diff --git a/chart/templates/gatekeeper/values.yaml b/chart/templates/gatekeeper/values.yaml
index 0fbfec3767bd8e0cec840d4cfce406ec3c9c8f80..27c2f6740b49f43bdd1bca280666e836ace1cc0b 100644
--- a/chart/templates/gatekeeper/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/gatekeeper/values.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ violations:  # Try to keep this in alpha order to make it easier to find keys
     {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
 
+  {{- if .Values.monitoring.enabled}}
+  allowedHostFilesystem:
+    match:
+      excludedNamespaces: 
+        # required for monitoring's prometheus-node-exporter to get node metrics
+        - monitoring
+  {{- end }}
+
   {{- if .Values.monitoring.enabled }}
   hostNetworking:
     match: