diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/node-exporter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/node-exporter.libsonnet
index bd4fbfe7ab3d2d98b598de0f80528c7469d1ceba..73704a8c6b774a40c3479e17b93d6fb9e01a8cc2 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/node-exporter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/node-exporter.libsonnet
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ function(params) {
         '--no-collector.wifi',
         '--no-collector.hwmon',
         '--collector.filesystem.ignored-mount-points=^/(dev|proc|sys|var/lib/docker/.+|var/lib/kubelet/pods/.+)($|/)',
+        '--collector.netclass.ignored-devices=^(veth.*)$',
+        '--collector.netdev.device-blacklist=^(veth.*)$',
+        // '--collector.netdev.device-exclude=^(veth.*)$', // TODO(paulfantom): change with next version of node_exporter (post 1.0.1)
       ],
       volumeMounts: [
         { name: 'sys', mountPath: '/host/sys', mountPropagation: 'HostToContainer', readOnly: true },
diff --git a/manifests/node-exporter-daemonset.yaml b/manifests/node-exporter-daemonset.yaml
index d88d88463dd00adb11030a88503e2e718bbee156..8c556fca16931238a5d34647fd856b6e3e88b80c 100644
--- a/manifests/node-exporter-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/manifests/node-exporter-daemonset.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ spec:
         - --no-collector.wifi
         - --no-collector.hwmon
         - --collector.filesystem.ignored-mount-points=^/(dev|proc|sys|var/lib/docker/.+|var/lib/kubelet/pods/.+)($|/)
+        - --collector.netclass.ignored-devices=^(veth.*)$
+        - --collector.netdev.device-blacklist=^(veth.*)$
         image: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:v1.0.1
         name: node-exporter
         resources: