diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce256a1..fc250d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ You can then run `helm search repo zipkin` to see the charts.
 | zipkin.storage.elasticsearch.hosts         | string | `"hostA hostB"`                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | zipkin.storage.elasticsearch.index         | string | `"fooIndex"`                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | zipkin.storage.type                        | string | `"elasticsearch"`                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| zipkin.dependencyJob.enabled                        | boolean | `false`                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| zipkin.dependencyJob.schedule                        | string | `"0 * * * *"` (defaults: every hour)                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| zipkin.dependencyJob.image.tag                        | string | `""`                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 
 The values are validated using a JSON schema, which contains logic to enforce either:
 
diff --git a/charts/zipkin/templates/cronJob.yaml b/charts/zipkin/templates/cronJob.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2286fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/zipkin/templates/cronJob.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+{{- if eq .Values.zipkin.storage.type "elasticsearch" }}
+{{- if .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.enabled }}
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.jobName }}-job
+  namespace: {{ include "zipkin.namespace" . }}
+spec:
+  schedule: "{{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.schedule }}"
+  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: "{{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.successfulJobsHistoryLimit }}"
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: "{{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.failedJobsHistoryLimit }}"
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+            - name: job
+              image: "{{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.image.tag }}"
+              imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.zipkin.dependencyJob.image.pullPolicy }}
+              env: 
+                - name: STORAGE_TYPE
+                  value: {{ .Values.zipkin.storage.type }}
+                {{- if eq .Values.zipkin.storage.type "elasticsearch" }}
+
+                {{- if .Values.zipkin.storage.elasticsearch.hosts }}
+                - name: ES_HOSTS
+                  value: {{ .Values.zipkin.storage.elasticsearch.hosts }}
+                {{- end }}
+                {{- if .Values.zipkin.storage.elasticsearch.hosts }}
+                - name: ES_INDEX
+                  value: {{ .Values.zipkin.storage.elasticsearch.index }}
+                {{- end }}
+
+                {{- end }}
+          restartPolicy: Never
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/zipkin/values.yaml b/charts/zipkin/values.yaml
index 4c2166e..eae36b5 100644
--- a/charts/zipkin/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/zipkin/values.yaml
@@ -109,3 +109,13 @@ zipkin:
 #      index: fooIndex
   extraEnv: {}
 #    JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError"
+
+  dependencyJob:
+    enabled: false
+    jobName: zipkin-dependencies-job
+    schedule: "0 * * * *"
+    successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+    failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+    image:
+      repository: openzipkin/zipkin-dependencies
+      pullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"