diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index 623b0e6e400..88bec5242a5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ __kubectl_get_resource_clusterrole()
 __kubectl_get_containers()
 {
     local template
-    template="{{ range .spec.containers  }}{{ .name }} {{ end }}"
+    template="{{ range .spec.initContainers }}{{ .name }} {{end}}{{ range .spec.containers  }}{{ .name }} {{ end }}"
     __kubectl_debug "${FUNCNAME} nouns are ${nouns[*]}"
 
     local len="${#nouns[@]}"