diff --git a/deploy/rbac.yaml b/deploy/rbac.yaml
index c11f5216..626ee3ab 100644
--- a/deploy/rbac.yaml
+++ b/deploy/rbac.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+kind: ServiceAccount
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: nfs-client-provisioner
+---
 kind: ClusterRole
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata: