diff --git a/charts/plex-media-server/Chart.yaml b/charts/plex-media-server/Chart.yaml
index 534b0595..aa5b5b5b 100644
--- a/charts/plex-media-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/plex-media-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.7.1
+version: 1.8.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/plex-media-server/README.md b/charts/plex-media-server/README.md
index ce31f429..8e34ba28 100644
--- a/charts/plex-media-server/README.md
+++ b/charts/plex-media-server/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # plex-media-server
 
-![Version: 1.7.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.7.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.43.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.43.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.8.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.8.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.43.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.43.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 **Homepage:** <https://www.plex.tv>
 
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ Before contributing, please read the [Code of Conduct](../../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
 | pms.resources | object | `{}` |  |
 | pms.securityContext | object | `{}` | Security context applied to the PMS *container*. Use this for container-level fields such as `privileged`, `capabilities`, `readOnlyRootFilesystem` and `allowPrivilegeEscalation`. |
 | pms.shareProcessNamespace | bool | `false` | Enable process namespace sharing within the pod. |
+| pms.startupProbe | object | `{}` | Add a startup probe. This can be used to delay the liveness probe until PMS has finished DB migrations and prevent restarts. |
 | pms.storageClassName | string | `nil` | The storage class to use when provisioning the pms config volume this needs to be created manually, null will use the default |
 | priorityClassName | string | `""` |  |
 | rclone | object | `{"additionalArgs":[],"configSecret":"","enabled":false,"image":{"pullPolicy":"IfNotPresent","registry":"index.docker.io","repository":"rclone/rclone","sha":"","tag":"1.75.0"},"readOnly":true,"remotes":[],"resources":{}}` | The settings specific to rclone |
diff --git a/charts/plex-media-server/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/plex-media-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
index a69acb8e..93f9e9b1 100644
--- a/charts/plex-media-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/plex-media-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ spec:
         - name: NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES
           value: {{ .Values.pms.gpu.nvidia.capabilities | default "compute,video,utility" | quote }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.pms.startupProbe }}
+        startupProbe:
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- with .Values.pms.livenessProbe }}
         livenessProbe:
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/plex-media-server/values.yaml b/charts/plex-media-server/values.yaml
index 8d025d68..04e96986 100644
--- a/charts/plex-media-server/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/plex-media-server/values.yaml
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ pms:
   # -- Enable process namespace sharing within the pod.
   shareProcessNamespace: false
 
+  # -- Add a startup probe. This can be used to delay the liveness probe
+  # until PMS has finished DB migrations and prevent restarts.
+  startupProbe: {}
+    # httpGet:
+    #   path: /identity
+    #   port: 32400
+    # periodSeconds: 10
+    # failureThreshold: 180
+
   # -- Add kubernetes liveness probe to pms container.
   livenessProbe: {}
     # httpGet: