diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 945d75fb..65a33d1b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/cert-controller v0.12.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelhub.go b/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelhub.go
index 3d15489e..91db583e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelhub.go
+++ b/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelhub.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func (p *ModelHubProvider) InjectModelLoader(template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec, i
 		},
 	}
 
+	// We have exactly one container in the template.Spec.Containers.
+	spreadEnvToInitContainer(template.Spec.Containers[0].Env, initContainer)
+
 	// This is related to the model loader logics which will read the environment when loading models weights.
 	initContainer.Env = append(
 		initContainer.Env,
@@ -157,3 +160,7 @@ func (p *ModelHubProvider) InjectModelLoader(template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec, i
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+func spreadEnvToInitContainer(containerEnv []corev1.EnvVar, initContainer *corev1.Container) {
+	initContainer.Env = append(initContainer.Env, containerEnv...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelsource_test.go b/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelsource_test.go
index a088be96..d8b5df71 100644
--- a/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelsource_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/modelsource_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ package modelSource
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+
 	coreapi "github.com/inftyai/llmaz/api/core/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/inftyai/llmaz/test/util"
 	"github.com/inftyai/llmaz/test/util/wrapper"
@@ -69,3 +72,60 @@ func Test_ModelSourceProvider(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEnvInjectModelLoader(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		provider ModelSourceProvider
+		template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Spread container env to initContiner using modelhub",
+			provider: &ModelHubProvider{
+				modelName: "test-model",
+			},
+			template: &corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []corev1.Container{
+						{
+							Name:  "model-runner",
+							Image: "vllm:test",
+							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
+								{Name: "http_proxy", Value: "1.1.1.1:1234"},
+								{Name: "https_proxy", Value: "1.1.1.1:1234"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Spread container env to initContiner using objstores",
+			provider: &URIProvider{
+				modelName: "test-model",
+			},
+			template: &corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []corev1.Container{
+						{
+							Name:  "model-runner",
+							Image: "vllm:test",
+							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
+								{Name: "http_proxy", Value: "1.1.1.1:1234"},
+								{Name: "https_proxy", Value: "1.1.1.1:1234"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.provider.InjectModelLoader(tt.template, 0)
+			initContainer := tt.template.Spec.InitContainers[0]
+			assert.Subset(t, initContainer.Env, tt.template.Spec.Containers[0].Env)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/uri.go b/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/uri.go
index 707b0da2..6790dd54 100644
--- a/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/uri.go
+++ b/pkg/controller_helper/modelsource/uri.go
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ func (p *URIProvider) InjectModelLoader(template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec, index
 		},
 	}
 
+	// We have exactly one container in the template.Spec.Containers.
+	spreadEnvToInitContainer(template.Spec.Containers[0].Env, initContainer)
+
 	switch p.protocol {
 	case OSS:
 		initContainer.Env = append(