diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
index 7daad4f2b35..e789a51f65c 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
       labels:
         k8s-app: fluentd-es
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index 1844037ad8b..5c3e08d49d7 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
       labels:
         k8s-app: fluentd-gcp
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
index db0ff46cc81..231d2e3b1af 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ kind: Pod
 metadata:
   name: fluentd-cloud-logging
   namespace: kube-system
+  annotations:
+    scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
   labels:
     k8s-app: fluentd-logging
 spec: