diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md b/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
index 38719534c7..3d0f233830 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `fluentd.events.statefulset.podAnnotations` | Additional annotations for fluentd events pods. | `{}`
 `fluentd.events.statefulset.priorityClassName` | Priority class name for fluentd events pods. | `Nil`
 `fluentd.events.sourceCategory` | Source category for the Events source. Default: "{clusterName}/events" | `Nil`
+`fluentd.events.overrideOutputConf` | Override output section for events. Leave empty for the default output section. | `Nil`
 `metrics-server.enabled` | Set the enabled flag to true for enabling metrics-server. This is required before enabling fluentd autoscaling unless you have an existing metrics-server in the cluster. | `false`
 `metrics-server.args` | Arguments for metric server. | `["--kubelet-insecure-tls","--kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname"]`
 `fluent-bit.resources` | Resources for Fluent-bit daemonsets. | `{}`
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/events.conf b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/events.conf
index 3a53096998..a6268c7a4d 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/events.conf
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/events.conf
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 {{- if .Values.fluentd.monitoring.input }}
 {{ include "fluentd.prometheus-metrics.input" (dict "Tag" "kubernetes.**") | nindent 2}}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.fluentd.events.overrideOutputConf }}
+{{ .Values.fluentd.events.overrideOutputConf | nindent 4 }}
+{{- else }}
 <match kubernetes.**>
   @type copy
   <store>
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@
   {{ include "fluentd.prometheus-metrics.output" . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 </match>
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.fluentd.logLevel }}
 <system>
   log_level {{ .Values.fluentd.logLevel }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index 39b26080bb..e7e28bd476 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -738,6 +738,9 @@ fluentd:
         fluentd:
           securityContext: {}
 
+    ## Override output section for events. Leave empty for the default output section
+    overrideOutputConf: |-
+
     ## Source category for the Events source. Default: "{clusterName}/events"
     sourceCategory: ""
     ## Override Kubernetes resource types you want to get events for from different Kubernetes