diff --git a/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py b/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py
index 1fd74d40..c2392fea 100644
--- a/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py
+++ b/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ def _generate_pod_data(self, namespace, name, outports, system, volumes, configm
         if system.getValue("docker.privileged") == 'yes':
             containers[0]['securityContext'] = {'privileged': True}
 
+        if system.getValue('command'):
+            command = system.getValue('command')
+            if command and not isinstance(command, list):
+                command = command.split()
+            containers[0]["command"] = [command[0]]
+            if len(command) > 1:
+                containers[0]["args"] = command[1:]
+
         pod_data['spec'] = {'restartPolicy': 'OnFailure'}
 
         if volumes:
diff --git a/IM/tosca/Tosca.py b/IM/tosca/Tosca.py
index 1a01449c..7ccbc088 100644
--- a/IM/tosca/Tosca.py
+++ b/IM/tosca/Tosca.py
@@ -2205,6 +2205,8 @@ def _gen_k8s_system(self, node, nodetemplates):
                             variables += ","
                         variables += "%s=%s" % (k, v)
                     res.setValue("environment.variables", variables)
+                elif prop.name == "command":
+                    res.setValue("command", value)
 
         runtime = self._find_host_node(node, nodetemplates, node_type="tosca.nodes.Container.Runtime.Docker")
 
diff --git a/test/files/tosca_k8s.yml b/test/files/tosca_k8s.yml
index 577a15a7..7f02bd36 100644
--- a/test/files/tosca_k8s.yml
+++ b/test/files/tosca_k8s.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ topology_template:
     im_container:
       type: tosca.nodes.Container.Application.Docker
       properties:
+        command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "im_service.py"]
         environment:
           IM_DATA_DB:
             concat:
diff --git a/test/unit/Tosca.py b/test/unit/Tosca.py
index b05edb01..a52f79b4 100755
--- a/test/unit/Tosca.py
+++ b/test/unit/Tosca.py
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ def test_tosca_k8s(self):
 
         node = radl.get_system_by_name('im_container')
         self.assertEqual(node.getValue("disk.0.image.url"), "docker://grycap/im")
+        self.assertEqual(node.getValue("command"), ["/bin/sh", "-c", "im_service.py"])
         net = radl.get_network_by_id('im_container_pub')
         self.assertEqual(net.getValue("outports"), '30880/tcp-8800/tcp')
         self.assertEqual(net.getValue("outbound"), 'yes')
diff --git a/test/unit/connectors/Kubernetes.py b/test/unit/connectors/Kubernetes.py
index 0921f0d5..758130bc 100755
--- a/test/unit/connectors/Kubernetes.py
+++ b/test/unit/connectors/Kubernetes.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def test_20_launch(self, save_data, requests):
             instance_tags = 'key=_inva:lid_' and
             disk.0.os.name = 'linux' and
             disk.0.image.url = 'docker://someimage' and
+            command = ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'sleep 100'] and
             disk.1.size = 10G and
             disk.1.mount_path = '/mnt' and
             disk.2.mount_path = '/etc/config' and
@@ -230,6 +231,8 @@ def test_20_launch(self, save_data, requests):
                 "containers": [
                     {
                         "name": "test",
+                        "command": ["/bin/bash"],
+                        "args": ["-c", "sleep 100"],
                         "image": "someimage",
                         "imagePullPolicy": "Always",
                         "ports": [{"containerPort": 8080, "protocol": "TCP"}],