diff --git a/charts/cortex-agent/README.md b/charts/cortex-agent/README.md
index 55826c2..395a816 100644
--- a/charts/cortex-agent/README.md
+++ b/charts/cortex-agent/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Even when using `--reuse-values` (which uses the values of the previous installa
 | `namespace.name`                       | Name of the namespace the agent resides on                                                                 | Since 1.6.0
 | `namespace.create`                     | Create/Don't create namespace for the agent                                                                | Since 1.6.0
 | `daemonset.selinuxOptionsSpcT`         | Set SELinux Options type to 'spc_t'                                                                        | Since 1.8.0
+| `agent.sensorMode`                     | Enable sensor mode for lightweight cloud-native deployments                                                | agent >= 9.3
 
 Note: Helm requires commas in arguments to be escaped.
 
diff --git a/charts/cortex-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/cortex-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 4ac1b02..04beeb5 100644
--- a/charts/cortex-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/cortex-agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ spec:
         - name: XDR_CLUSTER_TYPE
           value: "autopilot"
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.agent.sensorMode }}
+        - name: XDR_SENSOR_MODE
+          value: "1"
+        {{- end }}
 
         volumeMounts:
 
diff --git a/charts/cortex-agent/values.yaml b/charts/cortex-agent/values.yaml
index b9dd4d3..da1448e 100644
--- a/charts/cortex-agent/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cortex-agent/values.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ agent:
   # Name of the kuberenetes cluster - optional
   clusterName: ""
 
+  # Enable sensor mode for lightweight cloud-native deployments
+  sensorMode: false
+
 daemonset:
   # node labels to match pods with
   nodeSelector: