diff --git a/Dockerfile.loadtester b/Dockerfile.loadtester
index 220c2738..a214e9b4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.loadtester
+++ b/Dockerfile.loadtester
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ WORKDIR /home/app
 RUN curl -sSLo hey "https://storage.googleapis.com/jblabs/dist/hey_linux_v0.1.2" && \
 chmod +x hey && mv hey /usr/local/bin/hey
 
-RUN curl -sSL "https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.12.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar xvz && \
+RUN curl -sSL "https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.14.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar xvz && \
 chmod +x linux-amd64/helm && mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm && \
+chmod +x linux-amd64/tiller && mv linux-amd64/tiller /usr/local/bin/tiller && \
 rm -rf linux-amd64
 
 RUN curl -sSL "https://github.com/bojand/ghz/releases/download/v0.39.0/ghz_0.39.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp && \
@@ -24,4 +25,7 @@ RUN chown -R app:app ./
 
 USER app
 
+RUN curl -sSL "https://github.com/rimusz/helm-tiller/archive/v0.8.3.tar.gz" | tar xvz && \
+helm init --client-only && helm plugin install helm-tiller-0.8.3 && helm plugin list
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["./loadtester"]
diff --git a/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml
index ec7fef88..17c04870 100644
--- a/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/loadtester/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ spec:
     spec:
       {{- if .Values.serviceAccountName }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.serviceAccountName }}
+      {{- else if .Values.rbac.create }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "loadtester.fullname" . }}
       {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
diff --git a/charts/loadtester/templates/rbac.yaml b/charts/loadtester/templates/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..725dc677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/loadtester/templates/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+---
+{{- if .Values.rbac.create }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+{{- if eq .Values.rbac.scope "cluster" }}
+kind: ClusterRole
+{{- else }}
+kind: Role
+{{- end }}
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "loadtester.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ template "loadtester.chart" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "loadtester.name" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+rules:
+{{ toYaml .Values.rbac.rules | indent 2 }}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+{{- if eq .Values.rbac.scope "cluster" }}
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+{{- else }}
+kind: RoleBinding
+{{- end }}
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "loadtester.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ template "loadtester.chart" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "loadtester.name" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  {{- if eq .Values.rbac.scope "cluster" }}
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  {{- else }}
+  kind: Role
+  {{- end }}
+  name: {{ template "loadtester.fullname" . }}
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: {{ template "loadtester.fullname" . }}
+    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "loadtester.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ template "loadtester.chart" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "loadtester.name" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/loadtester/values.yaml b/charts/loadtester/values.yaml
index 36ff9bf1..2cbae313 100644
--- a/charts/loadtester/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/loadtester/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
+rbac:
+  # rbac.create: `true` if rbac resources should be created
+  create: false
+  # rbac.scope: `cluster` to create cluster-scope rbac resources (ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding)
+  # otherwise, namespace-scope rbac resources will be created (Role/RoleBinding)
+  scope:
+  # rbac.rules: array of rules to apply to the role. example:
+  # rules:
+  # - apiGroups: [""]
+  #   resources: ["pods"]
+  #   verbs: ["list", "get"]
+  rules: []
+
+# name of an existing service account to use - if not creating rbac resources
 serviceAccountName: ""
 
 # App Mesh virtual node settings