diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java
index 054b216dd19..8d791064643 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Network;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Ports;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Volume;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.Socket;
@@ -117,8 +119,7 @@ public static String start(String hostIpAddress, DockerClient client, boolean wi
                     while (true) {
                         int index = 0;
                         try(Socket clientSocket = new Socket(hostIpAddress, ryukPort)) {
-                            OutputStream out = clientSocket.getOutputStream();
-                            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
+                            FilterRegistry registry = new FilterRegistry(clientSocket.getInputStream(), clientSocket.getOutputStream());
 
                             synchronized (DEATH_NOTE) {
                                 while (true) {
@@ -131,24 +132,14 @@ public static String start(String hostIpAddress, DockerClient client, boolean wi
                                         }
                                     }
                                     List<Map.Entry<String, String>> filters = DEATH_NOTE.get(index);
-
-                                    String query = URLEncodedUtils.format(
-                                            filters.stream()
-                                                    .map(it -> new BasicNameValuePair(it.getKey(), it.getValue()))
-                                                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
-                                            (String) null
-                                    );
-
-                                    log.debug("Sending '{}' to Ryuk", query);
-                                    out.write(query.getBytes());
-                                    out.write('\n');
-                                    out.flush();
-
-                                    while (!"ACK".equalsIgnoreCase(in.readLine())) {
+                                    boolean isAcknowledged = registry.register(filters);
+                                    if (isAcknowledged) {
+                                        log.debug("Received 'ACK' from Ryuk");
+                                        ryukScheduledLatch.countDown();
+                                        index++;
+                                    } else {
+                                        log.debug("Didn't receive 'ACK' from Ryuk. Will retry to send filters.");
                                     }
-
-                                    ryukScheduledLatch.countDown();
-                                    index++;
                                 }
                             }
                         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -179,7 +170,6 @@ public synchronized static ResourceReaper instance() {
 
     /**
      * Perform a cleanup.
-     *
      */
     public synchronized void performCleanup() {
         registeredContainers.forEach(this::stopContainer);
@@ -362,4 +352,50 @@ private void setHook() {
             Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(DockerClientFactory.TESTCONTAINERS_THREAD_GROUP, this::performCleanup));
         }
     }
+
+    static class FilterRegistry {
+
+        @VisibleForTesting
+        static final String ACKNOWLEDGMENT = "ACK";
+
+        private final BufferedReader in;
+        private final OutputStream out;
+
+        FilterRegistry(InputStream ryukInputStream, OutputStream ryukOutputStream) {
+            this.in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(ryukInputStream));
+            this.out = ryukOutputStream;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Registers the given filters with Ryuk
+         *
+         * @param filters the filter to register
+         * @return true if the filters have been registered successfuly, false otherwise
+         * @throws IOException if communication with Ryuk fails
+         */
+        protected boolean register(List<Map.Entry<String, String>> filters) throws IOException {
+            String query = URLEncodedUtils.format(
+                filters.stream()
+                    .map(it -> new BasicNameValuePair(it.getKey(), it.getValue()))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                (String) null
+            );
+
+            log.debug("Sending '{}' to Ryuk", query);
+            out.write(query.getBytes());
+            out.write('\n');
+            out.flush();
+
+            return waitForAcknowledgment(in);
+        }
+
+        private static boolean waitForAcknowledgment(BufferedReader in) throws IOException {
+            String line = in.readLine();
+            while (line != null && !ACKNOWLEDGMENT.equalsIgnoreCase(line)) {
+                line = in.readLine();
+            }
+            return ACKNOWLEDGMENT.equalsIgnoreCase(line);
+        }
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/FilterRegistryTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/FilterRegistryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49bc870e8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/FilterRegistryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.testcontainers.utility;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.ResourceReaper.FilterRegistry;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class FilterRegistryTest {
+
+    private static final List<Entry<String, String>> FILTERS = asList(
+        new SimpleEntry<>("key1!", "value2?"), new SimpleEntry<>("key2#", "value2%")
+    );
+    private static final String URL_ENCODED_FILTERS = "key1%21=value2%3F&key2%23=value2%25";
+    private static final byte[] ACKNOWLEDGEMENT = FilterRegistry.ACKNOWLEDGMENT.getBytes();
+    private static final byte[] NO_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT = "".getBytes();
+    private static final String NEW_LINE = "\n";
+
+    @Test
+    public void registerReturnsTrueIfAcknowledgementIsReadFromInputStream() throws IOException {
+        FilterRegistry registry = new FilterRegistry(inputStream(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT), anyOutputStream());
+
+        boolean successful = registry.register(FILTERS);
+
+        assertTrue(successful);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void registerReturnsFalseIfNoAcknowledgementIsReadFromInputStream() throws IOException {
+        FilterRegistry registry = new FilterRegistry(inputStream(NO_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT), anyOutputStream());
+
+        boolean successful = registry.register(FILTERS);
+
+        assertFalse(successful);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void registerWritesUrlEncodedFiltersAndNewlineToOutputStream() throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        FilterRegistry registry = new FilterRegistry(anyInputStream(), outputStream);
+
+        registry.register(FILTERS);
+
+        assertEquals(URL_ENCODED_FILTERS + NEW_LINE, new String(outputStream.toByteArray()));
+    }
+
+    private static InputStream inputStream(byte[] bytes) {
+        return new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+    }
+
+    private static InputStream anyInputStream() {
+        return inputStream(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT);
+    }
+
+    private static OutputStream anyOutputStream() {
+        return new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    }
+
+}