diff --git a/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml b/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml
index 82fd34d116..f46c1eb38b 100644
--- a/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ spec:
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: datacatalog
+  namespace: flyte
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   name: flyteadmin
   namespace: flyte
diff --git a/kustomize/base/datacatalog/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/base/datacatalog/kustomization.yaml
index a944d005ca..c38e72a98d 100644
--- a/kustomize/base/datacatalog/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/base/datacatalog/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 resources:
+- rbac.yaml
 - deployment.yaml
 - service.yaml
diff --git a/kustomize/base/datacatalog/rbac.yaml b/kustomize/base/datacatalog/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7ab1676e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomize/base/datacatalog/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Create a Service Account for FltyeAdmin
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: datacatalog
+  namespace: flyte