diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7db21a5eb9..e57f00259a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
 * Helm Chart
   * Add ability to specify port for ui service. [[GH-604](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/604)]
   * Use `policy/v1` for Consul server `PodDisruptionBudget` if supported. [[GH-606](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/606)]
-  * Added readiness and liveness checks to the connect inject deployment. [[GH-626](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/626)]
+  * Added readiness, liveness and startup probes to the connect inject deployment. [[GH-626](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/626)][[GH-701](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/701)]
   * Add support for setting container security contexts on client and server Pods. [[GH-620](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/620)]
 * Control Plane
   * Added health endpoint to the connect inject webhook that will be healthy when webhook certs are present and not empty. [[GH-626](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/626)]
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
index 8fa83948b4..8e00c7f250 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ spec:
                 -consul-sidecar-cpu-request={{ $consulSidecarResources.requests.cpu }} \
                 {{- end }}
                 {{- end }}
+          startupProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /readyz/ready
+              port: 9445
+              scheme: HTTP
+            failureThreshold: 15
+            periodSeconds: 2
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /readyz/ready
@@ -200,7 +208,6 @@ spec:
               scheme: HTTP
             failureThreshold: 2
             initialDelaySeconds: 1
-            periodSeconds: 2
             successThreshold: 1
             timeoutSeconds: 5
           readinessProbe:
@@ -210,7 +217,6 @@ spec:
               scheme: HTTP
             failureThreshold: 2
             initialDelaySeconds: 2
-            periodSeconds: 2
             successThreshold: 1
             timeoutSeconds: 5
           volumeMounts: