diff --git a/lib/icingadb/icingadb.cpp b/lib/icingadb/icingadb.cpp
index a7eb3753e..dec804f3d 100644
--- a/lib/icingadb/icingadb.cpp
+++ b/lib/icingadb/icingadb.cpp
@@ -68,30 +68,39 @@ void IcingaDB::Start(bool runtimeCreated)
 		GetEnableTls(), GetInsecureNoverify(), GetCertPath(), GetKeyPath(), GetCaPath(), GetCrlPath(),
 		GetTlsProtocolmin(), GetCipherList(), GetConnectTimeout(), GetDebugInfo());
 
-	auto connectedCallback ([this](boost::asio::yield_context& yc) {
-		m_WorkQueue.Enqueue([this]() { OnConnectedHandler(); });
-	});
-
-	m_Rcon->SetConnectedCallback([this, connectedCallback](boost::asio::yield_context& yc) {
-		for (auto& kv : m_Rcons) {
-			kv.second->Start();
-		}
-
-		m_Rcon->SetConnectedCallback(connectedCallback);
-		connectedCallback(yc);
-	});
-	m_Rcon->Start();
-
 	for (const Type::Ptr& type : GetTypes()) {
 		auto ctype (dynamic_cast<ConfigType*>(type.get()));
 		if (!ctype)
 			continue;
 
-		m_Rcons[ctype] = new RedisConnection(GetHost(), GetPort(), GetPath(), GetPassword(), GetDbIndex(),
+		RedisConnection::Ptr con = new RedisConnection(GetHost(), GetPort(), GetPath(), GetPassword(), GetDbIndex(),
 			GetEnableTls(), GetInsecureNoverify(), GetCertPath(), GetKeyPath(), GetCaPath(), GetCrlPath(),
 			GetTlsProtocolmin(), GetCipherList(), GetConnectTimeout(), GetDebugInfo(), m_Rcon);
+
+		con->SetConnectedCallback([this, con](boost::asio::yield_context& yc) {
+			con->SetConnectedCallback(nullptr);
+
+			size_t pending = --m_PendingRcons;
+			Log(LogDebug, "IcingaDB") << pending << " pending child connections remaining";
+			if (pending == 0) {
+				m_WorkQueue.Enqueue([this]() { OnConnectedHandler(); });
+			}
+		});
+
+		m_Rcons[ctype] = std::move(con);
 	}
 
+	m_PendingRcons = m_Rcons.size();
+
+	m_Rcon->SetConnectedCallback([this](boost::asio::yield_context& yc) {
+		m_Rcon->SetConnectedCallback(nullptr);
+
+		for (auto& kv : m_Rcons) {
+			kv.second->Start();
+		}
+	});
+	m_Rcon->Start();
+
 	m_StatsTimer = new Timer();
 	m_StatsTimer->SetInterval(1);
 	m_StatsTimer->OnTimerExpired.connect([this](const Timer * const&) { PublishStatsTimerHandler(); });
diff --git a/lib/icingadb/icingadb.hpp b/lib/icingadb/icingadb.hpp
index 1365efd7a..df49fd17d 100644
--- a/lib/icingadb/icingadb.hpp
+++ b/lib/icingadb/icingadb.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "icinga/downtime.hpp"
 #include "remote/messageorigin.hpp"
 #include <boost/thread/once.hpp>
+#include <atomic>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <set>
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ private:
 
 	RedisConnection::Ptr m_Rcon;
 	std::unordered_map<ConfigType*, RedisConnection::Ptr> m_Rcons;
+	std::atomic_size_t m_PendingRcons;
 
 	struct {
 		DumpedGlobals CustomVar, ActionUrl, NotesUrl, IconImage;