diff --git a/charts/hive-metastore/Chart.yaml b/charts/hive-metastore/Chart.yaml
index 44752b4..253a443 100644
--- a/charts/hive-metastore/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/hive-metastore/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: hive-metastore
 description: |-
   Helm chart to deploy [hive-metastore](https://hive.apache.org/).
 type: application
-version: 0.0.4
+version: 0.0.5
 appVersion: 2.3.9-2.10.1
 home: https://github.com/slamdev/helm-charts/tree/master/charts/hive-metastore
 icon: https://hive.apache.org/images/hive_logo_medium.jpg
diff --git a/charts/hive-metastore/README.md b/charts/hive-metastore/README.md
index 82391eb..31917cb 100644
--- a/charts/hive-metastore/README.md
+++ b/charts/hive-metastore/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # hive-metastore
 
-![Version: 0.0.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.0.4-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.3.9-2.10.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.3.9--2.10.1-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.0.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.0.5-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.3.9-2.10.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.3.9--2.10.1-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Helm chart to deploy [hive-metastore](https://hive.apache.org/).
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Helm chart to deploy [hive-metastore](https://hive.apache.org/).
 | ingress.enabled | bool | `false` | enables Ingress for hive-metastore |
 | ingress.hosts | list | `[]` | ingress accepted hostnames |
 | ingress.tls | list | `[]` | ingress TLS configuration |
+| initContainers | list | `[]` | additional init containers; env vars and volume mounts are the same as for the main container |
 | nameOverride | string | `""` | override name of the chart |
 | nodeSelector | object | `{}` | node for scheduler pod assignment |
 | podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | specifies security settings for a pod |
diff --git a/charts/hive-metastore/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/hive-metastore/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0dec41c..9f3c162 100644
--- a/charts/hive-metastore/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/hive-metastore/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ spec:
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
       initContainers:
+      {{- range .Values.initContainers }}
+        - {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- with $.Values.env }}
+          env:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: hive-configs
+              mountPath: /opt/hive-configs
+      {{- end }}
         - name: expand-configs
           image: tempire/alpine-perl:3.14.0
           command:
diff --git a/charts/hive-metastore/values.yaml b/charts/hive-metastore/values.yaml
index f492cb6..52402d8 100644
--- a/charts/hive-metastore/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/hive-metastore/values.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ env: []
 #  - name: HADOOP_CLIENT_OPTS
 #    value: --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED -Dhive.root.logger=console
 
+# initContainers -- additional init containers; env vars and volume mounts are the same as for the main container
+initContainers: []
+
 hiveSiteXml: |
   <configuration>