diff --git a/.changelog/3940.feat.txt b/.changelog/3940.feat.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db9d88b5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3940.feat.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat: allow for hostNetwork in otellogs.daemonset
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/logs/collector/otelcol/daemonset.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/logs/collector/otelcol/daemonset.yaml
index e2aa47d7a9..f2d92e2897 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/logs/collector/otelcol/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/logs/collector/otelcol/daemonset.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ spec:
       {{- else }}
       priorityClassName: {{ include "sumologic.metadata.name.priorityclass" $ctx | quote }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if $daemonset.hostNetwork }}
+      hostNetwork: {{ $daemonset.hostNetwork }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       - args:
         - --config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index a3ca0d3d2b..e60c8116b8 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -2124,6 +2124,9 @@ otellogs:
     ## Add custom annotations to all otelcol daemonset pods
     podAnnotations: {}
 
+    ## Allow for hostNetwork to be used in the OTEL daemonsets
+    hostNetwork: false
+
     resources:
       limits:
         memory: 1Gi