diff --git a/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-account.yaml b/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-account.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70d9af1a948f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-account.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: kube-dns
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: EnsureExists
+    
diff --git a/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-controller.yaml b/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-controller.yaml
index aa625ecd5d15..01c220eaec2c 100644
--- a/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-controller.yaml
+++ b/deploy/addons/kube-dns/kube-dns-controller.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
     spec:
+      serviceAccount: kube-dns
       tolerations:
       - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
         operator: "Exists"