diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml b/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
index 94cb1e238c90..9b3ccd840b48 100755
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: fluent-bit
-version: 2.4.3
+version: 2.5.0
 appVersion: 1.2.1
 description: Fast and Lightweight Log/Data Forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/README.md b/stable/fluent-bit/README.md
index 2023878e585b..fff81b40bfcf 100644
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/README.md
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Fluent-Bit chart an
 | `backend.splunk.tls_debug`        | Set TLS debug verbosity level. It accept the following values: 0-4 | `1` |
 | `backend.splunk.message_key`           | Tag applied to all incoming logs | `kubernetes` |
 | **Parsers**                   |
-| `parsers.enabled`                  | Enable custom parsers | `false` |
+| `parsers.enabled`                  | Enable custom parsers (needs to be set for all parsers) | `false` |
 | `parsers.regex`                    | List of regex parsers | `NULL` |
 | `parsers.json`                     | List of json parsers | `NULL` |
 | `parsers.logfmt`                   | List of logfmt parsers | `NULL` |
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Fluent-Bit chart an
 | `filter.kubeTagPrefix`             | Optional tag prefix used by Tail   | `kube.var.log.containers.`                                |
 | `filter.mergeJSONLog`              | If the log field content is a JSON string map, append the map fields as part of the log structure         | `true`                                 |
 | `filter.mergeLogKey`               | If set, append the processed log keys under a new root key specified by this variable. | `nil` |
+| `filter.lua.enabled`               | Enable the use of [lua](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/filter/lua) filters                   | `false`                                 |
+| `filter.lua.raw`                   | Provide your Lua file; the file is mounted as `extra.lua` | ``                                 | |
 | `image.fluent_bit.repository`      | Image                                      | `fluent/fluent-bit`                               |
 | `image.fluent_bit.tag`             | Image tag                                  | `1.2.1`                                           |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                 | Image pull policy                          | `Always`                                          |
diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/templates/config.yaml b/stable/fluent-bit/templates/config.yaml
index 518fd46d079b..7165135abc43 100644
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/templates/config.yaml
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/templates/config.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ data:
         Flush        {{ .Values.service.flush }}
         Daemon       Off
         Log_Level    {{ .Values.service.logLevel }}
-        Parsers_File parsers.conf
 {{- if .Values.parsers.enabled }}
         Parsers_File parsers_custom.conf
 {{- end }}
@@ -212,4 +211,7 @@ data:
 {{ end }}
 {{- end }}
 
+  extra.lua: |-
+{{ .Values.filter.lua.raw | indent 4 }}
+
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 7d8e5433185d..6a2302372666 100644
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ spec:
         - name: config
           mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/fluent-bit-output.conf
           subPath: fluent-bit-output.conf
-
+{{- if .Values.filter.lua.enabled }}
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/extra.lua
+          subPath: extra.lua
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.parsers.enabled }}
         - name: config
           mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/parsers_custom.conf
diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml b/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml
index cd8c7d335a65..044564068352 100644
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml
@@ -254,6 +254,23 @@ filter:
 # fluentbit.io/exclude: true. If present, discard logs from that pod.
   enableExclude: true
 
+# if true, enable support for Lua filters in final `extra.lua` file
+# see documentation at https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/filter/lua
+  lua:
+    enabled: false
+    raw: |-
+    ## example callback
+    #   function cb_print(tag, timestamp, record)
+    #     return code, timestamp, record
+    #   end
+    ##  Usage:
+    # [FILTER]
+    # Name    lua
+    # Match   *
+    # script  extra.lua
+    # call    cb_print
+
+
 rbac:
   # Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created
   create: true