diff --git a/stable/influxdb/Chart.yaml b/stable/influxdb/Chart.yaml
index 4d120f6e2b..bf93790f0d 100755
--- a/stable/influxdb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/influxdb/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: influxdb
-version: 1.4.1
+version: 1.5.0
 appVersion: 1.7.6
 description: Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics.
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/influxdb/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/influxdb/templates/deployment.yaml
index 09dc6f69ae..5e1ea0913c 100644
--- a/stable/influxdb/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/influxdb/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ spec:
             port: api
           initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | default 5 }}
           timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | default 1 }}
+        {{- if .Values.startupProbe.enabled }}
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: {{ .Values.startupProbe.probePath }}
+            port: api
+          failureThreshold: {{ .Values.startupProbe.failureThreshold | default 6 }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.startupProbe.periodSeconds | default 5 }}
+        {{- end }}
         volumeMounts:
         - name: data
           mountPath: {{ .Values.config.storage_directory }}
diff --git a/stable/influxdb/values.yaml b/stable/influxdb/values.yaml
index 18bfa86a78..29bcbe34ae 100644
--- a/stable/influxdb/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/influxdb/values.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ livenessProbe:
 readinessProbe:
   probePath: "/ping"
 
+startupProbe:
+  enabled: false
+  probePath: "/ping"
+  # failureThreshold: 6
+  # periodSeconds: 5
+
 ## Specify a service type
 ## NodePort is default
 ## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/services/