diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
index efc7c82152b..fe8b995e839 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
@@ -138,7 +140,11 @@ InetSocketAddress start() throws IOException {
                 }
                 return null;
             });
-            return (InetSocketAddress) listenSocket.getLocalSocketAddress();
+            InetSocketAddress inetSocketAddress = (InetSocketAddress) listenSocket.getLocalSocketAddress();
+
+            log.info("Ping: " + IOUtils.toString(URI.create("http://localhost:" + inetSocketAddress.getPort() + "/v1.25/_ping")));
+
+            return inetSocketAddress;
         }
 
         public void stop() {