diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index 87d81079e31..8e0a65456a3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ __kubectl_get_resource_node()
     __kubectl_parse_get "node"
 }
 
+__kubectl_get_resource_clusterrole()
+{
+    __kubectl_parse_get "clusterrole"
+}
+
 # $1 is the name of the pod we want to get the list of containers inside
 __kubectl_get_containers()
 {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go
index 7ba648513a1..d79a18bea9b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func NewCmdCreateClusterRoleBinding(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut io.Writer) *cobra.
 	cmdutil.AddPrinterFlags(cmd)
 	cmdutil.AddGeneratorFlags(cmd, cmdutil.ClusterRoleBindingV1GeneratorName)
 	cmd.Flags().String("clusterrole", "", i18n.T("ClusterRole this ClusterRoleBinding should reference"))
+	cmd.MarkFlagCustom("clusterrole", "__kubectl_get_resource_clusterrole")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArray("user", []string{}, "Usernames to bind to the role")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArray("group", []string{}, "Groups to bind to the role")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArray("serviceaccount", []string{}, "Service accounts to bind to the role, in the format <namespace>:<name>")