diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f8458304d..39106b9cb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,12 +57,9 @@ FROM ubuntu:focal
 
 LABEL maintainer="Nolan Brubaker <brubakern@vmware.com>"
 
-ARG BIN
-
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY --from=builder /output /
 
 USER nobody:nogroup
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/${BIN}"]
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/2802-ashish-amarnath b/changelogs/unreleased/2802-ashish-amarnath
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66681273f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/2802-ashish-amarnath
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+🐛 Supply command to run restic-wait init container
diff --git a/pkg/builder/container_builder.go b/pkg/builder/container_builder.go
index 347c8838f..21b17462c 100644
--- a/pkg/builder/container_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/builder/container_builder.go
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ func (b *ContainerBuilder) Command(command []string) *ContainerBuilder {
 	if b.object.Command == nil {
 		b.object.Command = []string{}
 	}
-	for _, c := range command {
-		b.object.Command = append(b.object.Command, c)
-	}
+
+	b.object.Command = append(b.object.Command, command...)
+
 	return b
 }
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action.go b/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action.go
index f41022632..38aebd72c 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const (
 	defaultImageBase       = "velero/velero-restic-restore-helper"
 	defaultCPURequestLimit = "100m"
 	defaultMemRequestLimit = "128Mi"
+	defaultCommand         = "/velero-restic-restore-helper"
 )
 
 type ResticRestoreAction struct {
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ func (a *ResticRestoreAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInpu
 		}
 		initContainerBuilder.VolumeMounts(mount)
 	}
+	initContainerBuilder.Command(getCommand(log, config))
 
 	initContainer := *initContainerBuilder.Result()
 	if len(pod.Spec.InitContainers) == 0 || pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Name != restic.InitContainer {
@@ -164,6 +166,21 @@ func (a *ResticRestoreAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInpu
 	return velero.NewRestoreItemActionExecuteOutput(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: res}), nil
 }
 
+func getCommand(log logrus.FieldLogger, config *corev1.ConfigMap) []string {
+	if config == nil {
+		log.Debug("No config found for plugin")
+		return []string{defaultCommand}
+	}
+
+	if config.Data["command"] == "" {
+		log.Debugf("No custom command configured")
+		return []string{defaultCommand}
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Using custom command %s", config.Data["command"])
+	return []string{config.Data["command"]}
+}
+
 func getImage(log logrus.FieldLogger, config *corev1.ConfigMap) string {
 	if config == nil {
 		log.Debug("No config found for plugin")
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action_test.go b/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action_test.go
index a079dcbaf..6623cd3f5 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restic_restore_action_test.go
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ func TestResticRestoreActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
 					newResticInitContainerBuilder(initContainerImage(defaultImageBase), "").
 						Resources(&resourceReqs).
 						SecurityContext(&securityContext).
-						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("myvol", "/restores/myvol").Result()).Result()).
-				Result(),
+						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("myvol", "/restores/myvol").Result()).
+						Command([]string{"/velero-restic-restore-helper"}).Result()).Result(),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Restoring pod with other initContainers adds the restic initContainer as the first one",
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ func TestResticRestoreActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
 					newResticInitContainerBuilder(initContainerImage(defaultImageBase), "").
 						Resources(&resourceReqs).
 						SecurityContext(&securityContext).
-						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("myvol", "/restores/myvol").Result()).Result(),
+						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("myvol", "/restores/myvol").Result()).
+						Command([]string{"/velero-restic-restore-helper"}).Result(),
 					builder.ForContainer("first-container", "").Result()).
 				Result(),
 		},
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ func TestResticRestoreActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
 					newResticInitContainerBuilder(initContainerImage(defaultImageBase), "").
 						Resources(&resourceReqs).
 						SecurityContext(&securityContext).
-						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("vol-1", "/restores/vol-1").Result(), builder.ForVolumeMount("vol-2", "/restores/vol-2").Result()).Result(),
+						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("vol-1", "/restores/vol-1").Result(), builder.ForVolumeMount("vol-2", "/restores/vol-2").Result()).
+						Command([]string{"/velero-restic-restore-helper"}).Result(),
 					builder.ForContainer("first-container", "").Result()).
 				Result(),
 		},
@@ -250,5 +252,47 @@ func TestResticRestoreActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, updatedPod)
 		})
 	}
-
+}
+
+func TestGetCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	configMapWithData := func(key, val string) *corev1api.ConfigMap {
+		return &corev1api.ConfigMap{
+			Data: map[string]string{
+				key: val,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		configMap *corev1api.ConfigMap
+		expected  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "should get default command when config key is missing",
+			configMap: configMapWithData("non-matching-key", "val"),
+			expected:  []string{defaultCommand},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "should get default command when config key is empty",
+			configMap: configMapWithData("command", ""),
+			expected:  []string{defaultCommand},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "should get default command when config is nil",
+			configMap: nil,
+			expected:  []string{defaultCommand},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "should get command from config",
+			configMap: configMapWithData("command", "foobarbz"),
+			expected:  []string{"foobarbz"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := getCommand(velerotest.NewLogger(), tc.configMap)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
 }