diff --git a/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/DeploymentPropertiesResolver.java b/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/DeploymentPropertiesResolver.java
index 5aea716c..df40d9d1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/DeploymentPropertiesResolver.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/DeploymentPropertiesResolver.java
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ContainerBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvFromSource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVar;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVarBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVarSource;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVarSourceBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectFieldSelector;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectFieldSelectorBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodSecurityContext;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodSecurityContextBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Quantity;
@@ -663,12 +667,21 @@ Collection<Container> getInitContainers(Map<String, String> kubernetesDeployerPr
 	}
 
 	private Container containerFromProps(InitContainer initContainerProps) {
+		List<EnvVar> envVarList = new ArrayList<>();
+		envVarList.addAll(toEnvironmentVariables(initContainerProps.getEnvironmentVariables()));
+		envVarList.addAll(toEnvironmentVariablesFromFieldRef(initContainerProps.getEnvironmentVariablesFromFieldRefs()));
+
+		List<EnvFromSource> envFromSourceList = new ArrayList<>();
+		envFromSourceList.addAll(Arrays.stream(initContainerProps.getConfigMapRefEnvVars()).map(this::buildConfigMapRefEnvVar).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+		envFromSourceList.addAll(Arrays.stream(initContainerProps.getSecretRefEnvVars()).map(this::buildSecretRefEnvVar).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+
 		return new ContainerBuilder()
 				.withName(initContainerProps.getContainerName())
 				.withImage(initContainerProps.getImageName())
 				.withCommand(initContainerProps.getCommands())
 				.withArgs(initContainerProps.getArgs())
-				.withEnv(toEnvironmentVariables(initContainerProps.getEnvironmentVariables()))
+				.withEnv(envVarList)
+				.withEnvFrom(envFromSourceList)
 				.addAllToVolumeMounts(Optional.ofNullable(initContainerProps.getVolumeMounts()).orElse(Collections.emptyList()))
 				.build();
 	}
@@ -690,6 +703,22 @@ private List<EnvVar>  toEnvironmentVariables(String[] environmentVariables) {
 		return envVars;
 	}
 
+	private List<EnvVar> toEnvironmentVariablesFromFieldRef(String[] environmentVariablesFromFieldRef) {
+		Map<String, String> envVarsMap = new HashMap<>();
+		if (environmentVariablesFromFieldRef != null) {
+			for (String envVar : environmentVariablesFromFieldRef) {
+				String[] strings = envVar.split("=", 2);
+				Assert.isTrue(strings.length == 2, "Invalid environment variable declared from field ref: " + envVar);
+				envVarsMap.put(strings[0], strings[1]);
+			}
+		}
+		return envVarsMap.entrySet().stream()
+				.map(e -> {
+					ObjectFieldSelector fieldSelector = new ObjectFieldSelectorBuilder().withFieldPath(e.getValue()).build();
+					return new EnvVar(e.getKey(), null, new EnvVarSourceBuilder().withFieldRef(fieldSelector).build());
+				}).collect(Collectors.toList());
+	}
+
 	List<Container> getAdditionalContainers(Map<String, String> deploymentProperties) {
 		List<Container> containers = new ArrayList<>();
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesDeployerProperties.java b/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesDeployerProperties.java
index 089adcf4..3ff10b05 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesDeployerProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesDeployerProperties.java
@@ -1005,6 +1005,9 @@ public static class ContainerProperties {
          * Environment variables to set for any deployed init container.
          */
         private String[] environmentVariables = new String[]{};
+		private String[] environmentVariablesFromFieldRefs = new String[]{};
+        private String[] configMapRefEnvVars = new String[]{};
+        private String[] secretRefEnvVars = new String[]{};
 
         public String getImageName() {
             return imageName;
@@ -1052,6 +1055,30 @@ public String[] getEnvironmentVariables() {
 
         public void setEnvironmentVariables(String[] environmentVariables) {
             this.environmentVariables = environmentVariables;
+        }
+
+		public String[] getEnvironmentVariablesFromFieldRefs() {
+			return environmentVariablesFromFieldRefs;
+		}
+
+		public void setEnvironmentVariablesFromFieldRefs(String[] environmentVariablesFromFieldRefs) {
+			this.environmentVariablesFromFieldRefs = environmentVariablesFromFieldRefs;
+		}
+
+        public String[] getConfigMapRefEnvVars() {
+            return configMapRefEnvVars;
+        }
+
+        public void setConfigMapRefEnvVars(String[] configMapRefEnvVars) {
+            this.configMapRefEnvVars = configMapRefEnvVars;
+        }
+
+        public String[] getSecretRefEnvVars() {
+            return secretRefEnvVars;
+        }
+
+        public void setSecretRefEnvVars(String[] secretRefEnvVars) {
+            this.secretRefEnvVars = secretRefEnvVars;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesAppDeployerTests.java b/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesAppDeployerTests.java
index eb736990..60d5eaf8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesAppDeployerTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/deployer/spi/kubernetes/KubernetesAppDeployerTests.java
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.AffinityBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Capabilities;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapEnvSourceBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapKeySelector;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapVolumeSource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapVolumeSourceBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Container;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvFromSource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVar;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVarSourceBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HostPathVolumeSource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HostPathVolumeSourceBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KeyToPath;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NodeAffinity;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NodeSelectorRequirementBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.NodeSelectorTerm;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectFieldSelectorBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodAffinity;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodAffinityTerm;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodAntiAffinity;
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PreferredSchedulingTerm;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SELinuxOptions;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SeccompProfile;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SecretEnvSourceBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SecretKeySelector;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SecurityContext;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.SecurityContextBuilder;
@@ -924,6 +929,30 @@ public void testInitContainerJsonArrayProperties() {
         assertThat(container.getName()).isEqualTo("bb_s1");
         assertThat(container.getCommand()).containsExactly("sh", "-c", "script1.sh");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInitContainerEnvironmentVariables() {
+        Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
+        props.put("spring.cloud.deployer.kubernetes.initContainers[0]", "{ \"imageName\": \"busybox:1\", \"environmentVariablesFromFieldRefs\": [\"POD_UID=metadata.uid\"] }");
+        props.put("spring.cloud.deployer.kubernetes.initContainers[1]", "{ \"imageName\": \"busybox:2\", \"configMapRefEnvVars\": [\"myConfigMap\"], \"secretRefEnvVars\": [\"mySecret\"] }");
+
+        AppDefinition definition = new AppDefinition("app-test", null);
+        AppDeploymentRequest appDeploymentRequest = new AppDeploymentRequest(definition, getResource(), props);
+
+        deployer = k8sAppDeployer(new KubernetesDeployerProperties());
+        PodSpec podSpec = deployer.createPodSpec(appDeploymentRequest);
+        assertThat(podSpec.getInitContainers()).isNotEmpty();
+        assertThat(podSpec.getInitContainers().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+        Container container0 = podSpec.getInitContainers().get(0);
+        assertThat(container0.getImage()).isEqualTo("busybox:1");
+        assertThat(container0.getEnv().get(0).getName()).isEqualTo("POD_UID");
+        assertThat(container0.getEnv().get(0).getValueFrom().getFieldRef().getFieldPath()).isEqualTo("metadata.uid");
+        Container container1 = podSpec.getInitContainers().get(1);
+        assertThat(container1.getImage()).isEqualTo("busybox:2");
+        assertThat(container1.getEnvFrom().get(0).getConfigMapRef().getName()).isEqualTo("myConfigMap");
+        assertThat(container1.getEnvFrom().get(0).getSecretRef().getName()).isEqualTo("mySecret");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testMultipleInitContainerProperties() {
         Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();