diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index b76f7cc1d..c14cf248c 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 var log = logf.Log.WithName("cmd")
 var flagImage string
 var flagImageTag string
+var flagPluginsInitContainerImage string
 var scanAll bool
 var openshift bool
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 	flagset := flag.CommandLine
 	flagset.StringVar(&flagImage, "grafana-image", "", "Overrides the default Grafana image")
 	flagset.StringVar(&flagImageTag, "grafana-image-tag", "", "Overrides the default Grafana image tag")
+	flagset.StringVar(&flagPluginsInitContainerImage, "grafana-plugins-init-container-image", "", "Overrides the default Grafana Plugins Init Container image")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&scanAll, "scan-all", false, "Scans all namespaces for dashboards")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&openshift, "openshift", false, "Use Route instead of Ingress")
 	flagset.Parse(os.Args[1:])
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ func main() {
 	controllerConfig := common.GetControllerConfig()
 	controllerConfig.AddConfigItem(common.ConfigGrafanaImage, flagImage)
 	controllerConfig.AddConfigItem(common.ConfigGrafanaImageTag, flagImageTag)
+	controllerConfig.AddConfigItem(common.PluginsInitContainerImage, flagPluginsInitContainerImage)
 	controllerConfig.AddConfigItem(common.ConfigOperatorNamespace, namespace)
 	controllerConfig.AddConfigItem(common.ConfigDashboardLabelSelector, "")
 	controllerConfig.AddConfigItem(common.ConfigOpenshift, openshift)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/common/controller_config.go b/pkg/controller/common/controller_config.go
index 11fae9a0b..70980516f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/common/controller_config.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/common/controller_config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const (
 	GrafanaRouteName                = "grafana-route"
 	GrafanaIngressName              = "grafana-ingress"
 	GrafanaServiceName              = "grafana-service"
+	PluginsInitContainerImage	= "quay.io/integreatly/grafana_plugins_init"
 	PluginsInitContainerImageTag    = "0.0.2"
 	PluginsEnvVar                   = "GRAFANA_PLUGINS"
 	PluginsUrl                      = "https://grafana.com/api/plugins/%s/versions/%s"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/grafana/templateHelper.go b/pkg/controller/grafana/templateHelper.go
index b42903c19..cb217d4da 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/grafana/templateHelper.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/grafana/templateHelper.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type GrafanaParamaeters struct {
 	LogLevel                        string
 	GrafanaRouteName                string
 	GrafanaServiceName              string
+	PluginsInitContainerImage	string
 	PluginsInitContainerImageTag    string
 	GrafanaIngressName              string
 	Hostname                        string
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func newTemplateHelper(cr *integreatly.Grafana) *TemplateHelper {
 		LogLevel:                        getLogLevel(cr.Spec.LogLevel),
 		GrafanaRouteName:                common.GrafanaRouteName,
 		GrafanaServiceName:              common.GrafanaServiceName,
+		PluginsInitContainerImage:       common.PluginsInitContainerImage,
 		PluginsInitContainerImageTag:    common.PluginsInitContainerImageTag,
 		GrafanaIngressName:              common.GrafanaIngressName,
 		Hostname:                        cr.Spec.Hostname,
diff --git a/templates/grafana-deployment.yaml b/templates/grafana-deployment.yaml
index 5932b3694..bff516146 100644
--- a/templates/grafana-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/grafana-deployment.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
         - env:
             - name: GRAFANA_PLUGINS
               value: ""
-          image: 'quay.io/integreatly/grafana_plugins_init:{{ .PluginsInitContainerImageTag }}'
+          image: '{{ .PluginsInitContainerImage }}:{{ .PluginsInitContainerImageTag }}'
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: grafana-plugins-init
           resources: {}