diff --git a/helm-charts/vmpooler/Chart.yaml b/helm-charts/vmpooler/Chart.yaml
index 6907109..8140f2a 100644
--- a/helm-charts/vmpooler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/vmpooler/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: vmpooler
 description: A Helm chart to deploy vmpooler
 type: application
 icon: https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/raw/master/lib/vmpooler/public/img/logo.png
-version: 3.10.3
+version: 3.10.4
 appVersion: pr177-9010ad15d1b63bae44be352e7288a477bf6f667d
 dependencies:
   - name: redis
diff --git a/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index f89bec8..f23926d 100644
--- a/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,29 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "vmpooler.serviceAccountName" . }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- if .Values.api.waitForRedis }}
+      initContainers:
+      - name: wait-for-redis
+        image: "{{ .Values.redis.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.redis.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.redis.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.redis.image.pullPolicy }}
+        command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - |
+          until redis-cli -h redis-master -p 6379 -a "$REDIS_PASSWORD" ping | grep -q PONG; do
+            echo "Waiting for Redis to be ready..."
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          echo "Redis is ready."
+        env:
+        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: redis
+              key: redis-password
+        securityContext:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: {{ $fullName }}-api
         securityContext:
diff --git a/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-manager.yaml b/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-manager.yaml
index 63bda8f..e02e645 100644
--- a/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-manager.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/deployment-manager.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,29 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "vmpooler.serviceAccountName" . }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- if .Values.manager.waitForRedis }}
+      initContainers:
+      - name: wait-for-redis
+        image: "{{ .Values.redis.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.redis.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.redis.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.redis.image.pullPolicy }}
+        command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - |
+          until redis-cli -h redis-master -p 6379 -a "$REDIS_PASSWORD" ping | grep -q PONG; do
+            echo "Waiting for Redis to be ready..."
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          echo "Redis is ready."
+        env:
+        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: redis
+              key: redis-password
+        securityContext:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: {{ $fullName }}-manager
         securityContext:
diff --git a/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml b/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml
index e251dfa..6b7e31e 100644
--- a/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ additionalConfigFiles: '/etc/vmpooler/config/pools.yaml'
 
 api:
   replicaCount: 1
+  # Set to true to add an init container that waits for Redis to accept
+  # connections before the API container starts. Useful in environments
+  # where Redis starts slowly (low resources).
+  waitForRedis: false
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 1500m
@@ -73,6 +77,10 @@ api:
       memory: 4Gi
 
 manager:
+  # Set to true to add an init container that waits for Redis to accept
+  # connections before the manager container starts. Useful in environments
+  # where Redis starts slowly (low resources).
+  waitForRedis: false
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 4000m