diff --git a/ironic/Chart.yaml b/ironic/Chart.yaml
index ab686d66ae..7397b3a3da 100644
--- a/ironic/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ironic/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Ironic
 name: ironic
-version: 0.2.18
+version: 0.2.19
 home: https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/
 icon: https://www.openstack.org/themes/openstack/images/project-mascots/Ironic/OpenStack_Project_Ironic_vertical.png
 sources:
diff --git a/ironic/templates/statefulset-conductor.yaml b/ironic/templates/statefulset-conductor.yaml
index bcf6238c76..f3e68167f3 100644
--- a/ironic/templates/statefulset-conductor.yaml
+++ b/ironic/templates/statefulset-conductor.yaml
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ spec:
             - name: pod-shared
               mountPath: /tmp/pod-shared
 {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.conductor.initContainers }}
+        {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: ironic-conductor
 {{ tuple $envAll "ironic_conductor" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
@@ -251,6 +254,9 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/lib/openstack-helm
 {{ if $mounts_ironic_conductor.volumeMounts }}{{ toYaml $mounts_ironic_conductor.volumeMounts | indent 12 }}{{ end }}
 {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.conductor.extraContainers }}
+        {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
       volumes:
         - name: pod-tmp
           emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/ironic/values.yaml b/ironic/values.yaml
index a94bc3f23c..be58b1279d 100644
--- a/ironic/values.yaml
+++ b/ironic/values.yaml
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ conf:
       datefmt: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 
 conductor:
+  # -- Additional containers to add to the conductor pods
+  ## Note: Supports use of custom Helm templates
+  extraContainers: []
+  # -- Additional init containers to add to the conductor pods
+  ## Note: Supports use of custom Helm templates
+  initContainers: []
   http:
     enabled: true
     init_script: |
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml
index 8eec867ba8..6c26aa115f 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ ironic:
   - 0.2.16 Use quay.io/airshipit/kubernetes-entrypoint:latest-ubuntu_focal by default
   - 0.2.17 Allow overriding of hostNetwork and hostIPC for Ironic conductor
   - 0.2.18 Use service tokens
+  - 0.2.19 Allow extra containers for the conductor
 ...