diff --git a/charts/stable/mariadb/values.yaml b/charts/stable/mariadb/values.yaml
index 70f92d6dde4..c17e8393fed 100644
--- a/charts/stable/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ workload:
             MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "{{ .Values.rootPassword }}"
             MARIADB_USER: "{{ .Values.mariadbUsername }}"
             MARIADB_DATABASE: "{{ .Values.mariadbDatabase }}"
+            MARIADB_EXTRA_FLAGS: "--init-file=/init/passinit.sql"
           probes:
             liveness:
               enabled: true
@@ -50,6 +51,28 @@ persistence:
   data:
     enabled: true
     mountPath: "/bitnami/mariadb"
+  passinit:
+    enabled: true
+    type: configmap
+    objectName: passinit
+    items:
+      - key: passinit.sql
+        path: passinit.sql
+    targetSelector:
+      main:
+        main:
+          subPath: passinit.sql
+          mountPath: /init/passinit.sql
+
+configmap:
+  passinit:
+    enabled: true
+    data:
+      passinit.sql: |
+        ALTER USER root@'%' IDENTIFIED VIA mysql_native_password USING PASSWORD("{{ .Values.rootPassword }}");
+        ALTER USER {{ .Values.mariadbUsername }}@'%' IDENTIFIED VIA mysql_native_password USING PASSWORD("{{ .Values.password }}");
+        FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+      
 mariadbUsername: "test"
 mariadbDatabase: "test"
 ## DEVNOTE: These password defaults always need to match common