diff --git a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
index 2cc57fd..3ab7165 100644
--- a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: {{ include "instance.fullname" . }}-pg
                   key: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+            {{- if .Values.addons }}
+            # Python packages declared by addons (paramiko, lxml,
+            # cryptography, …) are baked into each addon's image at
+            # build time, then materialized into
+            # /mnt/extra-addons/.python-deps by the init containers.
+            # PYTHONPATH points Odoo's interpreter at that dir so
+            # `import paramiko` from inside an addon Just Works without
+            # the operator ever pip-installing anything at runtime.
+            - name: PYTHONPATH
+              value: "{{ .Values.addonsMountPath }}/.python-deps"
+            {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: filestore
               mountPath: /var/lib/odoo