diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrole.yaml
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+{{- if .Values.rbac.create }}
+
+{{- if and .Values.rbac.scope (not .Values.controller.scope.enabled) -}}
+  {{ required "Invalid configuration: 'rbac.scope' should be equal to 'controller.scope.enabled' (true/false)." (index (dict) ".") }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- if not .Values.rbac.scope -}}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+      - endpoints
+      - nodes
+      - pods
+      - secrets
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+{{- if and .Values.controller.scope.enabled .Values.controller.scope.namespace }}
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - namespaces
+    resourceNames:
+      - "{{ .Values.controller.scope.namespace }}"
+    verbs:
+      - get
+{{- end }}
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+    verbs:
+      - get
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - services
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - networking.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - ingresses
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - events
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - networking.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - ingresses/status
+    verbs:
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - networking.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - ingressclasses
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- end }}