diff --git a/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml b/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
index c8f486201..771b3ff7c 100644
--- a/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ spec:
     foo: zalando
   postgresql:
     version: "10"
+
+  sideCars:
+    - name: "pghero"
+      dockerImage: "ankane/pghero"
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+          memory: 100Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 300m
+          memory: 3000Mi
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index f216797c0..aaad1f107 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) generatePodTemplate(
 	patroniParameters *spec.Patroni,
 	cloneDescription *spec.CloneDescription,
 	dockerImage *string,
-	customPodEnvVars map[string]string,
-) *v1.PodTemplateSpec {
+	sidecars *[]spec.Sidecar,
+	customPodEnvVars map[string]string
+) (*v1.PodTemplateSpec, error) {
 	spiloConfiguration := c.generateSpiloJSONConfiguration(pgParameters, patroniParameters)
 
 	envVars := []v1.EnvVar{
@@ -525,6 +526,16 @@ func (c *Cluster) generatePodTemplate(
 		)
 	}
 
+	if sidecars != nil && len(*sidecars) > 0 {
+		for index, sidecar := range *sidecars {
+			sc, err := c.getSidecarContainer(sidecar, index, volumeMounts)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			podSpec.Containers = append(podSpec.Containers, *sc)
+		}
+	}
+
 	template := v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Labels:    c.labelsSet(true),
@@ -536,7 +547,71 @@ func (c *Cluster) generatePodTemplate(
 		template.Annotations = map[string]string{constants.KubeIAmAnnotation: c.OpConfig.KubeIAMRole}
 	}
 
-	return &template
+	return &template, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Cluster) getSidecarContainer(sidecar spec.Sidecar, index int, volumeMounts []v1.VolumeMount) (*v1.Container, error) {
+	name := sidecar.Name
+	if name == "" {
+		name = fmt.Sprintf("sidecar-%d", index)
+	}
+	resources, err := c.resourceRequirements(
+		makeResources(
+			sidecar.Resources.ResourceRequest.CPU,
+			sidecar.Resources.ResourceRequest.Memory,
+			sidecar.Resources.ResourceLimits.CPU,
+			sidecar.Resources.ResourceLimits.Memory,
+		),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	env := []v1.EnvVar{
+		{
+			Name: "POD_NAME",
+			ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+				FieldRef: &v1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+					APIVersion: "v1",
+					FieldPath:  "metadata.name",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "POD_NAMESPACE",
+			ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+				FieldRef: &v1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+					APIVersion: "v1",
+					FieldPath:  "metadata.namespace",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:  "POSTGRES_USER",
+			Value: c.OpConfig.SuperUsername,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "POSTGRES_PASSWORD",
+			ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+				SecretKeyRef: &v1.SecretKeySelector{
+					LocalObjectReference: v1.LocalObjectReference{
+						Name: c.credentialSecretName(c.OpConfig.SuperUsername),
+					},
+					Key: "password",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if len(sidecar.Env) > 0 {
+		env = append(env, sidecar.Env...)
+	}
+	return &v1.Container{
+				Name:            name,
+				Image:           sidecar.DockerImage,
+				ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullIfNotPresent,
+				Resources:       *resources,
+				VolumeMounts:    volumeMounts,
+				Env: env,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func getBucketScopeSuffix(uid string) string {
@@ -583,7 +658,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *spec.PostgresSpec) (*v1beta1.Statefu
 			customPodEnvVars = cm.Data
 		}
 	}
-	podTemplate := c.generatePodTemplate(c.Postgresql.GetUID(), resourceRequirements, resourceRequirementsScalyrSidecar, &spec.Tolerations, &spec.PostgresqlParam, &spec.Patroni, &spec.Clone, &spec.DockerImage, customPodEnvVars)
+	podTemplate, err := c.generatePodTemplate(c.Postgresql.GetUID(), resourceRequirements, resourceRequirementsScalyrSidecar, &spec.Tolerations, &spec.PostgresqlParam, &spec.Patroni, &spec.Clone, &spec.DockerImage, &spec.Sidecars customPodEnvVars)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate pod template: %v", err)
+	}
 	volumeClaimTemplate, err := generatePersistentVolumeClaimTemplate(spec.Volume.Size, spec.Volume.StorageClass)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate volume claim template: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/spec/postgresql.go b/pkg/spec/postgresql.go
index bd5d06127..70d7788ba 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/postgresql.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/postgresql.go
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ type CloneDescription struct {
 	EndTimestamp string `json:"timestamp,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// Sidecar defines a container to be run in the same pod as the Postgres container.
+type Sidecar struct {
+	Resources   `json:"resources,omitempty"`
+	Name        string             `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	DockerImage string             `json:"dockerImage,omitempty"`
+	Ports       []v1.ContainerPort `json:"ports,omitempty"`
+	Env         []v1.EnvVar        `json:"env,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type UserFlags []string
 
 // PostgresStatus contains status of the PostgreSQL cluster (running, creation failed etc.)
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@ type PostgresSpec struct {
 	ClusterName        string               `json:"-"`
 	Databases          map[string]string    `json:"databases,omitempty"`
 	Tolerations        []v1.Toleration      `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
+	Sidecars           []Sidecar            `json:"sideCars,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PostgresqlList defines a list of PostgreSQL clusters.