diff --git a/pkg/backup/service_account_action.go b/pkg/backup/service_account_action.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17e147ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/backup/service_account_action.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 the Heptio Ark contributors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package backup
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	rbac "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	rbacclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/rbac/v1"
+
+	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/apis/ark/v1"
+)
+
+// serviceAccountAction implements ItemAction.
+type serviceAccountAction struct {
+	log                 logrus.FieldLogger
+	clusterRoleBindings []rbac.ClusterRoleBinding
+}
+
+// NewServiceAccountAction creates a new ItemAction for service accounts.
+func NewServiceAccountAction(log logrus.FieldLogger, client rbacclient.ClusterRoleBindingInterface) (ItemAction, error) {
+	clusterRoleBindings, err := client.List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	return &serviceAccountAction{
+		log:                 log,
+		clusterRoleBindings: clusterRoleBindings.Items,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// AppliesTo returns a ResourceSelector that applies only to service accounts.
+func (a *serviceAccountAction) AppliesTo() (ResourceSelector, error) {
+	return ResourceSelector{
+		IncludedResources: []string{"serviceaccounts"},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+var (
+	crbGroupResource = schema.GroupResource{Group: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io", Resource: "clusterrolebindings"}
+	crGroupResource  = schema.GroupResource{Group: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io", Resource: "clusterroles"}
+)
+
+// Execute checks for any ClusterRoleBindings that have this service account as a subject, and
+// adds the ClusterRoleBinding and associated ClusterRole to the list of additional items to
+// be backed up.
+func (a *serviceAccountAction) Execute(item runtime.Unstructured, backup *v1.Backup) (runtime.Unstructured, []ResourceIdentifier, error) {
+	a.log.Info("Running serviceAccountAction")
+	defer a.log.Info("Done running serviceAccountAction")
+
+	objectMeta, err := meta.Accessor(item)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	var (
+		namespace = objectMeta.GetNamespace()
+		name      = objectMeta.GetName()
+		bindings  = sets.NewString()
+		roles     = sets.NewString()
+	)
+
+	for _, clusterRoleBinding := range a.clusterRoleBindings {
+		for _, subj := range clusterRoleBinding.Subjects {
+			if subj.Kind == rbac.ServiceAccountKind && subj.Namespace == namespace && subj.Name == name {
+				a.log.Infof("Adding clusterrole %s and clusterrolebinding %s to additionalItems since serviceaccount %s/%s is a subject",
+					clusterRoleBinding.RoleRef.Name, clusterRoleBinding.Name, namespace, name)
+
+				bindings.Insert(clusterRoleBinding.Name)
+				roles.Insert(clusterRoleBinding.RoleRef.Name)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var additionalItems []ResourceIdentifier
+	for binding := range bindings {
+		additionalItems = append(additionalItems, ResourceIdentifier{
+			GroupResource: crbGroupResource,
+			Name:          binding,
+		})
+	}
+
+	for role := range roles {
+		additionalItems = append(additionalItems, ResourceIdentifier{
+			GroupResource: crGroupResource,
+			Name:          role,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return item, additionalItems, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/backup/service_account_action_test.go b/pkg/backup/service_account_action_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3319f5598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/backup/service_account_action_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 the Heptio Ark contributors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package backup
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	rbacclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/rbac/v1"
+
+	arktest "github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/util/test"
+)
+
+type fakeClusterRoleBindingClient struct {
+	clusterRoleBindings []v1.ClusterRoleBinding
+
+	rbacclient.ClusterRoleBindingInterface
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClusterRoleBindingClient) List(opts metav1.ListOptions) (*v1.ClusterRoleBindingList, error) {
+	return &v1.ClusterRoleBindingList{
+		Items: c.clusterRoleBindings,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func TestServiceAccountActionAppliesTo(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := NewServiceAccountAction(arktest.NewLogger(), &fakeClusterRoleBindingClient{})
+
+	actual, err := a.AppliesTo()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected := ResourceSelector{
+		IncludedResources: []string{"serviceaccounts"},
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+}
+
+func TestServiceAccountActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                    string
+		serviceAccount          runtime.Unstructured
+		crbs                    []v1.ClusterRoleBinding
+		expectedAdditionalItems []ResourceIdentifier
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no crbs",
+			serviceAccount: unstructuredOrDie(`
+			{
+				"apiVersion": "v1",
+				"kind": "ServiceAccount",
+				"metadata": {
+					"namespace": "heptio-ark",
+					"name": "ark"
+				}
+			}
+			`),
+			crbs: nil,
+			expectedAdditionalItems: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no matching crbs",
+			serviceAccount: unstructuredOrDie(`
+			{
+				"apiVersion": "v1",
