diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 62d8d699ef98..53123ca30f5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Add final tests and move label to GA for the azure module in metricbeat. {pull}17319[17319]
 - Refactor windows/perfmon metricset configuration options and event output. {pull}17596[17596]
 - Reference kubernetes manifests mount data directory from the host when running metricbeat as daemonset, so data persist between executions in the same node. {pull}17429[17429]
+- Add `state_statefulset` metricset to Metricbeat recommended configuration for k8s. {pull}17627[17627]
 - Add more detailed error messages, system tests and small refactoring to the service metricset in windows. {pull}17725[17725]
 - Stack Monitoring modules now auto-configure required metricsets when `xpack.enabled: true` is set. {issue}16471[[16471] {pull}17609[17609]
 - Add Metricbeat IIS module dashboards. {pull}17966[17966]
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index e0dc4064c630..bc687dfac9d6 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ data:
         - state_container
         - state_cronjob
         - state_resourcequota
+        - state_statefulset
         # Uncomment this to get k8s events:
         #- event
       period: 10s
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment-configmap.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment-configmap.yaml
index b7760db71699..1e492e612592 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment-configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment-configmap.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ data:
         - state_container
         - state_cronjob
         - state_resourcequota
+        - state_statefulset
         # Uncomment this to get k8s events:
         #- event
       period: 10s