diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/compactor/deployment-compactor.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/compactor/deployment-compactor.yaml
index 37f5342204..938018afb0 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/compactor/deployment-compactor.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/compactor/deployment-compactor.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ spec:
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.compactor.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
       containers:
         - args:
             - -target=compactor
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/distributor/deployment-distributor.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/distributor/deployment-distributor.yaml
index c7495b3832..fbeb1c445f 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/distributor/deployment-distributor.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/distributor/deployment-distributor.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ spec:
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.distributor.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
       containers:
         - args:
             - -target=distributor
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/memcached/statefulset-memcached.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/memcached/statefulset-memcached.yaml
index 6027dfea8b..7650e7647e 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/memcached/statefulset-memcached.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/memcached/statefulset-memcached.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ spec:
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.memcached.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
       containers:
         - image: {{ include "tempo.imageReference" $dict }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.memcached.image.pullPolicy }}
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/metrics-generator/deployment-metrics-generator.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/metrics-generator/deployment-metrics-generator.yaml
index 55c7094ea1..a705b7517d 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/metrics-generator/deployment-metrics-generator.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/metrics-generator/deployment-metrics-generator.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ spec:
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.metricsGenerator.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
       containers:
         - args:
             - -target=metrics-generator
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/querier/deployment-querier.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/querier/deployment-querier.yaml
index 8412589860..6d7c411780 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/querier/deployment-querier.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/querier/deployment-querier.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ spec:
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.querier.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
       containers:
         - args:
             - -target=querier
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/query-frontend/deployment-query-frontend.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/query-frontend/deployment-query-frontend.yaml
index 01f05b21cf..9228672cfe 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/query-frontend/deployment-query-frontend.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/query-frontend/deployment-query-frontend.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ spec:
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.queryFrontend.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
       containers:
         - args:
             - -target=query-frontend
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
index 9d9bdde4b8..0c1735adfa 100755
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ metricsGenerator:
   #  - ip: 1.2.3.4
   #    hostnames:
   #      - domain.tld
+  # -- Init Containers
   initContainers: []
   image:
     # -- The Docker registry for the metrics-generator image. Overrides `tempo.image.registry`
@@ -469,6 +470,10 @@ distributor:
   #  - ip: 1.2.3.4
   #    hostnames:
   #      - domain.tld
+
+  # -- Init Containers
+  initContainers: []
+
   autoscaling:
     # -- Enable autoscaling for the distributor
     enabled: false
@@ -623,6 +628,10 @@ compactor:
   #  - ip: 1.2.3.4
   #    hostnames:
   #      - domain.tld
+
+  # -- Init Containers
+  initContainers: []
+
   image:
     # -- The Docker registry for the compactor image. Overrides `tempo.image.registry`
     registry: null
@@ -717,6 +726,10 @@ querier:
   #  - ip: 1.2.3.4
   #    hostnames:
   #      - domain.tld
+
+  # -- Init Containers
+  initContainers: []
+
   autoscaling:
     # -- Enable autoscaling for the querier
     enabled: false
@@ -860,6 +873,10 @@ queryFrontend:
   #  - ip: 1.2.3.4
   #    hostnames:
   #      - domain.tld
+
+  # -- Init Containers
+  initContainers: []
+
   config:
     # -- Maximum number of outstanding requests per tenant per frontend; requests beyond this error with HTTP 429.
     max_outstanding_per_tenant: 2000
@@ -1584,6 +1601,9 @@ memcached:
     tag: 1.6.33-alpine
     # -- Memcached Docker image pull policy
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  # -- Init Containers
+  initContainers: []
+
   host: memcached
   # Number of replicas for memchached
   replicas: 1