diff --git a/charts/mysql/Chart.yaml b/charts/mysql/Chart.yaml
index d6be3dcc91eeb35777d12fe7e1f57f9387d75dcd..0e6ef2399ddeaa7758187e42c6f4e8ce2e931864 100644
--- a/charts/mysql/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/mysql/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ type: application
 maintainers:
   - name: groundhog2k
 
-version: 0.1.4
+version: 0.1.5
 
 appVersion: "8.0.31-oracle"
diff --git a/charts/mysql/README.md b/charts/mysql/README.md
index 4818c0d17daddf5e8da2f163fcf67a7eced88c5b..c8ae2cb0b11b41fc6f55d974e2a08f382507b4e1 100644
--- a/charts/mysql/README.md
+++ b/charts/mysql/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MySQL
 
-![Version: 0.1.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.1.4-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 8.0.31](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-8.0.31--oracle-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.1.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.1.5-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 8.0.31](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-8.0.31--oracle-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 ## Changelog
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ helm uninstall my-release
 | customLivenessProbe | object | `{}` | Custom liveness probe (overwrites default liveness probe configuration) |
 | customReadinessProbe | object | `{}` | Custom readiness probe (overwrites default readiness probe configuration) |
 | resources | object | `{}` | Resource limits and requests |
+| initResources | object | `{}` | Resource limits and requests for the default init container |
 | nodeSelector | object | `{}` | Deployment node selector |
 | podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Additional pod annotations |
 | podSecurityContext | object | `see values.yaml` | Pod security context |
diff --git a/charts/mysql/RELEASENOTES.md b/charts/mysql/RELEASENOTES.md
index 43bed9486f8f67818f722999c201bb9d27b49f6d..4db509b19828dd40fcf6ffff8be8bef5beb1eeb3 100644
--- a/charts/mysql/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/charts/mysql/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
 | 0.1.2 | 8.0.30 | Implemented support for custom inline init scripts |
 | 0.1.3 | 8.0.30 | Implemented support for image.registry option |
 | 0.1.4 | 8.0.31 | Upgraded MySQL to 8.0.31 |
+| 0.1.5 | 8.0.31 | Added support for init container resources (thx @Footur) |
 | | | |
diff --git a/charts/mysql/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/mysql/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 2da99769c487ba88abf5fc231e7fe63f5269e6d5..68f2fe3c963eeffa9e625989caf4cdc01e81afe7 100644
--- a/charts/mysql/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/mysql/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /configs
               name: configs
           command: [ "/initscripts/init.sh" ]
+          {{- with .Values.initResources }}
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}          
       {{- with .Values.extraInitContainers }}
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/mysql/values.yaml b/charts/mysql/values.yaml
index 9d6a613bc1a9afddf5d9c4382b9bfd70cc1d702b..05d338e02f30b2b3b3f79e7ab0fa581b694fd98a 100644
--- a/charts/mysql/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/mysql/values.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ resources: {}
   #   cpu: 100m
   #   memory: 128Mi
 
+# Resources of the default init container
+initResources: {}
+  # limits:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+  # requests:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+
 tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}