diff --git a/charts/piper/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/piper/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8a61ba3..d595de7 100644
--- a/charts/piper/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/piper/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      {{ if .Values.downloadVoices }}
+      initContainers:
+        - name: download-voices
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+          image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command: curl --remote-name-all {{ join " " .Values.downloadVoices }}
+          workingDir: /data
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /data
+      {{ endif }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           securityContext:
diff --git a/charts/piper/values.yaml b/charts/piper/values.yaml
index 1dcf8f1..d136f31 100644
--- a/charts/piper/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/piper/values.yaml
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@ pvc:
   existingClaim: ""
   storageClassName : ""
   storage: 1Gi
+
+downloadVoices: []