diff --git a/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs.go b/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs.go
index 3d74379d1..93b2bad34 100644
--- a/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs.go
+++ b/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs.go
@@ -189,8 +189,22 @@ func (r *PGUpgradeReconciler) generateUpgradeJob(
 	// Replace all containers with one that does the upgrade.
 	job.Spec.Template.Spec.EphemeralContainers = nil
 
-	// K8SPG-254: Major upgrade support
-	job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers = upgrade.Spec.InitContainers
+	// K8SPG-894: Ensure database init container is included for required scripts
+	var initContainers []corev1.Container
+
+	dbInitContainerName := ContainerDatabase + "-init"
+	for _, container := range startup.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers {
+		if container.Name == dbInitContainerName {
+			initContainers = append(initContainers, container)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(upgrade.Spec.InitContainers) > 0 {
+		initContainers = append(initContainers, upgrade.Spec.InitContainers...)
+	}
+
+	job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers = initContainers
 
 	volumeMounts := database.VolumeMounts
 	volumeMounts = append(volumeMounts, upgrade.Spec.VolumeMounts...)
diff --git a/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs_test.go b/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs_test.go
index 992503b7f..7f1e5a32b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/pgupgrade/jobs_test.go
@@ -110,9 +110,19 @@ func TestGenerateUpgradeJob(t *testing.T) {
 	upgrade.Spec.Resources.Requests = corev1.ResourceList{
 		corev1.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("3.14"),
 	}
+	upgrade.Spec.InitContainers = []corev1.Container{
+		{
+			Name: "upgrade-init-container",
+		},
+	}
 
 	startup := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
 	startup.Spec.Template.Spec = corev1.PodSpec{
+		InitContainers: []corev1.Container{
+			{
+				Name: ContainerDatabase + "-init",
+			},
+		},
 		Containers: []corev1.Container{{
 			Name: ContainerDatabase,
 
@@ -218,6 +228,11 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /mnt/some/such
           name: vm1
+      initContainers:
+      - name: database-init
+        resources: {}
+      - name: upgrade-init-container
+        resources: {}
       restartPolicy: Never
       volumes:
       - hostPath: