diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index e72e72feb19..21182ae453b 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/processors/datadog/nodeinfosprovider"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/processors/datadog/pods"
+	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/processors/nodeinfos/podtemplates"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/mux"
@@ -344,6 +345,11 @@ func buildAutoscaler() (core.Autoscaler, error) {
 	metrics.UpdateCPULimitsCores(autoscalingOptions.MinCoresTotal, autoscalingOptions.MaxCoresTotal)
 	metrics.UpdateMemoryLimitsBytes(autoscalingOptions.MinMemoryTotal, autoscalingOptions.MaxMemoryTotal)
 
+	// Datadog only: Configure the PodTemplateProcessor to support extra Daemonset workloads
+	if autoscalingOptions.NodeInfoProcessorPodTemplates {
+		opts.Processors.NodeInfoProcessor = podtemplates.NewNodeInfoWithPodTemplateProcessor(&opts)
+	}
+
 	// Datadog only: hook our "ASG template only" nodeInfos provider; not in the cleanest, but in the less
 	// intrusive and most rebase friendly way we can; until a "nodeInfos provider processor" makes it upstream.
 	core.GetNodeInfosForGroups = nodeinfosprovider.NewTemplateOnlyNodeInfoProvider().GetNodeInfosForGroups