diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 21fc8b481ac..7ce8ce954d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix vsphere VM dashboard host aggregation visualizations. {pull}17555[17555]
 - Fix azure storage dashboards. {pull}17590[17590]
 - Metricbeat no longer needs to be started strictly after Logstash for `logstash-xpack` module to report correct data. {issue}17261[17261] {pull}17497[17497]
+- Add privileged option so as mb to access data dir in Openshift. {pull}17606[17606]
 - Fix "ID" event generator of Google Cloud module {issue}17160[17160] {pull}17608[17608]
 
 *Packetbeat*
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index ad3fe81076e..5bde4ef86ae 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
+          # If using Red Hat OpenShift uncomment this:
+          #privileged: true
         resources:
           limits:
             memory: 200Mi
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
index 378ac2df1a1..96f841c4519 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
+          # If using Red Hat OpenShift uncomment this:
+          #privileged: true
         resources:
           limits:
             memory: 200Mi