diff --git a/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/templates/zookeeper-client.yaml b/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/templates/zookeeper-client.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e665682c17b93bff4940dd206267bb3562a0cb7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/templates/zookeeper-client.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{- if .Values.ZookeeperClient.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: zookeeper-client
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: zookeeper-client
+    image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.4.0
+    command:
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - "exec tail -f /dev/null"
+{{- end}}
diff --git a/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/values.yaml b/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/values.yaml
index 7063b3da76d8b59b9babf5a210b4e3b683c87d7c..f1fd5f2f48e4ee6c6db78bffc11b191af624e50b 100644
--- a/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/execution/helm/theodolite-chart/values.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 kafkaClient:
   enabled: true
   namespace: # TODO
+
+ZookeeperClient:
+  enabled: true
+  namespace: # TODO
   
 
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