diff --git a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-roles.yaml b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-roles.yaml
index 7a3efa90904508fa86aa34bd8e1e1f6778347a4d..14302ea0e59deeef5287ebdbcbdd413d2a73861c 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-roles.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-roles.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ rules:
   resources:
   - services
   - endpoints
+  - pods
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1