diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71c029f6b0..39e741161a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Added
 
 - Add functional test coverage for Network Explorer metrics ([#684](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart/pull/684)
+- Apply the same resources to init containers as allocated to the otel agent container ([#690](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart/pull/690)
 
 ## [0.71.0] - 2023-03-01
 
diff --git a/examples/only-logs-fluentd/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml b/examples/only-logs-fluentd/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
index 1ecfb6723c..53f60a2a9d 100644
--- a/examples/only-logs-fluentd/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/only-logs-fluentd/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: LOG_FORMAT_TYPE
               value: ""
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 500Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: varlogdest
               mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
diff --git a/examples/only-logs-otel/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml b/examples/only-logs-otel/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
index f3a37318af..fe5cfd4ea1 100644
--- a/examples/only-logs-otel/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/only-logs-otel/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ spec:
             value: "/var/addon/splunk/otel_pos/receiver_journald_"
           - name: JOURNALD_LOG_CAPTURE_REGEX
             value: '\/splunkd\-fluentd\-journald\-(?P<name>[\w0-9-_]+)\.pos\.json'
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 500Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: checkpoint
               mountPath: /var/addon/splunk/otel_pos
diff --git a/examples/splunk-enterprise-index-routing/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml b/examples/splunk-enterprise-index-routing/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
index 0d06e7748d..34e0edbb5f 100644
--- a/examples/splunk-enterprise-index-routing/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/splunk-enterprise-index-routing/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: LOG_FORMAT_TYPE
               value: ""
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 500Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: varlogdest
               mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
index c79f130e8c..d3bcb9b12d 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: LOG_FORMAT_TYPE
               value: "{{ .Values.fluentd.config.containers.logFormatType }}"
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml $agent.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: varlogdest
               mountPath: {{ .Values.fluentd.config.containers.pathDest }}
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ spec:
             value: "/var/addon/splunk/otel_pos/receiver_journald_"
           - name: JOURNALD_LOG_CAPTURE_REGEX
             value: '\/splunkd\-fluentd\-journald\-(?P<name>[\w0-9-_]+)\.pos\.json'
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml $agent.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: checkpoint
               mountPath: /var/addon/splunk/otel_pos
@@ -159,6 +163,8 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}']
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 0
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml $agent.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: checkpoint
               mountPath: {{ .Values.logsCollection.checkpointPath }}