diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/csi-snapshotter/rbac-csi-snapshotter.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/csi-snapshotter/rbac-csi-snapshotter.yaml
index 9ca4e00a7..d86f1b90f 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/csi-snapshotter/rbac-csi-snapshotter.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/csi-snapshotter/rbac-csi-snapshotter.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["snapshot.storage.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["volumesnapshotcontents/status"]
     verbs: ["update"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
+    verbs: ["create"]
 
 ---
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding