diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b93e0074d..e17bca969c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ BREAKING CHANGES:
 IMPROVEMENTS:
 * Control Plane
   * Upgrade Docker image Alpine version from 3.14 to 3.15. [[GH-1058](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1058)]
+* Helm
+  * API Gateway: Allow controller to read Kubernetes namespaces in order to determine if route is allowed for gateway. [[GH-1092](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1092)]
 
 ## 0.41.1 (February 24, 2022)
 
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
index 143d7a09e6..9f9acb2e86 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - create
   - patch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - namespaces
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources: