diff --git a/pkg/ironic/initcontainer.go b/pkg/ironic/initcontainer.go
index 3e6be6a1..88c6ab06 100644
--- a/pkg/ironic/initcontainer.go
+++ b/pkg/ironic/initcontainer.go
@@ -116,26 +116,6 @@ func InitContainer(init APIDetails) []corev1.Container {
 
 	var containers []corev1.Container
 
-	if init.PxeInit {
-		pxeInit := corev1.Container{
-			Name:  "pxe-init",
-			Image: init.PxeContainerImage,
-			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
-				RunAsUser: &runAsUser,
-			},
-			Command: []string{
-				"/bin/bash",
-			},
-			Args: []string{
-				"-c",
-				PxeInitContainerCommand,
-			},
-			Env:          envs,
-			VolumeMounts: init.VolumeMounts,
-		}
-		containers = append(containers, pxeInit)
-	}
-
 	initContainer := corev1.Container{
 		Name:  "init",
 		Image: init.ContainerImage,
@@ -167,5 +147,26 @@ func InitContainer(init APIDetails) []corev1.Container {
 		containers = append(containers, ipaInit)
 	}
 
+	if init.PxeInit {
+		pxeInit := corev1.Container{
+			Name:  "pxe-init",
+			Image: init.PxeContainerImage,
+			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
+				RunAsUser:  &runAsUser,
+				Privileged: &init.Privileged,
+			},
+			Command: []string{
+				"/bin/bash",
+			},
+			Args: []string{
+				"-c",
+				PxeInitContainerCommand,
+			},
+			Env:          envs,
+			VolumeMounts: init.VolumeMounts,
+		}
+		containers = append(containers, pxeInit)
+	}
+
 	return containers
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ironicconductor/statefulset.go b/pkg/ironicconductor/statefulset.go
index 537feca2..03b2a67d 100644
--- a/pkg/ironicconductor/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/ironicconductor/statefulset.go
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ func StatefulSet(
 		VolumeMounts:           initVolumeMounts,
 		PxeInit:                true,
 		ConductorInit:          true,
+		Privileged:             true,
 		DeployHTTPURL:          deployHTTPURL,
 		IngressDomain:          ingressDomain,
 		ProvisionNetwork:       instance.Spec.ProvisionNetwork,
diff --git a/pkg/ironicinspector/initcontainer.go b/pkg/ironicinspector/initcontainer.go
index 6eaa5f0c..31537ada 100644
--- a/pkg/ironicinspector/initcontainer.go
+++ b/pkg/ironicinspector/initcontainer.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ const (
 
 	// PxeInitContainerCommand -
 	PxeInitContainerCommand = "/usr/local/bin/container-scripts/inspector-pxe-init.sh"
-
 )
 
 // InitContainer - init container for Ironic Inspector pods
@@ -129,12 +128,31 @@ func InitContainer(init APIDetails) []corev1.Container {
 	}
 	containers = append(containers, inspectorInit)
 
+	if init.IpaInit {
+		ipaInit := corev1.Container{
+			Name:  "ironic-python-agent-init",
+			Image: init.IronicPythonAgentImage,
+			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
+				Privileged: &init.Privileged,
+			},
+			Env:          imageCopyEnvs,
+			VolumeMounts: init.VolumeMounts,
+		}
+		containers = append(containers, ipaInit)
+	}
+
 	if init.PxeInit {
 		pxeInit := corev1.Container{
 			Name:  "inspector-pxe-init",
 			Image: init.PxeContainerImage,
 			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 				RunAsUser: &runAsUser,
+				Capabilities: &corev1.Capabilities{
+					Add: []corev1.Capability{
+						"SYS_CHROOT",
+						"SETFCAP",
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			Command: []string{
 				"/bin/bash",
@@ -146,18 +164,5 @@ func InitContainer(init APIDetails) []corev1.Container {
 		containers = append(containers, pxeInit)
 	}
 
