diff --git a/hack/test-external-login.sh b/hack/test-external-login.sh
index 4d5e9cc9..c986727a 100644
--- a/hack/test-external-login.sh
+++ b/hack/test-external-login.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ rendered="$(
         --set controller.externalConfig.host=controller.example \
         --set controller.externalConfig.port=6817 \
         --set login.enabled=true \
+        --set-json 'login.readinessProbe={"exec":{"command":["/usr/bin/test","-f","/tmp/ready"]},"periodSeconds":5}' \
         --set slurmKeyRef.name=external-auth \
         --set slurmKeyRef.key=custom.key \
         --show-only templates/login/login-deployment.yaml
 )"
 
-for expected in 'key: "custom.key"' 'path: slurm.key'; do
+for expected in 'key: "custom.key"' 'path: slurm.key' 'readinessProbe:' '/tmp/ready'; do
     if [[ "$rendered" != *"$expected"* ]]; then
         printf 'external login render is missing %q\n' "$expected" >&2
         exit 1
diff --git a/helm/slurm/Chart.yaml b/helm/slurm/Chart.yaml
index 9169c4ba..b7173df7 100644
--- a/helm/slurm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/slurm/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: slurm
 description: Slurm Cluster
 type: application
 appVersion: "25.11"
-version: 1.0.3
+version: 1.0.4
 
 annotations:
   license: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/helm/slurm/templates/login/login-deployment.yaml b/helm/slurm/templates/login/login-deployment.yaml
index ae8bb13d..15a79fbb 100644
--- a/helm/slurm/templates/login/login-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/slurm/templates/login/login-deployment.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ spec:
         resources:
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- with .Values.login.readinessProbe }}
+        readinessProbe:
+          {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- end }}
         env:
         - name: SLURM_CLUSTER_NAME
           value: {{ include "slurm.fullname" . }}
diff --git a/helm/slurm/values.yaml b/helm/slurm/values.yaml
index 5cd08eba..3eec5649 100644
--- a/helm/slurm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/slurm/values.yaml
@@ -742,6 +742,10 @@ login:
     # limits:
     #   cpu: 2
     #   memory: 4Gi
+  #
+  # -- (object)
+  # Configure the login container readiness probe.
+  readinessProbe: {}
 
 #
 # Slurm compute (slurmd) configurations.