diff --git a/charts/odrl-pap/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/odrl-pap/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8a28ce0..181dfdf 100644
--- a/charts/odrl-pap/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/odrl-pap/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
     spec: 
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "pap.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      {{- if .Values.deployment.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- with .Values.deployment.initContainers }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.deployment.image.pullPolicy }}
@@ -107,6 +113,10 @@ spec:
             - name: rego
               mountPath: /rego-packages
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.deployment.additionalVolumeMounts }}
+            {{- with .Values.deployment.additionalVolumeMounts }}
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.deployment.resources | nindent 12 }}
       volumes:
@@ -120,6 +130,11 @@ spec:
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "pap.fullname" . }}-rego
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.deployment.additionalVolumes }}
+        {{- with .Values.deployment.additionalVolumes }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.deployment.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/odrl-pap/values.yaml b/charts/odrl-pap/values.yaml
index 61f7889..345d255 100644
--- a/charts/odrl-pap/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/odrl-pap/values.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ deployment:
   additionalLabels: {}
   # -- additional annotations for the deployment, if required
   additionalAnnotations: {}
+  # -- additional volume mounts
+  additionalVolumeMounts: {}
+  # -- additional volumes to be added for the containers
+  additionalVolumes: {}
   ## pap resource requests and limits, we leave the default empty to make that a concious choice by the user.
   ## for the autoscaling to make sense, you should configure this.
   # resources: