diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index cac5d997423..52b11b3b8bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.2.4...6.2[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Metricbeat*
 
+- Kubernetes deployment: Add ServiceAccount config to system metricbeat. {pull}6824[6824]
+
 *Packetbeat*
 
 *Winlogbeat*
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index efb2f74113b..96e567bfde7 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ spec:
         k8s-app: metricbeat
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
+      serviceAccountName: metricbeat
       containers:
       - name: metricbeat
         image: docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:6.2.4
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml
index baf77ab8710..ce2a2948670 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ spec:
         k8s-app: metricbeat
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
+      serviceAccountName: metricbeat
       containers:
       - name: metricbeat
         image: docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:%VERSION%