diff --git a/base/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml b/base/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml
index 02324e62942f..c7f390294a51 100644
--- a/base/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml
+++ b/base/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml
@@ -58,10 +58,15 @@ spec:
         - name: disk
           mountPath: /dev/disk
           readOnly: true
+        - name: kmsg
+          mountPath: /dev/kmsg
+          readOnly: true
         ports:
         - name: http
           containerPort: 48080
           protocol: TCP
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
       automountServiceAccountToken: false
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
       volumes:
@@ -80,3 +85,6 @@ spec:
       - name: disk
         hostPath:
           path: /dev/disk
+      - name: kmsg
+        hostPath:
+          path: /dev/kmsg
diff --git a/overlays/non-privileged/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml b/overlays/non-privileged/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ff2247ee26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/non-privileged/cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: cadvisor
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: cadvisor
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: kmsg
+          mountPath: /dev/kmsg
+          readOnly: true
+          $patch: delete
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: null
+      volumes:
+      - name: kmsg
+        hostPath:
+          path: /dev/kmsg
+        $patch: delete
diff --git a/overlays/non-privileged/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/non-privileged/kustomization.yaml
index e93c7e95d9aa..1a19f796cad7 100644
--- a/overlays/non-privileged/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/overlays/non-privileged/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ resources:
   - frontend/sourcegraph-frontend.RoleBinding.yaml
   - prometheus/prometheus.RoleBinding.yaml
 patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - cadvisor/cadvisor.DaemonSet.yaml
   - codeintel-db/codeintel-db.Deployment.yaml
   - codeinsights-db/codeinsights-db.Deployment.yaml
   - frontend/sourcegraph-frontend.Deployment.yaml