diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py b/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
index 2801d93c..9e9e72b1 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Docker(BaseManager):
         self._api_version = DOCKER_MINIMUM_API_VERSION
 
     @staticmethod
-    def install_busybox():
+    async def install_busybox():
 
         if not sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
             return
@@ -69,10 +69,24 @@ class Docker(BaseManager):
         for busybox_exec in ("busybox-static", "busybox.static", "busybox"):
             busybox_path = shutil.which(busybox_exec)
             if busybox_path:
-                log.info(f"Installing busybox from '{busybox_path}'")
                 try:
-                    shutil.copy2(busybox_path, dst_busybox, follow_symlinks=True)
-                    return
+                    # check that busybox is statically linked
+                    # (dynamically linked busybox will fail to run in a container)
+                    proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+                        "ldd",
+                        busybox_path,
+                        stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+                        stderr=asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL
+                    )
+                    stdout, _ = await proc.communicate()
+                    if proc.returncode == 1:
+                        # ldd returns 1 if the file is not a dynamic executable
+                        log.info(f"Installing busybox from '{busybox_path}' to '{dst_busybox}'")
+                        shutil.copy2(busybox_path, dst_busybox, follow_symlinks=True)
+                        return
+                    else:
+                        log.warning(f"Busybox '{busybox_path}' is dynamically linked\n"
+                                    f"{stdout.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore').strip()}")
                 except OSError as e:
                     raise DockerError(f"Could not install busybox: {e}")
         raise DockerError("No busybox executable could be found")
diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py b/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
index 0e8cf243..bd94e86e 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ class DockerVM(BaseNode):
         """
 
         # make sure busybox is installed
-        self.manager.install_busybox()
+        await self.manager.install_busybox()
 
         try:
             state = await self._get_container_state()
diff --git a/gns3server/utils/asyncio/__init__.py b/gns3server/utils/asyncio/__init__.py
index 46937b1b..562a3df6 100644
--- a/gns3server/utils/asyncio/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/utils/asyncio/__init__.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async def subprocess_check_output(*args, cwd=None, env=None, stderr=False):
     if output is None:
         return ""
     # If we received garbage we ignore invalid characters
-    # it should happens only when user try to use another binary
+    # it should happen only when user try to use another binary
     # and the code of VPCS, dynamips... Will detect it's not the correct binary
     return output.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")