diff --git a/charts/podinfo/README.md b/charts/podinfo/README.md
index 05e4c3e..1ad3eeb 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/README.md
+++ b/charts/podinfo/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `service.nodePort` | node port for the service | `31198`
 `service.type` | type of service | `ClusterIP`
 `tolerations` | list of node taints to tolerate | `[]`
+`serviceAccount.create` | specifies whether a service account should be created | `false`
+`serviceAccount.name` | the name of the service account to use, if not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template | None
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example,
 
diff --git a/charts/podinfo/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/podinfo/templates/_helpers.tpl
index ef88d3d..62e6e12 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/podinfo/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -30,3 +30,14 @@ Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
 {{- define "podinfo.chart" -}}
 {{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the service account to use
+*/}}
+{{- define "podinfo.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+    {{ default (include "podinfo.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- else -}}
+    {{ default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/podinfo/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/podinfo/templates/deployment.yaml
index f70a728..1d0189f 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/podinfo/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ spec:
         prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ template "podinfo.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
diff --git a/charts/podinfo/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/podinfo/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d398bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/podinfo/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "podinfo.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "podinfo.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "podinfo.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/podinfo/values.yaml b/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
index 0d1d3b9..ef3fd1c 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ hpa:
   # average http requests per second per pod (k8s-prometheus-adapter)
   requests:
 
+serviceAccount:
+  # Specifies whether a service account should be created
+  create: false
+  # The name of the service account to use.
+  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
+  name:
+
 ingress:
   enabled: false
   annotations: {}