diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/BUILD b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/BUILD
index 02467adc49f..5320c75b389 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/BUILD
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ go_library(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/apis/rbac:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
index bebac073509..9ae96202416 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	rbac "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -361,7 +363,32 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbac.ClusterRole {
 				eventsRule(),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// a role making the csrapprover controller approve a node client CSR
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:nodeclient"},
+			Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
+				rbac.NewRule("create").Groups(certificatesGroup).Resources("certificatesigningrequests/nodeclient").RuleOrDie(),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// a role making the csrapprover controller approve a node client CSR requested by the node itself
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:selfnodeclient"},
+			Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
+				rbac.NewRule("create").Groups(certificatesGroup).Resources("certificatesigningrequests/selfnodeclient").RuleOrDie(),
+			},
+		},
 	}
+
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.RotateKubeletServerCertificate) {
+		roles = append(roles, rbac.ClusterRole{
+			// a role making the csrapprover controller approve a node server CSR requested by the node itself
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:selfnodeserver"},
+			Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
+				rbac.NewRule("create").Groups(certificatesGroup).Resources("certificatesigningrequests/selfnodeserver").RuleOrDie(),
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
 	addClusterRoleLabel(roles)
 	return roles
 }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
index b36449fc68a..f183249bb52 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
@@ -362,6 +362,38 @@ items:
     - selfsubjectaccessreviews
     verbs:
     - create
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "true"
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    labels:
+      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    name: system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:nodeclient
+  rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+    - certificates.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - certificatesigningrequests/nodeclient
+    verbs:
+    - create
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "true"
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    labels:
+      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    name: system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:selfnodeclient
+  rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+    - certificates.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - certificatesigningrequests/selfnodeclient
+    verbs:
+    - create
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
   kind: ClusterRole
   metadata: