diff --git a/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml b/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml
index dac03aa6ca..3a41296aaf 100644
--- a/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: node-problem-detector
-version: "1.7.1"
+version: "1.7.2"
 appVersion: v0.8.1
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/node-problem-detector
 description: Installs the node-problem-detector daemonset for monitoring extra attributes on nodes
diff --git a/stable/node-problem-detector/README.md b/stable/node-problem-detector/README.md
index 0d3e4780d1..c3bfce975f 100644
--- a/stable/node-problem-detector/README.md
+++ b/stable/node-problem-detector/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters for this chart and their d
 | `image.pullPolicy`                    | Image pull policy                          | `IfNotPresent`                                               |
 | `image.repository`                    | Image                                      | `k8s.gcr.io/node-problem-detector`                           |
 | `image.tag`                           | Image tag                                  | `v0.6.3`                                                     |
+| `hostpath.logdir`                     | Log directory path on K8s host             | `/var/log`
 | `nameOverride`                        | Override the name of the chart             | `nil`                                                        |
 | `rbac.create`                         | RBAC                                       | `true`                                                       |
 | `rbac.pspEnabled`                     | PodSecuritypolicy                          | `false`                                                      |
diff --git a/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 44f29fcc20..fa7da6c86a 100644
--- a/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: log
-              mountPath: /var/log
+              mountPath: {{ .Values.hostpath.logdir }}
             - name: localtime
               mountPath: /etc/localtime
               readOnly: true