diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
index 882e7b46e21..985cd3fe666 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ spec:
           effect: NoSchedule
       serviceAccountName: elastic-agent
       hostNetwork: true
+      hostPID: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent