diff --git a/templates/worker-deployment.yaml b/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56618eec2cee83eec798e7a1f6c96531188a285c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{{- if and (not .Values.application.initializeCommand) .Values.workers -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: List
+items:
+{{- range $workerName, $workerConfig :=  .Values.workers }}
+- apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+  kind: Deployment
+  metadata:
+    name: {{ template "trackableappname" $ }}-{{ $workerName }}
+    annotations:
+      {{ if $.Values.gitlab.app }}app.gitlab.com/app: {{ $.Values.gitlab.app | quote }}{{ end }}
+      {{ if $.Values.gitlab.env }}app.gitlab.com/env: {{ $.Values.gitlab.env | quote }}{{ end }}
+    labels:
+      track: "{{ $.Values.application.track }}"
+      tier: worker
+      chart: "{{ $.Chart.Name }}-{{ $.Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+      release: {{ $.Release.Name }}
+      heritage: {{ $.Release.Service }}
+  spec:
+    replicas: {{ $workerConfig.replicaCount }}
+    template:
+      metadata:
+        annotations:
+          checksum/application-secrets: "{{ $.Values.application.secretChecksum }}"
+          {{ if $.Values.gitlab.app }}app.gitlab.com/app: {{ $.Values.gitlab.app | quote }}{{ end }}
+          {{ if $.Values.gitlab.env }}app.gitlab.com/env: {{ $.Values.gitlab.env | quote }}{{ end }}
+  {{- if $.Values.podAnnotations }}
+  {{ toYaml $.Values.podAnnotations | indent 10 }}
+  {{- end }}
+        labels:
+          track: "{{ $.Values.application.track }}"
+          tier: worker
+          release: {{ $.Release.Name }}
+      spec:
+        imagePullSecrets:
+  {{ toYaml $.Values.image.secrets | indent 12 }}
+        terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ $workerConfig.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
+        containers:
+        - name: {{ $.Chart.Name }}-{{ $workerName }}
+          image: "{{ $.Values.image.repository }}:{{ $.Values.image.tag }}"
+          command:
+          {{- range $workerConfig.command }}
+          - {{ . }}
+          {{- end }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ $.Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          {{- if $.Values.application.secretName }}
+          envFrom:
+          - secretRef:
+              name: {{ $.Values.application.secretName }}
+          {{- end }}
+          env:
+          - name: DATABASE_URL
+            value: {{ $.Values.application.database_url | quote }}
+          - name: GITLAB_ENVIRONMENT_NAME
+            value: {{ $.Values.gitlab.envName }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: {{ $.Values.livenessProbe.path }}
+              port: {{ $.Values.service.internalPort }}
+              scheme: {{ $.Values.livenessProbe.scheme }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ $.Values.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ $.Values.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: {{ $.Values.readinessProbe.path }}
+              port: {{ $.Values.service.internalPort }}
+              scheme: {{ $.Values.readinessProbe.scheme }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ $.Values.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ $.Values.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+          {{- if $workerConfig.preStopCommand }}
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command:
+                {{- range $workerConfig.preStopCommand }}
+                - {{ . }}
+                {{- end }}
+          {{- end }}
+          resources:
+  {{ toYaml $.Values.resources | indent 14 }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 99c2a4410670b817fa51bc3f2ac11ee2ae858350..ea83b36b7acb2207e578f2b8eb2e03ef92780232 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -69,3 +69,18 @@ podDisruptionBudget:
   enabled: false
   # minAvailable: 1
   maxUnavailable: 1
+
+workers:
+  # worker:
+  #   replicaCount: 1
+  #   terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
+  #   command:
+  #   - /bin/herokuish
+  #   - procfile
+  #   - start
+  #   - worker
+  #   preStopCommand:
+  #   - /bin/herokuish
+  #   - procfile
+  #   - start
+  #   - stop_worker