diff --git a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4582f4ac..8008ec85 100644
--- a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
+      {{- if .Values.serviceAccount }}    
+      serviceAccountName: {{ template "cp-kafka-connect.fullname" . }}
+      automountServiceAccountToken: false
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         {{- if .Values.prometheus.jmx.enabled }}
         - name: prometheus-jmx-exporter
diff --git a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/servcieaccount.yaml b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/servcieaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c16fa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/servcieaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "cp-kafka-connect.fullname" . }}
+  {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml .Values.serviceAccount.annotations | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "cp-kafka-connect.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "cp-kafka-connect.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml
index ff2cad6c..742cbca1 100644
--- a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml
@@ -133,3 +133,7 @@ livenessProbe:
   # initialDelaySeconds: 30
   # periodSeconds: 5
   # failureThreshold: 10
+
+serviceAccount:
+  # annotations:
+  #   eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: ""