diff --git a/controllers/model/grafanaDeployment.go b/controllers/model/grafanaDeployment.go
index 658e1778d..845822d0c 100644
--- a/controllers/model/grafanaDeployment.go
+++ b/controllers/model/grafanaDeployment.go
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ func getInitContainers(cr *v1alpha1.Grafana, plugins string) []v13.Container {
 			TerminationMessagePath:   "/dev/termination-log",
 			TerminationMessagePolicy: "File",
 			ImagePullPolicy:          "IfNotPresent",
+			SecurityContext:          getContainerSecurityContext(cr),
 		},
 	}
 }