diff --git a/stable/redis/Chart.yaml b/stable/redis/Chart.yaml
index 8d9c199d84..e26df759c1 100644
--- a/stable/redis/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: redis
-version: 5.3.0
+version: 5.4.0
 appVersion: 4.0.12
 description: Open source, advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets.
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/redis/README.md b/stable/redis/README.md
index d72116ca0b..16029c86d9 100644
--- a/stable/redis/README.md
+++ b/stable/redis/README.md
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Redis chart and the
 | `slave.resources`                          | Redis slave CPU/Memory resource requests/limits                                                                | `master.resources`                                   |
 | `slave.affinity`                           | Enable node/pod affinity for slaves                                                                            | {}                                                   |
 | `slave.priorityClassName`                  | Redis Slave pod priorityClassName                                                                              | {}                                                   |
+| `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,
 
@@ -253,3 +260,19 @@ $ helm install --set persistence.existingClaim=PVC_NAME stable/redis
 ## Metrics
 
 The chart optionally can start a metrics exporter for [prometheus](https://prometheus.io). The metrics endpoint (port 9121) is exposed in the service. Metrics can be scraped from within the cluster using something similar as the described in the [example Prometheus scrape configuration](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/master/documentation/examples/prometheus-kubernetes.yml). If metrics are to be scraped from outside the cluster, the Kubernetes API proxy can be utilized to access the endpoint.
+
+## 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/ci/production-values.yaml b/stable/redis/ci/production-values.yaml
index ff7d005d53..4be8386deb 100644
--- a/stable/redis/ci/production-values.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/ci/production-values.yaml
@@ -353,3 +353,14 @@ volumePermissions:
 ##
 configmap: |-
   # maxmemory-policy volatile-lru
+
+## Sysctl InitContainer
+## used to perform sysctl operation to modify Kernel settings (needed sometimes to avoid warnings)
+sysctlImage:
+  enabled: true
+  mountHostSys: true
+  command:
+    - /bin/sh
+    - -c
+    - |-
+      echo "sample command"
diff --git a/stable/redis/templates/_helpers.tpl b/stable/redis/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 9a77561872..f9e0b50d16 100644
--- a/stable/redis/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/stable/redis/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -164,3 +164,12 @@ Get the password secret.
 {{- printf "%s" (include "redis.fullname" .) -}}
 {{- 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 -}}
diff --git a/stable/redis/templates/redis-master-statefulset.yaml b/stable/redis/templates/redis-master-statefulset.yaml
index c7aa4564a5..e10b7fd8cf 100644
--- a/stable/redis/templates/redis-master-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/templates/redis-master-statefulset.yaml
@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ spec:
         - name: config
           mountPath: /opt/bitnami/redis/etc
         {{- end }}
-      {{- if and ( and .Values.master.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) ) .Values.master.securityContext.enabled }}
+      {{- $needsVolumePermissions := and ( and .Values.master.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) ) .Values.master.securityContext.enabled }}
+      {{- if or $needsVolumePermissions .Values.sysctlImage.enabled }}
       initContainers:
+      {{- if $needsVolumePermissions }}
       - name: volume-permissions
         image: "{{ template "volumePermissions.image" . }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ default "" .Values.volumePermissions.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
@@ -167,6 +169,21 @@ spec:
           mountPath: {{ .Values.master.persistence.path }}
           subPath: {{ .Values.master.persistence.subPath }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- 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:
+          privileged: true
+          runAsUser: 0
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: health
         configMap:
@@ -192,6 +209,11 @@ spec:
           claimName: {{ .Values.persistence.existingClaim }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.sysctlImage.mountHostSys }}
+      - name: host-sys
+        hostPath:
+          path: /sys
+      {{- end }}
   {{- if and .Values.master.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) }}
   volumeClaimTemplates:
     - metadata:
diff --git a/stable/redis/templates/redis-slave-deployment.yaml b/stable/redis/templates/redis-slave-deployment.yaml
index e16cd73237..dddb0e1760 100644
--- a/stable/redis/templates/redis-slave-deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/templates/redis-slave-deployment.yaml
@@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ spec:
         - name: config
           mountPath: /opt/bitnami/redis/etc
         {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.sysctlImage.enabled }}
+      initContainers:
+      - 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:
+          privileged: true
+          runAsUser: 0
+      {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: health
         configMap:
@@ -170,4 +185,9 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       - name: redis-data
         emptyDir: {}
+      {{- if .Values.sysctlImage.mountHostSys }}
+      - name: host-sys
+        hostPath:
+          path: /sys
+      {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/stable/redis/values-production.yaml b/stable/redis/values-production.yaml
index 6eb13ec562..c18afb393f 100644
--- a/stable/redis/values-production.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/values-production.yaml
@@ -376,3 +376,14 @@ volumePermissions:
 ##
 configmap: |-
   # maxmemory-policy volatile-lru
+
+## Sysctl InitContainer
+## used to perform sysctl operation to modify Kernel settings (needed sometimes to avoid warnings)
+sysctlImage:
+  enabled: false
+  command: []
+  registry: docker.io
+  repository: bitnami/minideb
+  tag: latest
+  pullPolicy: Always
+  mountHostSys: false
diff --git a/stable/redis/values.yaml b/stable/redis/values.yaml
index 7cf99407c2..356fa99126 100644
--- a/stable/redis/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/values.yaml
@@ -377,3 +377,14 @@ volumePermissions:
 ##
 configmap: |-
   # maxmemory-policy volatile-lru
+
+## Sysctl InitContainer
+## used to perform sysctl operation to modify Kernel settings (needed sometimes to avoid warnings)
+sysctlImage:
+  enabled: false
+  command: []
+  registry: docker.io
+  repository: bitnami/minideb
+  tag: latest
+  pullPolicy: Always
+  mountHostSys: false