diff --git a/helm/akhq/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/akhq/templates/deployment.yaml
index e5e85fbc3..95b676150 100644
--- a/helm/akhq/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/akhq/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ spec:
             successThreshold: {{ $.Values.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
             failureThreshold: {{ $.Values.readinessProbe.failureThreshold }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if $.Values.startupProbe.enabled }}
+          startupProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: {{ .Values.startupProbe.prefix | default "" }}{{ $.Values.startupProbe.path }}
+              port: {{ $.Values.startupProbe.port }}
+              {{- if $.Values.startupProbe.httpGetExtra }}{{ toYaml $.Values.startupProbe.httpGetExtra | trim | nindent 14 }}{{ end }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ $.Values.startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            periodSeconds: {{ $.Values.startupProbe.periodSeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ $.Values.startupProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ $.Values.startupProbe.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ $.Values.startupProbe.failureThreshold }}
+          {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
diff --git a/helm/akhq/values.yaml b/helm/akhq/values.yaml
index 10460c896..c591d57c3 100644
--- a/helm/akhq/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/akhq/values.yaml
@@ -179,6 +179,18 @@ livenessProbe:
   failureThreshold: 3
   httpGetExtra: {}
 
+startupProbe:
+  enabled: false
+  prefix: "" # set same as `micronaut.server.context-path`
+  path: /health
+  port: management
+  initialDelaySeconds: 0
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  timeoutSeconds: 5
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 30
+  httpGetExtra: {}
+
 resources: {}
   # limits:
   #  cpu: 100m