diff --git a/charts/fluentd/templates/_pod.tpl b/charts/fluentd/templates/_pod.tpl
index e285e3a8..6d160e20 100644
--- a/charts/fluentd/templates/_pod.tpl
+++ b/charts/fluentd/templates/_pod.tpl
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ containers:
     {{- end }}
     livenessProbe:
       {{- toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | nindent 6 }}
+    startupProbe:
+      {{- toYaml .Values.startupProbe | nindent 6 }}
     readinessProbe:
       {{- toYaml .Values.readinessProbe | nindent 6 }}
     resources:
diff --git a/charts/fluentd/values.yaml b/charts/fluentd/values.yaml
index ac05f8b2..fd1c5fd5 100644
--- a/charts/fluentd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluentd/values.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ livenessProbe:
   # successThreshold: 1
   # failureThreshold: 3
 
+# Configure the startupProbe
+# Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/
+startupProbe:
+  httpGet:
+    path: /metrics
+    port: metrics
+  # initialDelaySeconds: 0
+  # periodSeconds: 10
+  # timeoutSeconds: 1
+  # successThreshold: 1
+  # failureThreshold: 30
+  
 # Configure the readinessProbe
 # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/
 readinessProbe: