diff --git a/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml b/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml
index f9b69b6c..8180d2d8 100644
--- a/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/istio/patch.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,17 @@ spec:
             - -slack-user=flagger
             - -slack-channel=
             - -slack-url=
+---
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: flagger
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: flagger
+    namespace: istio-system
diff --git a/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml b/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml
index 04772b41..e2053138 100644
--- a/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/linkerd/patch.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,16 @@ spec:
             - -slack-user=flagger
             - -slack-channel=
             - -slack-url=
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: flagger
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: flagger
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: flagger
+    namespace: linkerd