diff --git a/charts/buildbuddy-executor/Chart.yaml b/charts/buildbuddy-executor/Chart.yaml
index 0f9dd31..1ee3a27 100644
--- a/charts/buildbuddy-executor/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/buildbuddy-executor/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: BuildBuddy Executor
 name: buildbuddy-executor
-version: 0.0.296 # Chart version
+version: 0.0.297 # Chart version
 appVersion: 2.112.0 # Version of deployed app
 keywords:
   - buildbuddy
diff --git a/charts/buildbuddy-executor/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/buildbuddy-executor/templates/deployment.yaml
index adc0d2b..daaf842 100644
--- a/charts/buildbuddy-executor/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/buildbuddy-executor/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml .Values.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if and .Values.serviceAccount .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         {{- if .Values.extraContainers }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/buildbuddy-executor/values.yaml b/charts/buildbuddy-executor/values.yaml
index c662cd4..89f1fff 100644
--- a/charts/buildbuddy-executor/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/buildbuddy-executor/values.yaml
@@ -153,3 +153,11 @@ extraVolumeMounts: []
 ## Affinity (optional) could be used to configured 'executor' pods to be deployed
 ## on nodes with a certain type of storage volume or hardware available.
 affinity: {}
+
+## Optionally, set a different service account for the executor pods. Setting
+## this is not required for normal 'executor' operation; the `default` SA is
+## sufficient. It is available in case you need to grant the pods additional
+## permissions via SA. Note that the chart does not create the SA, so you should
+## create it on your own.
+# serviceAccount:
+#   name: default