diff --git a/tools/gce/create_linux_worker.sh b/tools/gce/create_linux_worker.sh
index 24d64fa5f4ff87b19e3c3b84a0dcb293ebf63b4d..2a9e77ab1738d516b193860d84b503538213432d 100755
--- a/tools/gce/create_linux_worker.sh
+++ b/tools/gce/create_linux_worker.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ gcloud compute instances create $INSTANCE_NAME \
     --image ubuntu-14-04 \
     --boot-disk-size 1000
 
+echo 'Created GCE instance, waiting 60 seconds for it to come online.'
+sleep 60
+
 gcloud compute copy-files \
     --project="$CLOUD_PROJECT" \
     --zone "$ZONE" \