diff --git a/cli/cmd/identity.go b/cli/cmd/identity.go
index cd25cbc39..62e4c88ea 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/identity.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/identity.go
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ func getContainerWithPort(pod corev1.Pod, portName string) (corev1.Container, er
 		return container, fmt.Errorf("pod not running: %s", pod.GetName())
 	}
 
-	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
+	containers := append(pod.Spec.InitContainers, pod.Spec.Containers...)
+	for _, c := range containers {
 		if c.Name != k8s.ProxyContainerName {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/k8s.go b/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
index 26beac805..7d3d52f1d 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ func PodIdentity(pod *corev1.Pod) (string, error) {
 
 	podsa := pod.Spec.ServiceAccountName
 	podns := pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace
-	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
+	containers := append(pod.Spec.InitContainers, pod.Spec.Containers...)
+	for _, c := range containers {
 		if c.Name == ProxyContainerName {
 			for _, env := range c.Env {
 				if env.Name == "LINKERD2_PROXY_IDENTITY_LOCAL_NAME" {