diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/podpreset/admission.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/podpreset/admission.go
index e86f4511c4d..40b8e3f513d 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/podpreset/admission.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/podpreset/admission.go
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ func safeToApplyPodPresetsOnPod(pod *api.Pod, podPresets []*settingsv1alpha1.Pod
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
+	for _, iCtr := range pod.Spec.InitContainers {
+		if err := safeToApplyPodPresetsOnContainer(&iCtr, podPresets); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
 }
 
@@ -381,6 +387,10 @@ func applyPodPresetsOnPod(pod *api.Pod, podPresets []*settingsv1alpha1.PodPreset
 		applyPodPresetsOnContainer(&ctr, podPresets)
 		pod.Spec.Containers[i] = ctr
 	}
+	for i, iCtr := range pod.Spec.InitContainers {
+		applyPodPresetsOnContainer(&iCtr, podPresets)
+		pod.Spec.InitContainers[i] = iCtr
+	}
 
 	// add annotation
 	if pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {