diff --git a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
index da94f9490..a26082f35 100644
--- a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Ceph Client
 name: ceph-client
-version: 0.1.35
+version: 0.1.36
 home: https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client
 ...
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
index 0d86251a8..c224cd649 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function disable_autoscaling () {
 }
 
 function set_cluster_flags () {
-  if [[ ! -z "${CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS}" ]]; then
+  if [[ -n "${CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS}" ]]; then
     for flag in ${CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS}; do
       ceph osd set ${flag}
     done
@@ -183,13 +183,19 @@ function set_cluster_flags () {
 }
 
 function unset_cluster_flags () {
-  if [[ ! -z "${CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS}" ]]; then
+  if [[ -n "${CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS}" ]]; then
     for flag in ${CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS}; do
       ceph osd unset ${flag}
     done
   fi
 }
 
+function run_cluster_commands () {
+  {{- range .Values.conf.features.cluster_commands }}
+    ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+}
+
 # Helper function to set pool properties only if the target value differs from
 # the current value to optimize performance
 function set_pool_property() {
@@ -328,6 +334,7 @@ function convert_to_bytes() {
 
 set_cluster_flags
 unset_cluster_flags
+run_cluster_commands
 reweight_osds
 
 {{ $targetOSDCount := .Values.conf.pool.target.osd }}
diff --git a/ceph-client/values.yaml b/ceph-client/values.yaml
index 4ef64a5f3..4ad5cf71a 100644
--- a/ceph-client/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/values.yaml
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ conf:
       # List of flags to set or unset separated by spaces
       set: ""
       unset: ""
+    cluster_commands:
+      # Add additional commands to run against the Ceph cluster here
+      - osd require-osd-release octopus
+      - status
   pool:
   # NOTE(portdirect): this drives a simple approximation of
   # https://ceph.com/pgcalc/, the `target.osd` key should be set to match the
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
index ad2e7c617..14cea7144 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ ceph-client:
   - 0.1.33 More robust naming of clusterrole-checkdns
   - 0.1.34 Migrated CronJob resource to batch/v1 API version
   - 0.1.35 Handle multiple mon versions in the pool job
+  - 0.1.36 Add the ability to run Ceph commands from values
 ...