diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluentbit-clusterinput-tail.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluentbit-clusterinput-tail.yaml
index 5923df449..2d705211c 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluentbit-clusterinput-tail.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluentbit-clusterinput-tail.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ spec:
   tail:
     tag: kube.*
     path: {{ .Values.fluentbit.input.tail.path | quote }}
+    {{- with .Values.fluentbit.input.tail.excludePath }}
+    excludePath: {{ . | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
     readFromHead: {{ .Values.fluentbit.input.tail.readFromHead }}
     {{- if eq .Values.containerRuntime "docker" }}
     parser: docker
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/values.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/values.yaml
index e0eefa4c0..fa6054f66 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/values.yaml
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ fluentbit:
       bufferChunkSize: ""
       # -- Path to container logs
       path: "/var/log/containers/*.log"
+      # -- Commas separated, paths to exclude,
+      # ie "/var/log/containers/fluent*,*.zip"
+      # excludePath: ""
       # -- Skip long lines in logs
       skipLongLines: true
       # -- Skip empty lines in logs