diff --git a/install/helm/agones/templates/serviceaccounts/sdk.yaml b/install/helm/agones/templates/serviceaccounts/sdk.yaml
index 20ac6be56ed224f211a20c2b56f141485d8777b7..2116c28609d037776d374e9d3a0c3eaa9fbac60b 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/templates/serviceaccounts/sdk.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/templates/serviceaccounts/sdk.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ metadata:
 rules:
 - apiGroups: ["stable.agones.dev"]
   resources: ["gameservers"]
-  verbs: ["list", "update"]
+  verbs: ["list", "update", "watch"]
 ---
   {{- range .Values.gameservers.namespaces }}
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
diff --git a/install/yaml/install.yaml b/install/yaml/install.yaml
index 2117489c444a4652de9d2bf521804564f3aeb21c..f3c9df7c82ecbbde0a5d4b20fa0bddb01046b3eb 100644
--- a/install/yaml/install.yaml
+++ b/install/yaml/install.yaml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ metadata:
 rules:
 - apiGroups: ["stable.agones.dev"]
   resources: ["gameservers"]
-  verbs: ["list", "update"]
+  verbs: ["list", "update", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: RoleBinding