diff --git a/charts/openfga/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/openfga/templates/deployment.yaml
index d4e2cf4..728bca7 100644
--- a/charts/openfga/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/openfga/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "openfga.serviceAccountName" . }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- if and (has .Values.datastore.engine (list "postgres" "mysql")) .Values.datastore.applyMigrations .Values.datastore.waitForMigrations }}
+      {{ if or (and (has .Values.datastore.engine (list "postgres" "mysql")) .Values.datastore.applyMigrations .Values.datastore.waitForMigrations) .Values.extraInitContainers }}
       initContainers:
+        {{- if and (has .Values.datastore.engine (list "postgres" "mysql")) .Values.datastore.applyMigrations .Values.datastore.waitForMigration }}
         - name: wait-for-migration
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ spec:
           args: ["job", '{{ include "openfga.fullname" . }}-migrate']
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.datastore.migrations.resources | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.extraInitContainers }}
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
diff --git a/charts/openfga/values.schema.json b/charts/openfga/values.schema.json
index 66c5369..89f6115 100644
--- a/charts/openfga/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/openfga/values.schema.json
@@ -959,6 +959,14 @@
             },
             "default": []
         },
+        "extraInitContainers": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "List of additional initContainers to add to the deployment",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "object"
+            },
+            "default": []
+        },
         "initContainer": {
             "type": "object",
             "description": "",
diff --git a/charts/openfga/values.yaml b/charts/openfga/values.yaml
index 89369f0..0564d9d 100644
--- a/charts/openfga/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/openfga/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 extraEnvVars: []
 extraVolumes: []
 extraVolumeMounts: []
+extraInitContainers: []
 
 podSecurityContext:
   {}