+				"kind": "ServiceAccount",
+				"metadata": {
+					"namespace": "heptio-ark",
+					"name": "ark"
+				}
+			}
+			`),
+			crbs: []v1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+				{
+					Subjects: []v1.Subject{
+						{
+							Kind:      "non-matching-kind",
+							Namespace: "non-matching-ns",
+							Name:      "non-matching-name",
+						},
+						{
+							Kind:      "non-matching-kind",
+							Namespace: "heptio-ark",
+							Name:      "ark",
+						},
+						{
+							Kind:      v1.ServiceAccountKind,
+							Namespace: "non-matching-ns",
+							Name:      "ark",
+						},
+						{
+							Kind:      v1.ServiceAccountKind,
+							Namespace: "heptio-ark",
+							Name:      "non-matching-name",
+						},
+					},
+					RoleRef: v1.RoleRef{
+						Name: "role",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedAdditionalItems: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "some matching crbs",
+			serviceAccount: unstructuredOrDie(`
+			{
+				"apiVersion": "v1",
+				"kind": "ServiceAccount",
+				"metadata": {
+					"namespace": "heptio-ark",
+					"name": "ark"
+				}
+			}
+			`),
+			crbs: []v1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: "crb-1",
+					},
+					Subjects: []v1.Subject{
+						{
+							Kind:      "non-matching-kind",
+							Namespace: "non-matching-ns",
+							Name:      "non-matching-name",
+						},
+					},
+					RoleRef: v1.RoleRef{
+						Name: "role-1",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: "crb-2",
+					},
+					Subjects: []v1.Subject{
+						{
+							Kind:      "non-matching-kind",
+							Namespace: "non-matching-ns",
+							Name:      "non-matching-name",
+						},
+						{
+							Kind:      v1.ServiceAccountKind,
+							Namespace: "heptio-ark",
+							Name:      "ark",
+						},
+					},
+					RoleRef: v1.RoleRef{
+						Name: "role-2",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: "crb-3",
+					},
+					Subjects: []v1.Subject{
+						{
+							Kind:      v1.ServiceAccountKind,
+							Namespace: "heptio-ark",
+							Name:      "ark",
+						},
+					},
+					RoleRef: v1.RoleRef{
+						Name: "role-3",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: "crb-4",
+					},
+					Subjects: []v1.Subject{
+						{
+							Kind:      v1.ServiceAccountKind,
+							Namespace: "heptio-ark",
+							Name:      "ark",
+						},
+						{
+							Kind:      "non-matching-kind",
+							Namespace: "non-matching-ns",
+							Name:      "non-matching-name",
+						},
+					},
+					RoleRef: v1.RoleRef{
+						Name: "role-4",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedAdditionalItems: []ResourceIdentifier{
+				{
+					GroupResource: crbGroupResource,
+					Name:          "crb-2",
+				},
+				{
+					GroupResource: crbGroupResource,
+					Name:          "crb-3",
+				},
+				{
+					GroupResource: crbGroupResource,
+					Name:          "crb-4",
+				},
+				{
+					GroupResource: crGroupResource,
+					Name:          "role-2",
+				},
+				{
+					GroupResource: crGroupResource,
+					Name:          "role-3",
+				},
+				{
+					GroupResource: crGroupResource,
+					Name:          "role-4",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	crbClient := &fakeClusterRoleBindingClient{}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			crbClient.clusterRoleBindings = test.crbs
+
+			action, err := NewServiceAccountAction(arktest.NewLogger(), crbClient)
+			require.Nil(t, err)
+
+			res, additional, err := action.Execute(test.serviceAccount, nil)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.serviceAccount, res)
+			assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+			// ensure slices are ordered for valid comparison
+			sort.Slice(test.expectedAdditionalItems, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", test.expectedAdditionalItems[i].GroupResource.String(), test.expectedAdditionalItems[i].Name) <
+					fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", test.expectedAdditionalItems[j].GroupResource.String(), test.expectedAdditionalItems[j].Name)
+			})
+
+			sort.Slice(additional, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", additional[i].GroupResource.String(), additional[i].Name) <
+					fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", additional[j].GroupResource.String(), additional[j].Name)
+			})
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedAdditionalItems, additional)
+		})
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/ark/ark.go b/pkg/cmd/ark/ark.go
index 8db5a60ca..2a8147773 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/ark/ark.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/ark/ark.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ operations can also be performed as 'ark backup get' and 'ark schedule create'.`
 		get.NewCommand(f),
 		describe.NewCommand(f),
 		create.NewCommand(f),
-		runplugin.NewCommand(),
+		runplugin.NewCommand(f),
 		plugin.NewCommand(f),
 		delete.NewCommand(f),
 		cliclient.NewCommand(),
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/plugin/plugin.go b/pkg/cmd/server/plugin/plugin.go
index ec575bdd8..1c8feb469 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -22,40 +22,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/backup"
+	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/cloudprovider/aws"
 	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/cloudprovider/azure"
 	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/cloudprovider/gcp"
+	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/cmd"
 	arkplugin "github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/plugin"
 	"github.com/heptio/ark/pkg/restore"
 )
 
