diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b023d4a8a4bf1b3ef664f36649b11e94dbcda204..3aa88c6920c02e6cc36e769645cd2cb592ffb893 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 netdata_version: 'v1.9.0'
 netdata_force_reset: false
+netdata_fluentd_buffer:
+  green: 50
+  red: 80
diff --git a/templates/fluentd_buffer.conf b/templates/fluentd_buffer.conf
index 513c8920fd2c88b02d48e30fae758a50097c1f4b..7cdc672ebe8ff33dac1a61ef25da230dfc8c64c0 100644
--- a/templates/fluentd_buffer.conf
+++ b/templates/fluentd_buffer.conf
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  hosts: *
 lookup: max -5s unaligned
  units: files
- green: 50
-   red: 80
+ green: {{ netdata_fluentd_buffer.green }}
+   red: {{ netdata_fluentd_buffer.red }}
  every: 5s
   warn: $this > $green
   crit: $this > $red