diff --git a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/Chart.yaml b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
index f612ec887..7265041fe 100644
--- a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: aws-for-fluent-bit
 description: A Helm chart to deploy aws-for-fluent-bit project
-version: 0.2.0
+version: 0.2.1
 appVersion: 3.2.1
 home: https://github.com/aws/eks-charts
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/eks-charts/master/docs/logo/aws.png
diff --git a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/README.md b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/README.md
index a91ed08cb..dd132c817 100755
--- a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/README.md
+++ b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/README.md
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ helm delete aws-for-fluent-bit --namespace kube-system
 | `tolerations`| Optional deployment tolerations |`[]`|
 | `nodeSelector`| Node labels for pod assignment |`{}`|
 | `annotations`| Optional pod annotations |`{}`|
+| `podLabels` | Optional pod labels |`{}`|
 | `volumes`| Volumes for the pods, provide as a list of volume objects (see values.yaml) |  volumes for /var/log and /var/lib/docker/containers are present, along with a fluentbit config volume |
 | `volumeMounts`| Volume mounts for the pods, provided as a list of volumeMount objects (see values.yaml) | volumes for /var/log and /var/lib/docker/containers are mounted, along with a fluentbit config volume |
 | `dnsPolicy`| Optional dnsPolicy |`ClusterFirst`|
diff --git a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 23e551da0..500a9952a 100755
--- a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.annotations | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       labels:
-        {{- include "aws-for-fluent-bit.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- $labels := merge (include "aws-for-fluent-bit.selectorLabels" . | fromYaml) (.Values.podLabels | default dict) }}
+        {{- toYaml $labels | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
       {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
diff --git a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/values.yaml b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/values.yaml
index d06bbd6cd..de72525d5 100644
--- a/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/aws-for-fluent-bit/values.yaml
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ annotations:
   {}
   # iam.amazonaws.com/role: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/role-for-fluent-bit
 
+podLabels: {}
+
 # Specifies if aws-for-fluent-bit should be started in hostNetwork mode.
 #
 # This is required if using a custom CNI where the managed control plane nodes are unable to initiate