diff --git a/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/templates/ramalama-deployment.yaml b/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/templates/ramalama-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c866db8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/templates/ramalama-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+{{- if .Values.ramalama.enabled }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "ai-starter-kit.fullname" . }}-ramalama
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ai-starter-kit.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: ramalama
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "ai-starter-kit.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: ramalama
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        {{- include "ai-starter-kit.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: ramalama
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: ramalama
+        image: "{{ .Values.ramalama.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.ramalama.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.ramalama.image.pullPolicy }}
+        command:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.ramalama.command | nindent 10 }}
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/values.yaml b/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/values.yaml
index 9c6e697e..18210754 100644
--- a/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/values.yaml
+++ b/ai/ai-starter-kit/helm-chart/ai-starter-kit/values.yaml
@@ -158,3 +158,13 @@ localPersistence:
   enabled: false
   # This path must match the destination path inside the minikube node.
   hostPath: "/tmp/models-cache"
+
+ramalama:
+  enabled: true
+  command: ["sh", "-c" , "trap 'exit 0' TERM; while true; do sleep 60 & wait; done"]
+  image:
+    repository: "quay.io/ramalama/ramalama"
+    tag: "latest"
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+