diff --git a/emby/Dockerfile b/emby/Dockerfile
index 65891097a..a6fba42a4 100644
--- a/emby/Dockerfile
+++ b/emby/Dockerfile
@@ -126,4 +126,9 @@ LABEL \
 #################
 
 ARG WEBUI_PORT="8096"
-HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:"$WEBUI_PORT" || exit 1
+HEALTHCHECK \
+    --interval=5s \
+    --retries=5 \
+    --start-period=30s \
+    --timeout=25s \
+    CMD curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:"$WEBUI_PORT" || exit 1