diff --git a/charts/jellyfin/README.md b/charts/jellyfin/README.md
index 91214a2..9d7a540 100644
--- a/charts/jellyfin/README.md
+++ b/charts/jellyfin/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ helm install <release-name> <chart-name> -f values.yaml
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
 | affinity | object | `{}` |  |
 | enableDLNA | bool | `false` | Setting this to true enables DLNA which requires the pod to be attached to the host network in order to be useful - this can break things like ingress to the service https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/dlna.html |
+| extraInitContainers | object | `{}` | additional init containers to run inside the pod. |
 | extraContainers | object | `{}` | additional sidecar containers to run inside the pod. |
 | extraEnvVars | list | `[]` | aditional environment variables passed to the pod |
 | extraPodAnnotations | object | `{}` | additional annotations applied to the pod |
diff --git a/charts/jellyfin/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/jellyfin/templates/deployment.yaml
index b46de2b..c86aca9 100644
--- a/charts/jellyfin/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/jellyfin/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+  {{- if .Values.extraInitContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+	  {{- toYaml .Values.extraInitContainers | nindent 10 }}
+  {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: config
       {{- if .Values.persistence.config.enabled }}
diff --git a/charts/jellyfin/values.yaml b/charts/jellyfin/values.yaml
index 618f448..a6bacbd 100644
--- a/charts/jellyfin/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/jellyfin/values.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ extraEnvVars: []
 # -- additional annotations applied to the pod
 extraPodAnnotations: {}
 
+# -- additional init containers to run inside the pod.
+extraInitContainers: {}
+  
 # -- additional sidecar containers to run inside the pod.
 extraContainers: {}