diff --git a/config-reloader/config/config.go b/config-reloader/config/config.go
index e7717cb5..a49286b2 100644
--- a/config-reloader/config/config.go
+++ b/config-reloader/config/config.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ParsedMetaValues    map[string]string
 	ParsedLabelSelector labels.Set
 	ExecTimeoutSeconds  int
+	ReadBytesLimit      int
 }
 
 var defaultConfig = &Config{
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ var defaultConfig = &Config{
 	MetricsPort:          9000,
 	AdminNamespace:       "kube-system",
 	ExecTimeoutSeconds:   30,
+	ReadBytesLimit:       51200,
 }
 
 var reValidID = regexp.MustCompile("([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9]")
@@ -251,6 +253,9 @@ func (cfg *Config) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	app.Flag("admin-namespace", "Configurations defined in this namespace are copied as is, without further processing. Virtual plugins can also be defined in this namespace").Default(defaultConfig.AdminNamespace).StringVar(&cfg.AdminNamespace)
 
 	app.Flag("exec-timeout", "Timeout duration (in seconds) for exec command during validation").Default(strconv.Itoa(defaultConfig.ExecTimeoutSeconds)).IntVar(&cfg.ExecTimeoutSeconds)
+
+	app.Flag("container-bytes-limit", "read_bytes_limit_per_second parameter for tail plugin per container file. Default 2MB/min").Default(strconv.Itoa(defaultConfig.ReadBytesLimit)).IntVar(&cfg.ReadBytesLimit)
+
 	_, err := app.Parse(args)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/config-reloader/generator/generator.go b/config-reloader/generator/generator.go
index 2d416d42..46762147 100644
--- a/config-reloader/generator/generator.go
+++ b/config-reloader/generator/generator.go
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ func (g *generatorInstance) renderIncludableFile(templateFile string, dest strin
 	model := struct {
 		ID                string
 		PrometheusEnabled bool
+		ReadBytesLimit    int
 	}{
 		ID:                util.MakeFluentdSafeName(g.cfg.ID),
 		PrometheusEnabled: g.cfg.PrometheusEnabled,
+		ReadBytesLimit:    g.cfg.ReadBytesLimit,
 	}
 
 	err = util.TemplateAndWriteFile(tmpl, model, dest)
diff --git a/config-reloader/templates/kubernetes.conf b/config-reloader/templates/kubernetes.conf
index 60013b5b..efca613b 100644
--- a/config-reloader/templates/kubernetes.conf
+++ b/config-reloader/templates/kubernetes.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   skip_refresh_on_startup true
   tag kubernetes.*
   read_from_head true
-  read_bytes_limit_per_second 8192
+  read_bytes_limit_per_second {{.ReadBytesLimit}}
   multiline_flush_interval 5s
   <parse>
     @type multiline