diff --git a/examples/k8s-rbac/argocd-server-applications/argocd-server-rbac-clusterrole.yaml b/examples/k8s-rbac/argocd-server-applications/argocd-server-rbac-clusterrole.yaml
index 20e93dbada6d2..a8d6c021c4e2e 100644
--- a/examples/k8s-rbac/argocd-server-applications/argocd-server-rbac-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/examples/k8s-rbac/argocd-server-applications/argocd-server-rbac-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: server
   name: argocd-server-cluster-apps
 rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
 - apiGroups:
   - "argoproj.io"
   resources: