diff --git a/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment.go b/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment.go
index 591cdc04a1..67e195575c 100644
--- a/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment.go
+++ b/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func (r *MCPRemoteProxyReconciler) deploymentForMCPRemoteProxy(
 						VolumeMounts:    volumeMounts,
 						Resources:       resources,
 						Ports:           r.buildContainerPorts(proxy),
+						StartupProbe:    ctrlutil.BuildHealthProbe("/health", "http", 0, 5, 3, 18),
 						LivenessProbe:   ctrlutil.BuildHealthProbe("/health", "http", 30, 10, 5, 3),
 						ReadinessProbe:  ctrlutil.BuildHealthProbe("/health", "http", 15, 5, 3, 3),
 						SecurityContext: containerSecurityContext,
diff --git a/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment_test.go b/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment_test.go
index 91d2e8e462..c16d147c27 100644
--- a/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment_test.go
+++ b/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpremoteproxy_deployment_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func TestDeploymentForMCPRemoteProxy(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "http", container.Ports[0].Name)
 
 				// Verify health probes
+				assert.NotNil(t, container.StartupProbe)
 				assert.NotNil(t, container.LivenessProbe)
 				assert.NotNil(t, container.ReadinessProbe)
 				assert.Equal(t, "/health", container.LivenessProbe.HTTPGet.Path)
diff --git a/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpserver_controller.go b/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpserver_controller.go
index 4b31a56150..e2579d771b 100644
--- a/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpserver_controller.go
+++ b/cmd/thv-operator/controllers/mcpserver_controller.go
@@ -1333,6 +1333,17 @@ func (r *MCPServerReconciler) deploymentForMCPServer(
 							Name:          "http",
 							Protocol:      corev1.ProtocolTCP,
 						}},
+						StartupProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+							ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
+								HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
+									Path: "/health",
+									Port: intstr.FromString("http"),
+								},
+							},
+							PeriodSeconds:    5,
+							TimeoutSeconds:   3,
+							FailureThreshold: 18,
+						},
 						LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 							ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
 								HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{