diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index 2805fc9da993862cb0c8a135a1a220bb2f3e309c..2152c65f22fa5b331677b4a7bb65044148b69bbf 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
                        policyRule.withApiGroups(['apps']) +
                        policyRule.withResources([
                          'statefulsets',
+                         'daemonsets',
+                         'deployments',
+                         'replicasets',
                        ]) +
                        policyRule.withVerbs(['list', 'watch']);
 
@@ -222,7 +225,15 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
                              policyRule.withVerbs(['get', 'update']) +
                              policyRule.withResourceNames(['kube-state-metrics']);
 
-      local rules = [coreRule, extensionsRule];
+      local appsRule = policyRule.new() +
+                       policyRule.withApiGroups(['apps']) +
+                       policyRule.withResources([
+                         'deployments',
+                       ]) +
+                       policyRule.withVerbs(['get', 'update']) +
+                       policyRule.withResourceNames(['kube-state-metrics']);
+
+      local rules = [coreRule, extensionsRule, appsRule];
 
       role.new() +
       role.mixin.metadata.withName('kube-state-metrics') +
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
index cae184834cfff42306b4d56fff6cff4004267ba8..c519a918fa5ef362986dd9c3030316eb7f77750f 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ rules:
   - apps
   resources:
   - statefulsets
+  - daemonsets
+  - deployments
+  - replicasets
   verbs:
   - list
   - watch
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-role.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-role.yaml
index 0063ffb453a8d1f254755e7209a73f74ec1a5195..e03d889881fd2b0792e1a394d479e2c60c5a4cc2 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-role.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-role.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - get
   - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - apps
+  resourceNames:
+  - kube-state-metrics
+  resources:
+  - deployments
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - update