diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 245f5f026..2d5ae79cc 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 	imageVariant                       string
 	schedulerVolume                    string
 	schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort string
+	redisStack                         bool
 )
 
 var InitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ dapr init --image-variant <variant>
 # Folder .dapr will be created in folder pointed to by <path-to-install-directory>
 dapr init --runtime-path <path-to-install-directory>
 
+# Initialize Dapr with Redis Stack for RediSearch/vector store support
+dapr init --redis-stack
+
 # See more at: https://docs.dapr.io/getting-started/
 `,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -230,6 +234,7 @@ func init() {
 	InitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&imageVariant, "image-variant", "", "", "The image variant to use for the Dapr runtime, for example: mariner")
 	InitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&schedulerVolume, "scheduler-volume", "", "dapr_scheduler", "Self-hosted only. Specify a volume for the scheduler service data directory.")
 	InitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort, "scheduler-override-broadcast-host-port", "", "", "Self-hosted only. Specify the scheduler broadcast host and port, for example: 192.168.42.42:50006. If not specified, it uses localhost:50006 (6060 for Windows).")
+	InitCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&redisStack, "redis-stack", "", false, "Use redis-stack-server image instead of standard Redis for RediSearch support")
 	InitCmd.Flags().BoolP("help", "h", false, "Print this help message")
 	InitCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&values, "set", []string{}, "set values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)")
 	InitCmd.Flags().String("image-registry", "", "Custom/private docker image repository URL")
diff --git a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
index 2a1e81ca2..07ab6157c 100644
--- a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
+++ b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
@@ -59,18 +59,20 @@ const (
 	githubContainerRegistryName = "ghcr"
 
 	// used when DAPR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY is not set.
-	daprDockerImageName   = "docker.io/daprio/dapr"
-	redisDockerImageName  = "docker.io/redis:6"
-	zipkinDockerImageName = "docker.io/openzipkin/zipkin"
+	daprDockerImageName        = "docker.io/daprio/dapr"
+	redisDockerImageName       = "docker.io/redis:6"
+	redisStackDockerImageName  = "docker.io/redis/redis-stack-server:latest"
+	zipkinDockerImageName      = "docker.io/openzipkin/zipkin"
 
 	// used when DAPR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY is set as GHCR.
 	dockerURI = "docker.io"
 	ghcrURI   = "ghcr.io"
 
 	// used when DAPR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY is set as GHCR or image-registry flag is set.
-	daprGhcrImageName   = "dapr/dapr"
-	redisGhcrImageName  = "dapr/3rdparty/redis:6"
-	zipkinGhcrImageName = "dapr/3rdparty/zipkin"
+	daprGhcrImageName        = "dapr/dapr"
+	redisGhcrImageName       = "dapr/3rdparty/redis:6"
+	redisStackGhcrImageName  = "redis/redis-stack-server:latest"
+	zipkinGhcrImageName      = "dapr/3rdparty/zipkin"
 
 	// DaprPlacementContainerName is the container name of placement service.
 	DaprPlacementContainerName = "dapr_placement"
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ type initInfo struct {
 	imageVariant                       string
 	schedulerVolume                    *string
 	schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort *string
+	redisStack                         bool
 }
 
 type daprImageInfo struct {
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ func isSchedulerIncluded(runtimeVersion string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // Init installs Dapr on a local machine using the supplied runtimeVersion.
-func Init(runtimeVersion, dashboardVersion string, dockerNetwork string, slimMode bool, imageRegistryURL string, fromDir string, containerRuntime string, imageVariant string, daprInstallPath string, schedulerVolume *string, schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort *string) error {
+func Init(runtimeVersion, dashboardVersion string, dockerNetwork string, slimMode bool, imageRegistryURL string, fromDir string, containerRuntime string, imageVariant string, daprInstallPath string, schedulerVolume *string, schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort *string, redisStack bool) error {
 	var err error
 	var bundleDet bundleDetails
 	containerRuntime = strings.TrimSpace(containerRuntime)
@@ -318,6 +321,7 @@ func Init(runtimeVersion, dashboardVersion string, dockerNetwork string, slimMod
 		imageVariant:                       imageVariant,
 		schedulerVolume:                    schedulerVolume,
 		schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort: schedulerOverrideBroadcastHostPort,
+		redisStack:                         redisStack,
 	}
 	for _, step := range initSteps {
 		// Run init on the configurations and containers.
@@ -462,9 +466,15 @@ func runRedis(wg *sync.WaitGroup, errorChan chan<- error, info initInfo) {
 		// do not create container again if it exists.
 		args = append(args, "start", redisContainerName)
 	} else {
+		ghcrImage := redisGhcrImageName
+		dockerImage := redisDockerImageName
+		if info.redisStack {
+			ghcrImage = redisStackGhcrImageName
+			dockerImage = redisStackDockerImageName
+		}
 		imageName, err = resolveImageURI(daprImageInfo{
-			ghcrImageName:      redisGhcrImageName,
-			dockerHubImageName: redisDockerImageName,
+			ghcrImageName:      ghcrImage,
+			dockerHubImageName: dockerImage,
 			imageRegistryURL:   info.imageRegistryURL,
 			imageRegistryName:  defaultImageRegistryName,
 		})