-	if init.IpaInit {
-		ipaInit := corev1.Container{
-			Name:  "ironic-python-agent-init",
-			Image: init.IronicPythonAgentImage,
-			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
-				Privileged: &init.Privileged,
-			},
-			Env:          imageCopyEnvs,
-			VolumeMounts: init.VolumeMounts,
-		}
-		containers = append(containers, ipaInit)
-	}
-
 	return containers
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ironicinspector/statefulset.go b/pkg/ironicinspector/statefulset.go
index 5be70581..f9137ea2 100644
--- a/pkg/ironicinspector/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/ironicinspector/statefulset.go
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ func StatefulSet(
 		VolumeMounts:           initVolumeMounts,
 		PxeInit:                true,
 		IpaInit:                true,
+		Privileged:             true,
 		InspectorHTTPURL:       inspectorHTTPURL,
 		IngressDomain:          ingressDomain,
 		InspectionNetwork:      instance.Spec.InspectionNetwork,
diff --git a/templates/common/bin/pxe-init.sh b/templates/common/bin/pxe-init.sh
index eb9e3e9d..458d527d 100755
--- a/templates/common/bin/pxe-init.sh
+++ b/templates/common/bin/pxe-init.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ set -ex
 
 
 # Create TFTP, HTTP serving directories
-mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
-mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic/httpboot
+if [ ! -d "/var/lib/ironic/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg" ]; then
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
+fi
+if [ ! -d "/var/lib/ironic/httpboot" ]; then
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic/httpboot
+fi
 # Check for expected EFI directories
 if [ -d "/boot/efi/EFI/centos" ]; then
     efi_dir=centos
@@ -39,3 +43,35 @@ for dir in httpboot tftpboot; do
     # Ensure all files are readable
     chmod -R +r /var/lib/ironic/$dir
 done
+
+# Patch ironic-python-agent with custom CA certificates
+if [ -f "/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem" ] && [ -f "/var/lib/ironic/httpboot/ironic-python-agent.initramfs" ]; then
+    # Extract the initramfs
+    cd /
+    mkdir initramfs
+    pushd initramfs
+    zcat /var/lib/ironic/httpboot/ironic-python-agent.initramfs | cpio -idmV
+    popd
+
+    # Copy the CA certificates
+    cp /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem /initramfs/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/
+    echo update-ca-trust | unshare -r chroot ./initramfs
+
+    # Repack the initramfs
+    pushd initramfs
+    find . | cpio -o -c --quiet -R root:root | gzip -1 > /var/lib/ironic/httpboot/ironic-python-agent.initramfs
+fi
+
+# Build an ESP image
+pushd /var/lib/ironic/httpboot
+if [ ! -a "esp.img" ]; then
+    dd if=/dev/zero of=esp.img bs=4096 count=1024
+    mkfs.msdos -F 12 -n 'ESP_IMAGE' esp.img
+
+    mmd -i esp.img EFI
+    mmd -i esp.img EFI/BOOT
+    mcopy -i esp.img -v bootx64.efi ::EFI/BOOT
+    mcopy -i esp.img -v grubx64.efi ::EFI/BOOT
+    mdir -i esp.img ::EFI/BOOT;
+fi
+popd
diff --git a/templates/ironicconductor/bin/init.sh b/templates/ironicconductor/bin/init.sh
index 8f48f0a3..d87430e8 100755
--- a/templates/ironicconductor/bin/init.sh
+++ b/templates/ironicconductor/bin/init.sh
@@ -54,16 +54,3 @@ fi
 if [ ! -d "/var/lib/ironic/ramdisk-logs" ]; then
     mkdir /var/lib/ironic/ramdisk-logs
 fi
-# Build an ESP image
-pushd /var/lib/ironic/httpboot
-if [ ! -a "esp.img" ]; then
-    dd if=/dev/zero of=esp.img bs=4096 count=1024
-    mkfs.msdos -F 12 -n 'ESP_IMAGE' esp.img
-
-    mmd -i esp.img EFI
-    mmd -i esp.img EFI/BOOT
-    mcopy -i esp.img -v bootx64.efi ::EFI/BOOT
-    mcopy -i esp.img -v grubx64.efi ::EFI/BOOT
-    mdir -i esp.img ::EFI/BOOT;
-fi
-popd
diff --git a/templates/ironicinspector/bin/init.sh b/templates/ironicinspector/bin/init.sh
index 97dba982..67510999 100755
--- a/templates/ironicinspector/bin/init.sh
+++ b/templates/ironicinspector/bin/init.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export TRANSPORTURL=${TransportURL:-""}
 
 export CUSTOMCONF=${CustomConf:-""}
 
+if [ ! -d "/var/lib/ironic/httpboot" ]; then
+    mkdir /var/lib/ironic/httpboot
+fi
 if [ ! -d "/var/lib/ironic/ramdisk-logs" ]; then
     mkdir /var/lib/ironic/ramdisk-logs
 fi