.check_timeout:
+        res = resource_get(*args)
+        if res['provisioning_status'] == provisioning_status:
+            return
+
+        time.sleep(CONF.tobiko.octavia.check_interval)
+
+    raise exceptions.TimeoutException(
+        reason=("Cannot get provisioning_status '{}' from {} {} "
+                "within the timeout period.".format(provisioning_status,
+                                                    resource_type, args)))
+
+
+def wait_lb_provisioning_status(lb_id, provisioning_status):
+    LOG.debug("Wait for loadbalancer {} to have '{}' "
+              "provisioning_status".format(lb_id, provisioning_status))
+    wait_resource_provisioning_status("loadbalancer",
+                                      provisioning_status,
+                                      octavia.get_loadbalancer,
+                                      lb_id)
+
+
 def wait_for_request_data(client_stack, server_ip_address,
                           server_protocol, server_port, request_function):
     """Wait until a request on a server succeeds
@@ -79,6 +105,11 @@ def wait_for_request_data(client_stack, server_ip_address,
                     server_ip_address, server_port, server_protocol)))
 
 
+def wait_for_loadbalancer_is_active(loadbalancer_stack):
+    loadbalancer_id = loadbalancer_stack.loadbalancer_id
+    wait_lb_provisioning_status(loadbalancer_id, 'ACTIVE')
+
+
 def wait_for_loadbalancer_functional(loadbalancer_stack, client_stack,
                                      loadbalancer_vip, loadbalancer_protocol,
                                      loadbalancer_port, request_function):