diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
index 882e7b46e21..45c846b8f0f 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ spec:
           effect: NoSchedule
       serviceAccountName: elastic-agent
       hostNetwork: true
+      # Sharing the host process ID namespace gives visibility of all processes running on the same host.
+      # This enables the Elastic Security integration to observe all process exec events on the host.
+      hostPID: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml
index 097d9786e03..10c3687b844 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ spec:
           effect: NoSchedule
       serviceAccountName: elastic-agent
       hostNetwork: true
+      # Sharing the host process ID namespace gives visibility of all processes running on the same host.
+      # This enables the Elastic Security integration to observe all process exec events on the host.
+      hostPID: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent