diff --git a/stable/filebeat/Chart.yaml b/stable/filebeat/Chart.yaml
index b8f4b77df8..da4bc09f36 100644
--- a/stable/filebeat/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/filebeat/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 description: A Helm chart to collect Kubernetes logs with filebeat
 icon: https://www.elastic.co/assets/blt47799dcdcf08438d/logo-elastic-beats-lt.svg
 name: filebeat
-version: 1.5.0
+version: 1.5.1
 appVersion: 6.7.0
 home: https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/filebeat/README.md b/stable/filebeat/README.md
index 96cfeab3aa..8a972d0094 100644
--- a/stable/filebeat/README.md
+++ b/stable/filebeat/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the filebeat chart and
 | `serviceAccount.name`                                    | the name of the ServiceAccount to use                                                                     | `""`                                               |
 | `podSecurityPolicy.enabled`                              | Should the PodSecurityPolicy be created. Depends on `rbac.create` being set to `true`.                                                                     | `false`                                               |
 | `podSecurityPolicy.annotations`                                    | Annotations to be added to the created PodSecurityPolicy:                                                                    | `""`                                               |
+| `privileged`                                             | Specifies wheter to run as privileged                                                                    | `false`                                            |
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`.
 
diff --git a/stable/filebeat/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/filebeat/templates/daemonset.yaml
index a78bcfa8a0..2b8e2657ca 100644
--- a/stable/filebeat/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/filebeat/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ spec:
         {{- end }}
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
+{{- if .Values.privileged }}
+          privileged: true
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.resources }}
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/stable/filebeat/values.yaml b/stable/filebeat/values.yaml
index 5fae226b90..1907ffa0bd 100644
--- a/stable/filebeat/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/filebeat/values.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ podSecurityPolicy:
     # seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName: 'docker/default'
     # apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName: 'runtime/default'
 
+privileged: false
+
 ## Add Elastic beat-exporter for Prometheus
 ## https://github.com/trustpilot/beat-exporter
 ## Dont forget to enable http on config.http.enabled (exposing filebeat stats)