diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/kind/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kind/deployment/KindProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/kind/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kind/deployment/KindProcessor.java
index 94a42ab4c9c5a..dd6a4476d1e4c 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/kind/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kind/deployment/KindProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/kind/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kind/deployment/KindProcessor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ApplicationInfoBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.InitTaskBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.metrics.MetricsCapabilityBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.PackageConfig;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.builditem.ArtifactResultBuildItem;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.client.spi.KubernetesClientCapabilityBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.AddPortToKubernetesConfig;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.DevClusterHelper;
+import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.InitTaskProcessor;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.KubernetesCommonHelper;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.KubernetesConfig;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.ResourceNameUtil;
@@ -135,4 +137,25 @@ public void postBuild(ContainerImageInfoBuildItem image, List<ContainerImageBuil
         //So, we now always perform this step
         ExecUtil.exec("kind", "load", "docker-image", image.getImage());
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    @BuildStep
+    void externalizeInitTasks(
+            ApplicationInfoBuildItem applicationInfo,
+            KubernetesConfig config,
+            ContainerImageInfoBuildItem image,
+            List<InitTaskBuildItem> initTasks,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesJobBuildItem> jobs,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem> initContainers,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesEnvBuildItem> env,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesRoleBuildItem> roles,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesRoleBindingBuildItem> roleBindings,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesServiceAccountBuildItem> serviceAccount,
+
+            BuildProducer<DecoratorBuildItem> decorators) {
+        final String name = ResourceNameUtil.getResourceName(config, applicationInfo);
+        if (config.isExternalizeInit()) {
+            InitTaskProcessor.process(KIND, name, image, initTasks, config.getInitTaskDefaults(), config.getInitTasks(),
+                    jobs, initContainers, env, roles, roleBindings, serviceAccount, decorators);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/minikube/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/minikube/deployment/MinikubeProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/minikube/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/minikube/deployment/MinikubeProcessor.java
index 96343e7f69757..77b357d83b753 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/minikube/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/minikube/deployment/MinikubeProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/minikube/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/minikube/deployment/MinikubeProcessor.java
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ApplicationInfoBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.InitTaskBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.metrics.MetricsCapabilityBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.PackageConfig;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.builditem.OutputTargetBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.client.spi.KubernetesClientCapabilityBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.AddPortToKubernetesConfig;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.DevClusterHelper;
+import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.InitTaskProcessor;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.KubernetesCommonHelper;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.KubernetesConfig;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.ResourceNameUtil;
@@ -122,4 +124,25 @@ public List<DecoratorBuildItem> createDecorators(ApplicationInfoBuildItem applic
                 livenessPath, readinessPath, startupPath,
                 roles, clusterRoles, serviceAccounts, roleBindings, customProjectRoot);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    @BuildStep
+    void externalizeInitTasks(
+            ApplicationInfoBuildItem applicationInfo,
+            KubernetesConfig config,
+            ContainerImageInfoBuildItem image,
+            List<InitTaskBuildItem> initTasks,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesJobBuildItem> jobs,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem> initContainers,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesEnvBuildItem> env,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesRoleBuildItem> roles,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesRoleBindingBuildItem> roleBindings,
+            BuildProducer<KubernetesServiceAccountBuildItem> serviceAccount,
+
+            BuildProducer<DecoratorBuildItem> decorators) {
+        final String name = ResourceNameUtil.getResourceName(config, applicationInfo);
+        if (config.isExternalizeInit()) {
+            InitTaskProcessor.process(MINIKUBE, name, image, initTasks, config.getInitTaskDefaults(), config.getInitTasks(),
+                    jobs, initContainers, env, roles, roleBindings, serviceAccount, decorators);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
index cef2deabd6117..c932d1f28b665 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class InitTaskProcessor {
 
     private static final String INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_NAME = "wait-for-";
 
-    static void process(
+    public static void process(
             String target, // kubernetes, openshift, etc.
             String name,
             ContainerImageInfoBuildItem image,
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java
index 999d9c6b0f5a1..6d6e1022707f7 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java
@@ -634,4 +634,16 @@ public KubernetesConfig.DeploymentResourceKind getDeploymentResourceKind(Capabil
 
         return DeploymentResourceKind.Deployment;
     }
+
+    public boolean isExternalizeInit() {
+        return externalizeInit;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, InitTaskConfig> getInitTasks() {
+        return initTasks;
+    }
+
+    public InitTaskConfig getInitTaskDefaults() {
+        return initTaskDefaults;
+    }
 }