diff --git a/sysdump/constants.go b/sysdump/constants.go
index 7cce3d0103..3c68edaf98 100644
--- a/sysdump/constants.go
+++ b/sysdump/constants.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const (
 	ciliumConfigMapName                = defaults.ConfigMapName
 	ciliumEtcdSecretsSecretName        = "cilium-etcd-secrets"
 	ciliumOperatorDeploymentName       = defaults.OperatorDeploymentName
+	ciliumOperatorContainerName        = defaults.OperatorContainerName
 	ciliumSPIREServerStatefulSetName   = defaults.SPIREServerStatefulSetName
 	ciliumSPIREAgentDaemonSetName      = defaults.SPIREAgentDaemonSetName
 	ciliumSPIREServerConfigMapName     = defaults.SPIREServerConfigMapName
diff --git a/sysdump/sysdump.go b/sysdump/sysdump.go
index 5c427052e4..a37f0a09a2 100644
--- a/sysdump/sysdump.go
+++ b/sysdump/sysdump.go
@@ -1127,6 +1127,23 @@ func (c *Collector) Run() error {
 				return nil
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			CreatesSubtasks: true,
+			Description:     "Collecting gops stats from Cilium-operator pods",
+			Quick:           true,
+			Task: func(ctx context.Context) error {
+				p, err := c.Client.ListPods(ctx, c.Options.CiliumNamespace, metav1.ListOptions{
+					LabelSelector: c.Options.CiliumOperatorLabelSelector,
+				})
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cilium-operator pods: %w", err)
+				}
+				if err := c.SubmitGopsSubtasks(FilterPods(p, c.NodeList), ciliumOperatorContainerName); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to collect Cilium gops: %w", err)
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			CreatesSubtasks: true,
 			Description:     "Collecting gops stats from Hubble pods",