diff --git a/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml b/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
index a149b8d9d..7ab688a8c 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ spec:
           imagePullSecrets:
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.initContainers }}
+          initContainers:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           containers:
             - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
               image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) }}"
diff --git a/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
index b124f9bed..86a331062 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ spec:
       imagePullSecrets:
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) }}"
diff --git a/charts/descheduler/values.yaml b/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
index 3ba1097e4..f98a8cf13 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@ livenessProbe:
   periodSeconds: 20
   timeoutSeconds: 5
 
+# Init containers to run before the main descheduler container
+initContainers: []
+# Example:
+# - name: init-myservice
+#   image: busybox:1.28
+#   command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo The app is running! && sleep 10']
+
 service:
   enabled: false
   # @param service.ipFamilyPolicy [string], support SingleStack, PreferDualStack and RequireDualStack