diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index 42cf59e7cdd29fa8dd4bd336c52261866d20636a..e1bc8dcce1ff07fa8276eaceacb8c94159a9bf42 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
       local rules =
         policyRule.new() +
         policyRule.withApiGroups(['metrics.k8s.io']) +
-        policyRule.withResources(['pods']) +
+        policyRule.withResources(['pods', 'nodes']) +
         policyRule.withVerbs(['get','list','watch']);
 
       clusterRole.new() +