diff --git a/charts/kong/README.md b/charts/kong/README.md
index e3cca2bf3..cecbec917 100644
--- a/charts/kong/README.md
+++ b/charts/kong/README.md
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ On the Gateway release side, set either `admin.tls.client.secretName` to the nam
 | podAnnotations                     | Annotations to add to each pod                                                        |  see `values.yaml`  |
 | podLabels                          | Labels to add to each pod                                                             | `{}`                |
 | resources                          | Pod resource requests & limits                                                        | `{}`                |
+| initContainerResources             | Init container resource requests & limits                                                        | `{}`                |
 | tolerations                        | List of node taints to tolerate                                                       | `[]`                |
 | dnsPolicy                          | Pod dnsPolicy                                                                         |                     |
 | dnsConfig                          | Pod dnsConfig                                                                         |                     |
diff --git a/charts/kong/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
index ce7c21113..5018aed66 100644
--- a/charts/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kong/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ spec:
         securityContext:
         {{ toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | nindent 10 }}
         resources:
-{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
+{{ toYaml (default .Values.resources .Values.initContainerResources) | indent 10 }}
         command:
         - "rm"
         - "-vrf"
diff --git a/charts/kong/values.yaml b/charts/kong/values.yaml
index 2272a263e..adc8e691e 100644
--- a/charts/kong/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kong/values.yaml
@@ -914,6 +914,16 @@ resources: {}
   #  cpu: 1
   #  memory: 2G
 
+# Resources for initContainers (clear-stale-pid)
+# If not specified, defaults to the main container resources defined above
+initContainerResources: {}
+  # limits:
+  #  cpu: 100m
+  #  memory: 128Mi
+  # requests:
+  #  cpu: 50m
+  #  memory: 64Mi
+
 # readinessProbe for Kong pods
 readinessProbe:
   httpGet: