diff --git a/charts/crowdsec/templates/agent-daemonSet.yaml b/charts/crowdsec/templates/agent-daemonSet.yaml
index f14f645..e1637eb 100644
--- a/charts/crowdsec/templates/agent-daemonSet.yaml
+++ b/charts/crowdsec/templates/agent-daemonSet.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ spec:
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           privileged: false
+      {{- if .Values.agent.extraInitContainers }}
+      {{- toYaml .Values.agent.extraInitContainers | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: crowdsec-agent
         image: "{{ .Values.image.repository | default "crowdsecurity/crowdsec" }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
diff --git a/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml b/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml
index 4d2fed7..0ad22e8 100644
--- a/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/crowdsec/templates/lapi-deployment.yaml
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ spec:
       imagePullSecrets:
 {{ toYaml .Values.image.pullSecrets | indent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{ if .Values.lapi.dashboard.enabled }}
+      {{- if or (.Values.lapi.dashboard.enabled) (.Values.lapi.extraInitContainers) }}
       initContainers:
+      {{- if .Values.lapi.dashboard.enabled }}
       - name: fetch-metabase-config
         image: busybox:1.28
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /metabase-data
           subPath: dashboard
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.lapi.extraInitContainers }}
+      {{- toYaml .Values.lapi.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: crowdsec-lapi
         image: "{{ .Values.image.repository | default "crowdsecurity/crowdsec" }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
diff --git a/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml b/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml
index be63d93..29a5f80 100644
--- a/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/crowdsec/values.yaml
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ lapi:
   # -- Labels to be added to lapi pods, if global podLabels are not set
   podLabels: {}
 
+  # -- Extra init containers to be added to lapi pods
+  extraInitContainers: []
+
   # -- resources for lapi
   resources:
     limits:
@@ -326,6 +329,9 @@ agent:
   # -- Labels to be added to agent pods, if global podLabels are not set
   podLabels: {}
 
+  # -- Extra init containers to be added to agent pods
+  extraInitContainers: []
+
   resources:
     limits:
       memory: 250Mi