diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/mesh-gateway-deployment.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/mesh-gateway-deployment.yaml
index de3f0ff689..4d87baf678 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/mesh-gateway-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/mesh-gateway-deployment.yaml
@@ -225,13 +225,9 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /consul/tls/ca
               readOnly: true
             {{- end }}
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              memory: "50Mi"
-              cpu: "50m"
-            limits:
-              memory: "50Mi"
-              cpu: "50m"
+          {{- if .Values.meshGateway.initServiceInitContainer.resources }}
+          resources: {{ toYaml .Values.meshGateway.initServiceInitContainer.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: mesh-gateway
           image: {{ .Values.global.imageEnvoy | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats
index 4e12efa89d..aab58a8413 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats
@@ -437,6 +437,50 @@ key2: value2' \
   [ "${actual}" = "cpu2" ]
 }
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# service-init container resources
+
+@test "meshGateway/Deployment: init service-init container has default resources" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/mesh-gateway-deployment.yaml  \
+      --set 'meshGateway.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'connectInject.enabled=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.initContainers[1].resources' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  [ $(echo "${actual}" | yq -r '.requests.memory') = "50Mi" ]
+  [ $(echo "${actual}" | yq -r '.requests.cpu') = "50m" ]
+  [ $(echo "${actual}" | yq -r '.limits.memory') = "50Mi" ]
+  [ $(echo "${actual}" | yq -r '.limits.cpu') = "50m" ]
+}
+
+@test "meshGateway/Deployment: init service-init container resources can be set" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local object=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/mesh-gateway-deployment.yaml \
+      --set 'meshGateway.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'connectInject.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'meshGateway.initServiceInitContainer.resources.requests.memory=memory' \
+      --set 'meshGateway.initServiceInitContainer.resources.requests.cpu=cpu' \
+      --set 'meshGateway.initServiceInitContainer.resources.limits.memory=memory2' \
+      --set 'meshGateway.initServiceInitContainer.resources.limits.cpu=cpu2' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.initContainers[1].resources' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object | yq -r '.requests.memory' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "memory" ]
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object | yq -r '.requests.cpu' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "cpu" ]
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object | yq -r '.limits.memory' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "memory2" ]
+
+  local actual=$(echo $object | yq -r '.limits.cpu' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "cpu2" ]
+}
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # consul sidecar resources
 
diff --git a/charts/consul/values.yaml b/charts/consul/values.yaml
index 9105565572..12bf638629 100644
--- a/charts/consul/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/values.yaml
@@ -2009,6 +2009,18 @@ meshGateway:
         memory: "150Mi"
         cpu: "50m"
 
+  # Resource settings for the `service-init` init container.
+  # @recurse: false
+  # @type: map
+  initServiceInitContainer:
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        memory: "50Mi"
+        cpu: "50m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "50Mi"
+        cpu: "50m"
+
   # By default, we set an anti-affinity so that two gateway pods won't be
   # on the same node. NOTE: Gateways require that Consul client agents are
   # also running on the nodes alongside each gateway pod.