diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
index 1a8a311f5..ef6dfe7ff 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ type Sidecar struct {
 	DockerImage string             `json:"image,omitempty"`
 	Ports       []v1.ContainerPort `json:"ports,omitempty"`
 	Env         []v1.EnvVar        `json:"env,omitempty"`
+	Command     []string           `json:"command,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // UserFlags defines flags (such as superuser, nologin) that could be assigned to individual users
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 4e67dbd94..ff5536303 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -1222,6 +1222,7 @@ func getSidecarContainer(sidecar acidv1.Sidecar, index int, resources *v1.Resour
 		Resources:       *resources,
 		Env:             sidecar.Env,
 		Ports:           sidecar.Ports,
+		Command:         sidecar.Command,
 	}
 }