diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/api/pod.rb b/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/api/pod.rb
index be8c6da8bc..fb5d1345ec 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/api/pod.rb
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/api/pod.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def role_id
       end
 
       def containers
-        @pod.spec.containers
+        @pod.spec.containers.map(&:to_h)
       end
 
       def logs(container)
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ def events
         )
       end
 
+      def init_containers
+        return [] unless containers = @pod.dig(:metadata, :annotations, :'pod.alpha.kubernetes.io/init-containers')
+        JSON.parse(containers, symbolize_names: true)
+      end
+
       private
 
       def probe_failed_to_often?(event)
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/deploy_executor.rb b/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/deploy_executor.rb
index e2d25ba0d5..c1715f3f4b 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/deploy_executor.rb
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/deploy_executor.rb
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ def show_failure_cause(release, release_docs, statuses)
     def print_pod_logs(pod)
       @output.puts "LOGS:"
 
-      pod.containers.map(&:name).each do |container|
-        @output.puts "Container #{container}" if pod.containers.size > 1
+      containers = (pod.containers + pod.init_containers).map { |c| c.fetch(:name) }
+      containers.each do |container|
+        @output.puts "Container #{container}" if containers.size > 1
 
         # Display the first and last n_lines of the log
         max = 50
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/api/pod_test.rb b/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/api/pod_test.rb
index bae727b8a4..47e1060909 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/api/pod_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/test/models/kubernetes/api/pod_test.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 
   describe "#containers" do
     it 'reads' do
-      pod.containers.first.name.must_equal 'container1'
+      pod.containers.first[:name].must_equal 'container1'
     end
   end
 
@@ -245,4 +245,15 @@
       assert pod_with_client.events_indicate_failure?
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#init_containers" do
+    it "is empty for no containers" do
+      pod.init_containers.must_equal []
+    end
+
+    it "finds init containers" do
+      pod_attributes[:metadata][:annotations] = {"pod.alpha.kubernetes.io/init-containers": [{foo: :bar}].to_json}
+      pod.init_containers.must_equal [{foo: "bar"}]
+    end
+  end
 end