diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index ac1f71cac8f..ab510925770 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix pubsub metricset to collect all GA stage metrics from gcp stackdriver. {issue}17154[17154] {pull}17600[17600]
 - 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]
+- Add privileged option for Auditbeat in Openshift {pull}17637[17637]
 - Fix storage metricset to allow config without region/zone. {issue}17623[17623] {pull}17624[17624]
 
 *Packetbeat*
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index 302804aa792..bd6c4736c8b 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
+          # If using Red Hat OpenShift uncomment this:
+          #privileged: true
           capabilities:
             add:
               # Capabilities needed for auditd module
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml
index 79a4c473da7..21ffb167107 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
+          # If using Red Hat OpenShift uncomment this:
+          #privileged: true
           capabilities:
             add:
               # Capabilities needed for auditd module