diff --git a/stable/redis-ha/Chart.yaml b/stable/redis-ha/Chart.yaml
index ae62e4bc61..fb30f7fddc 100644
--- a/stable/redis-ha/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis-ha/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ keywords:
 - redis
 - keyvalue
 - database
-version: 3.3.5
+version: 3.4.0
 appVersion: 5.0.3
 description: Highly available Kubernetes implementation of Redis
 icon: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/Redis_Logo.svg/1200px-Redis_Logo.svg.png
diff --git a/stable/redis-ha/README.md b/stable/redis-ha/README.md
index 1a60ef846b..f3978a4ee1 100644
--- a/stable/redis-ha/README.md
+++ b/stable/redis-ha/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,14 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Redis chart and the
 | `exporter.extraArgs`     | Additional args for the exporter                                                                                                                                                                         | `{}`                                                                                       |
 | `podDisruptionBudget`    | Pod Disruption Budget rules                                                                                                                                                                              | `{}`                                                                                       |
 | `hostPath.path`          | Use this path on the host for data storage                                                                                                                                                               | not set                                                                                    |
-| `hostPath.chown`         | Run an init-container as root to set ownership on the hostPath                                                                                                                                           | true                                                                                       |
+| `hostPath.chown`         | Run an init-container as root to set ownership on the hostPath                                                                                                                                           | `true`                                                                                       |
+| `sysctlImage.enabled`                      | Enable an init container to modify Kernel settings                                                             | `false`                                              |
+| `sysctlImage.command`                      | sysctlImage command to execute                                                                                 | []                                                   |
+| `sysctlImage.registry`                     | sysctlImage Init container registry                                                                            | `docker.io`                                          |
+| `sysctlImage.repository`                   | sysctlImage Init container name                                                                                | `bitnami/minideb`                                    |
+| `sysctlImage.tag`                          | sysctlImage Init container tag                                                                                 | `latest`                                             |
+| `sysctlImage.pullPolicy`                   | sysctlImage Init container pull policy                                                                         | `Always`                                             |
+| `sysctlImage.mountHostSys`                 | Mount the host `/sys` folder to `/host-sys`                                                                    | `false`                                              |
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example,
 
@@ -124,3 +131,19 @@ Sentinel options supported must be in the the `sentinel <option> <master-group-n
 ```
 
 If more control is needed from either the redis or sentinel config then an entire config can be defined under `redis.customConfig` or `sentinel.customConfig`. Please note that these values will override any configuration options under their respective section. For example, if you define `sentinel.customConfig` then the `sentinel.config` is ignored.
+
+## Host Kernel Settings
+Redis may require some changes in the kernel of the host machine to work as expected, in particular increasing the `somaxconn` value and disabling transparent huge pages.
+To do so, you can set up a privileged initContainer with the `sysctlImage` config values, for example:
+```
+sysctlImage:
+  enabled: true
+  mountHostSys: true
+  command:
+    - /bin/sh
+    - -c
+    - |-
+      install_packages systemd
+      sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=10000
+      echo never > /host-sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
+```
diff --git a/stable/redis-ha/templates/_helpers.tpl b/stable/redis-ha/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 7a76df542c..f2af79e3aa 100644
--- a/stable/redis-ha/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/stable/redis-ha/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+
+{{/*
+Return sysctl image
+*/}}
+{{- define "redis.sysctl.image" -}}
+{{- $registryName :=  default "docker.io" .Values.sysctlImage.registry -}}
+{{- $tag := default "latest" .Values.sysctlImage.tag | toString -}}
+{{- printf "%s/%s:%s" $registryName .Values.sysctlImage.repository $tag -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- /*
 Credit: @technosophos
 https://github.com/technosophos/common-chart/
diff --git a/stable/redis-ha/templates/redis-ha-statefulset.yaml b/stable/redis-ha/templates/redis-ha-statefulset.yaml
index fd4ebca1a7..f477ee9aed 100644
--- a/stable/redis-ha/templates/redis-ha-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis-ha/templates/redis-ha-statefulset.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.securityContext | indent 8 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "redis-ha.serviceAccountName" . }}
       initContainers:
+      {{- if .Values.sysctlImage.enabled }}
+      - name: init-sysctl
+        image: {{ template "redis.sysctl.image" . }}
+        {{- if .Values.sysctlImage.mountHostSys }}
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: host-sys
+          mountPath: /host-sys
+        {{- end }}
+        command:
+{{ toYaml .Values.sysctlImage.command | indent 10 }}
+        securityContext:
+          runAsNonRoot: false
+          privileged: true
+          runAsUser: 0
+      {{- end }}
 {{- if and .Values.hostPath.path .Values.hostPath.chown }}
       - name: hostpath-chown
         image: {{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}
@@ -217,6 +232,11 @@ spec:
       - name: probes
         configMap:
           name: {{ template "redis-ha.fullname" . }}-probes
+      {{- if .Values.sysctlImage.mountHostSys }}
+      - name: host-sys
+        hostPath:
+          path: /sys
+      {{- end }}          
 {{- if .Values.persistentVolume.enabled }}
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
diff --git a/stable/redis-ha/values.yaml b/stable/redis-ha/values.yaml
index 71e0828459..35f35aec03 100644
--- a/stable/redis-ha/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis-ha/values.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ serviceAccount:
 rbac:
   create: true
 
+sysctlImage:
+  enabled: false
+  command: []
+  registry: docker.io
+  repository: bitnami/minideb
+  tag: latest
+  pullPolicy: Always
+  mountHostSys: false
+
+
 ## Redis specific configuration options
 redis:
   port: 6379