diff --git a/apis/fluentbit/v1alpha2/plugins/output/stackdriver_types.go b/apis/fluentbit/v1alpha2/plugins/output/stackdriver_types.go
index 9db25c898..0d4632e53 100644
--- a/apis/fluentbit/v1alpha2/plugins/output/stackdriver_types.go
+++ b/apis/fluentbit/v1alpha2/plugins/output/stackdriver_types.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type Stackdriver struct {
 	CustomK8sRegex string `json:"customK8sRegex,omitempty"`
 	// Optional list of comma seperated strings. Setting these fields overrides the Stackdriver monitored resource API values
 	ResourceLabels []string `json:"resourceLabels,omitempty"`
+	// the key to used to select the text payload from the record
+	TextPayloadKey string `json:"textPayloadKey,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Name implement Section() method
@@ -141,5 +143,8 @@ func (o *Stackdriver) Params(sl plugins.SecretLoader) (*params.KVs, error) {
 	if o.ResourceLabels != nil && len(o.ResourceLabels) > 0 {
 		kvs.Insert("resource_labels", strings.Join(o.ResourceLabels, ","))
 	}
+	if o.TextPayloadKey != "" {
+		kvs.Insert("text_payload_key", o.TextPayloadKey)
+	}
 	return kvs, nil
 }
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml
index a34d2bd78..8a72a1f5c 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml
@@ -4063,6 +4063,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml
index 17456c912..b239d687a 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/charts/fluent-bit-crds/crds/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml
@@ -4063,6 +4063,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml b/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml
index a34d2bd78..8a72a1f5c 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_clusteroutputs.yaml
@@ -4063,6 +4063,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml b/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml
index 17456c912..b239d687a 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/fluentbit.fluent.io_outputs.yaml
@@ -4063,6 +4063,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
diff --git a/docs/plugins/fluentbit/output/stackdriver.md b/docs/plugins/fluentbit/output/stackdriver.md
index 3abb46d07..d5dd0fdc1 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/fluentbit/output/stackdriver.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/fluentbit/output/stackdriver.md
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Stackdriver is the Stackdriver output plugin, allows you to ingest your records
 | workers | Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output Plugin | *int32 |
 | customK8sRegex | A custom regex to extract fields from the local_resource_id of the logs | string |
 | resourceLabels | Optional list of comma seperated strings. Setting these fields overrides the Stackdriver monitored resource API values | []string |
+| textPayloadKey | the key to used to select the text payload from the record | string |
diff --git a/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-crd.yaml b/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-crd.yaml
index 3d9ec595e..1a13d2029 100644
--- a/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-crd.yaml
@@ -8199,6 +8199,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
@@ -37103,6 +37107,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
diff --git a/manifests/setup/setup.yaml b/manifests/setup/setup.yaml
index d6a1db5e8..d7f89ac70 100644
--- a/manifests/setup/setup.yaml
+++ b/manifests/setup/setup.yaml
@@ -8199,6 +8199,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin
@@ -37103,6 +37107,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Identifier for a task within a namespace. Required
                       if Resource is generic_task
                     type: string
+                  textPayloadKey:
+                    description: the key to used to select the text payload from the
+                      record
+                    type: string
                   workers:
                     description: Number of dedicated threads for the Stackdriver Output
                       Plugin