diff --git a/roles/ceph-node-exporter/templates/node_exporter.service.j2 b/roles/ceph-node-exporter/templates/node_exporter.service.j2
index 8d95e0c59..22f35eb27 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-node-exporter/templates/node_exporter.service.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-node-exporter/templates/node_exporter.service.j2
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ After=network.target
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/environment
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/{{ container_binary }} rm -f node-exporter
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/{{ container_binary }} run --rm --name=node-exporter \
+  --privileged \
   -v /proc:/host/proc:ro -v /sys:/host/sys:ro \
   --net=host \
   {{ node_exporter_container_image }} \