diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/clusterrolebinding.go b/pkg/kubectl/clusterrolebinding.go
index cf2708f3214..04d58ab070e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/clusterrolebinding.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/clusterrolebinding.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package kubectl
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"strings"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 )
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ type ClusterRoleBindingGeneratorV1 struct {
 	Users []string
 	// Groups to derive the clusterRoleBinding from (optional)
 	Groups []string
+	// ServiceAccounts to derive the clusterRoleBinding from in namespace:name format(optional)
+	ServiceAccounts []string
 }
 
 // Ensure it supports the generator pattern that uses parameter injection.
@@ -66,6 +70,15 @@ func (s ClusterRoleBindingGeneratorV1) Generate(genericParams map[string]interfa
 		delegate.Groups = fromLiteralArray
 		delete(genericParams, "group")
 	}
+	fromSAStrings, found := genericParams["serviceaccount"]
+	if found {
+		fromLiteralArray, isArray := fromSAStrings.([]string)
+		if !isArray {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected []string, found :%v", fromFileStrings)
+		}
+		delegate.ServiceAccounts = fromLiteralArray
+		delete(genericParams, "serviceaccounts")
+	}
 	params := map[string]string{}
 	for key, value := range genericParams {
 		strVal, isString := value.(string)
@@ -86,6 +99,7 @@ func (s ClusterRoleBindingGeneratorV1) ParamNames() []GeneratorParam {
 		{"clusterrole", false},
 		{"user", false},
 		{"group", false},
+		{"serviceaccount", false},
 		{"force", false},
 	}
 }
@@ -109,11 +123,15 @@ func (s ClusterRoleBindingGeneratorV1) StructuredGenerate() (runtime.Object, err
 			Name:       user,
 		})
 	}
-	for _, group := range s.Groups {
+	for _, sa := range s.ServiceAccounts {
+		tokens := strings.Split(sa, ":")
+		if len(tokens) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("serviceaccount must be <namespace>:<name>")
+		}
 		clusterRoleBinding.Subjects = append(clusterRoleBinding.Subjects, rbac.Subject{
-			Kind:       rbac.GroupKind,
-			APIVersion: "rbac/v1alpha1",
-			Name:       group,
+			Kind:      rbac.ServiceAccountKind,
+			Namespace: tokens[0],
+			Name:      tokens[1],
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go
index 21e1dc70515..e6832ec8fff 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrolebinding.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func NewCmdCreateClusterRoleBinding(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut io.Writer) *cobra.
 	cmd.Flags().String("clusterrole", "", "ClusterRole this ClusterRoleBinding should reference")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSlice("user", []string{}, "usernames to bind to the role")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSlice("group", []string{}, "groups to bind to the role")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSlice("serviceaccount", []string{}, "service accounts to bind to the role")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -68,10 +69,11 @@ func CreateClusterRoleBinding(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Co
 	switch generatorName := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "generator"); generatorName {
 	case cmdutil.ClusterRoleBindingV1GeneratorName:
 		generator = &kubectl.ClusterRoleBindingGeneratorV1{
-			Name:        name,
-			ClusterRole: cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "clusterrole"),
-			Users:       cmdutil.GetFlagStringSlice(cmd, "user"),
-			Groups:      cmdutil.GetFlagStringSlice(cmd, "group"),
+			Name:            name,
+			ClusterRole:     cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "clusterrole"),
+			Users:           cmdutil.GetFlagStringSlice(cmd, "user"),
+			Groups:          cmdutil.GetFlagStringSlice(cmd, "group"),
+			ServiceAccounts: cmdutil.GetFlagStringSlice(cmd, "serviceaccount"),
 		}
 	default:
 		return cmdutil.UsageError(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("Generator: %s not supported.", generatorName))