diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/cluster_setup.sh b/deploy/kubernetes/cluster_setup.sh
index 52ef78115..af69a3fcd 100755
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/cluster_setup.sh
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/cluster_setup.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ mydir="$(dirname $0)"
 
 source "$mydir/../common.sh"
 
+# GKE requires this extra cluster-admin rolebinding in order to create clusterroles
+if ! kubectl get clusterrolebinding cluster-admin binding; then
+  kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding --clusterrole cluster-admin --user $(gcloud config get-value account)
+fi
+
 kubectl apply -f "$mydir/manifests/setup_cluster.yaml"
 
 if ! kubectl get secret gcp-filestore-csi-driver-sa --namespace=$GCFS_NS; then