diff --git a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go
index b610fcc627..3e0b6cffcf 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	registerAddon(kubernetes.Cilium, renderCiliumTemplate, renderCiliumPreflightTemplate, ciliumCallbacks{}, normalPriority, []getImageCallback{GetCiliumOperatorImage, GetCiliumImage})
+	registerAddon(kubernetes.Cilium, renderCiliumTemplate, renderCiliumPreflightTemplate, ciliumCallbacks{}, normalPriority, []getImageCallback{GetCiliumInitImage, GetCiliumOperatorImage, GetCiliumImage})
+}
+
+func GetCiliumInitImage(imageTag string) string {
+	return images.GetGenericImage(skubaconstants.ImageRepository, "cilium-init", imageTag)
 }
 
 func GetCiliumOperatorImage(imageTag string) string {
@@ -42,6 +46,10 @@ func GetCiliumImage(imageTag string) string {
 	return images.GetGenericImage(skubaconstants.ImageRepository, "cilium", imageTag)
 }
 
+func (renderContext renderContext) CiliumInitImage() string {
+	return GetCiliumInitImage(kubernetes.AddonVersionForClusterVersion(kubernetes.Cilium, renderContext.config.ClusterVersion).Version)
+}
+
 func (renderContext renderContext) CiliumOperatorImage() string {
 	return GetCiliumOperatorImage(kubernetes.AddonVersionForClusterVersion(kubernetes.Cilium, renderContext.config.ClusterVersion).Version)
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go
index f797b8448b..f67f5ca892 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,33 @@ import (
 	img "github.com/SUSE/skuba/pkg/skuba"
 )
 
+func TestGetCiliumInitImage(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		imageTag string
+		want     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "get cilium init image without revision",
+			imageTag: "1.6.6",
+			want:     img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:1.6.6",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "get cilium init image with revision",
+			imageTag: "1.6.6-rev2",
+			want:     img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:1.6.6-rev2",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt // Parallel testing
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := GetCiliumInitImage(tt.imageTag); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("GetCiliumInitImage() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetCiliumOperatorImage(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
@@ -82,6 +109,39 @@ func TestGetCiliumImage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_renderContext_CiliumInitImage(t *testing.T) {
+	type test struct {
+		name          string
+		renderContext renderContext
+		want          string
+	}
+	for _, ver := range kubernetes.AvailableVersions() {
+		tt := test{
+			name: "render Cilium Init Image URL when cluster version is " + ver.String(),
+			renderContext: renderContext{
+				config: AddonConfiguration{
+					ClusterVersion: ver,
+					ControlPlane:   "",
+					ClusterName:    "",
+				},
+			},
+			want: img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:([[:digit:]]{1,}.){2}[[:digit:]]{1,}(-rev[:digit:]{1,})?",
+		}
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := tt.renderContext.CiliumInitImage()
+			matched, err := regexp.Match(tt.want, []byte(got))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+				return
+			}
+			if !matched {
+				t.Errorf("renderContext.CiliumInitImage() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				return
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_renderContext_CiliumOperatorImage(t *testing.T) {
 	type test struct {
 		name          string