diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-configmap.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-configmap.yaml
index 8c7e3ad7a4..2e0c736014 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-configmap.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if eq .Values.sumologic.eventCollectionEnabled true }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -8,4 +9,5 @@ metadata:
 data:
   fluent.conf: |-
     @include events.conf
-  {{- (tpl (.Files.Glob "conf/events/*.conf").AsConfig .) | nindent 2 }}
\ No newline at end of file
+  {{- (tpl (.Files.Glob "conf/events/*.conf").AsConfig .) | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-deployment.yaml
index ff7e355000..4e5ec7793e 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if eq .Values.sumologic.eventCollectionEnabled true }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -67,4 +68,4 @@ spec:
           value: {{ .Values.sumologic.chunkLimitSize | quote }}
         - name: TOTAL_LIMIT_SIZE
           value: {{ .Values.sumologic.totalLimitSize | quote }}
-        
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-service.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-service.yaml
index 2a7a039354..c1d4bc4eee 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events-service.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if eq .Values.sumologic.eventCollectionEnabled true }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -13,3 +14,4 @@ spec:
     port: 24231
     targetPort: 24231
     protocol: TCP
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index b8ae5fb5d9..4dd34568fb 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ sumologic:
   # Cluster name
   clusterName: "kubernetes"
 
+  # If enabled, collect K8s events
+  eventCollectionEnabled: true
 
   ## Format to post logs into Sumo. json, json_merge, or text
   logFormat: fields
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml.tmpl b/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml.tmpl
index afc1e10b18..289d4b4b4b 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml.tmpl
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ data:
 
 ---
 # Source: sumologic/templates/events-configmap.yaml
+
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
 ---
 # Source: sumologic/templates/events-service.yaml
+
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -340,7 +342,6 @@ spec:
     port: 24231
     targetPort: 24231
     protocol: TCP
-
 ---
 # Source: sumologic/templates/service.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ spec:
           value: "true"
 ---
 # Source: sumologic/templates/events-deployment.yaml
+
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -598,5 +600,3 @@ spec:
           value: "100k"
         - name: TOTAL_LIMIT_SIZE
           value: "128m"
-        
-