diff --git a/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml b/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml
index 3188348..1d39145 100644
--- a/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ spec:
         {{ if .Values.lapi.persistentVolume.config.enabled }}
         command: ['sh', '-c', 'mv -n /staging/etc/crowdsec/* /etc/crowdsec_data/ && rm -rf /staging/etc/crowdsec && ln -s /etc/crowdsec_data /etc/crowdsec && ./docker_start.sh']
         {{ end }}
+        {{- if .Values.lapi.lifecycle }}
+        lifecycle:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.lapi.lifecycle | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if or (.Values.tls.enabled) (.Values.lapi.persistentVolume.data.enabled) (.Values.lapi.persistentVolume.config.enabled) (.Values.lapi.dashboard.enabled) (include "lapiCustomConfigIsNotEmpty" .) }}
         volumeMounts:
           {{- if .Values.tls.enabled }}
diff --git a/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml b/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml
index af6a83f..cae00c7 100644
--- a/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ lapi:
   # -- Any extra secrets you may need (for example, external DB password)
   extraSecrets: {}
     # dbPassword: randomPass
+  lifecycle: {}
+    # preStop:
+    #   exec:
+    #     command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo Hello from the postStart handler > /usr/share/message"]
+    # postStart:
+    #   exec:
+    #     command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo Hello from the postStart handler > /usr/share/message"]
 
 # agent will deploy pod on every node as daemonSet to read wanted pods logs
 agent: