diff --git a/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go b/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go
index fcea93a95..5764bfd43 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/imagetag.go
@@ -55,15 +55,25 @@ func (pt *imageTagTransformer) Transform(resources resmap.ResMap) error {
  then loops though all images inside containers session, finds matched ones and update the tag name
 */
 func (pt *imageTagTransformer) findAndReplaceTag(obj map[string]interface{}) error {
-	_, found := obj["containers"]
-	if found {
-		return pt.updateContainers(obj)
+	paths := []string{"containers", "initContainers"}
+	found := false
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		_, found = obj[path]
+		if found {
+			err := pt.updateContainers(obj, path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 	}
-	return pt.findContainers(obj)
+	if !found {
+		return pt.findContainers(obj)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (pt *imageTagTransformer) updateContainers(obj map[string]interface{}) error {
-	containers := obj["containers"].([]interface{})
+func (pt *imageTagTransformer) updateContainers(obj map[string]interface{}, path string) error {
+	containers := obj[path].([]interface{})
 	for i := range containers {
 		container := containers[i].(map[string]interface{})
 		image, found := container["image"]
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go b/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go
index f9723839a..4f5960772 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/imagetag_test.go
@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@ func TestImageTagTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 					"template": map[string]interface{}{
 						"spec": map[string]interface{}{
+							"initContainers": []interface{}{
+								map[string]interface{}{
+									"name":  "nginx2",
+									"image": "my-nginx:1.8.0",
+								},
+							},
 							"containers": []interface{}{
 								map[string]interface{}{
 									"name":  "nginx",
 									"image": "nginx:1.7.9",
 								},
-								map[string]interface{}{
-									"name":  "nginx2",
-									"image": "my-nginx:1.8.0",
-								},
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -101,15 +103,17 @@ func TestImageTagTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 					"template": map[string]interface{}{
 						"spec": map[string]interface{}{
+							"initContainers": []interface{}{
+								map[string]interface{}{
+									"name":  "nginx2",
+									"image": "my-nginx:previous",
+								},
+							},
 							"containers": []interface{}{
 								map[string]interface{}{
 									"name":  "nginx",
 									"image": "nginx:v2",
 								},
-								map[string]interface{}{
-									"name":  "nginx2",
-									"image": "my-nginx:previous",
-								},
 							},
 						},
 					},