diff --git a/helm/librechat/templates/configmaps-additional.yaml b/helm/librechat/templates/configmaps-additional.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4beb80a8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/librechat/templates/configmaps-additional.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{{- range $key, $value := .Values.additionalConfigMaps }}
+{{- if or .data .binaryData }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "librechat.fullname" $ }}-{{ default "custom" $key }}
+  {{- with .labels }}
+  labels:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- with .data }}
+data:
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- with .binaryData }}
+binaryData:
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+immutable: {{ default false .immutable }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/librechat/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/librechat/templates/deployment.yaml
index e046bc507a..f8d0e58298 100755
--- a/helm/librechat/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/librechat/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "librechat.serviceAccountName" . }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- if .Values.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- range $key, $value := .Values.initContainers }}
+        {{- if . }}
+        - name: {{ $key }}
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "librechat.fullname" $ }}
           securityContext:
diff --git a/helm/librechat/values.yaml b/helm/librechat/values.yaml
index 2560535504..169604bfe4 100755
--- a/helm/librechat/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/librechat/values.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ readinessProbe:
     path: /health
     port: 3080
 
+# Additional init containers on the output Deployment definition.
+initContainers: {}
+#   foo: # the name of the init container
+#     image: busybox
+#     command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo The app is starting! && sleep 5']
+#   # ... add more init containers as needed
+
 # Additional volumes on the output Deployment definition.
 volumes: []
 # - name: foo
@@ -269,6 +276,16 @@ dnsConfig: {}
 updateStrategy:
   type: RollingUpdate
 
+# Extra ConfigMaps to be created alongside the main ones
+additionalConfigMaps: {}
+#   custom: # suffix of the ConfigMap name
+#     labels: {}
+#     annotations: {}
+#     data: {}
+#     binaryData: {}
+#     immutable: false
+#   # ... add more ConfigMaps as needed
+
 # MongoDB Parameters
 mongodb:
   enabled: true