-func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
+func NewCommand(f client.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	logger := arkplugin.NewLogger()
 
-	objectStores := map[string]cloudprovider.ObjectStore{
-		"aws":   aws.NewObjectStore(),
-		"gcp":   gcp.NewObjectStore(),
-		"azure": azure.NewObjectStore(),
-	}
-
-	blockStores := map[string]cloudprovider.BlockStore{
-		"aws":   aws.NewBlockStore(),
-		"gcp":   gcp.NewBlockStore(logger),
-		"azure": azure.NewBlockStore(),
-	}
-
-	backupItemActions := map[string]backup.ItemAction{
-		"pv":  backup.NewBackupPVAction(logger),
-		"pod": backup.NewPodAction(logger),
-	}
-
-	restoreItemActions := map[string]restore.ItemAction{
-		"job": restore.NewJobAction(logger),
-		"pod": restore.NewPodAction(logger),
-		"svc": restore.NewServiceAction(logger),
-	}
-
 	c := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:    "run-plugin [KIND] [NAME]",
 		Hidden: true,
@@ -72,18 +51,24 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				GRPCServer:      plugin.DefaultGRPCServer,
 			}
 
-			logger.Debugf("Executing run-plugin command")
+			logger.Debug("Executing run-plugin command")
 
 			switch kind {
 			case "cloudprovider":
-				objectStore, found := objectStores[name]
-				if !found {
-					logger.Fatalf("Unrecognized plugin name")
-				}
+				var (
+					objectStore cloudprovider.ObjectStore
+					blockStore  cloudprovider.BlockStore
+				)
 
-				blockStore, found := blockStores[name]
-				if !found {
-					logger.Fatalf("Unrecognized plugin name")
+				switch name {
+				case "aws":
+					objectStore, blockStore = aws.NewObjectStore(), aws.NewBlockStore()
+				case "azure":
+					objectStore, blockStore = azure.NewObjectStore(), azure.NewBlockStore()
+				case "gcp":
+					objectStore, blockStore = gcp.NewObjectStore(), gcp.NewBlockStore(logger)
+				default:
+					logger.Fatal("Unrecognized plugin name")
 				}
 
 				serveConfig.Plugins = map[string]plugin.Plugin{
@@ -91,25 +76,45 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 					string(arkplugin.PluginKindBlockStore):  arkplugin.NewBlockStorePlugin(blockStore),
 				}
 			case arkplugin.PluginKindBackupItemAction.String():
-				action, found := backupItemActions[name]
-				if !found {
-					logger.Fatalf("Unrecognized plugin name")
+				var action backup.ItemAction
+
+				switch name {
+				case "pv":
+					action = backup.NewBackupPVAction(logger)
+				case "pod":
+					action = backup.NewPodAction(logger)
+				case "serviceaccount":
+					clientset, err := f.KubeClient()
+					cmd.CheckError(err)
+
+					action, err = backup.NewServiceAccountAction(logger, clientset.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings())
+					cmd.CheckError(err)
+				default:
+					logger.Fatal("Unrecognized plugin name")
 				}
 
 				serveConfig.Plugins = map[string]plugin.Plugin{
 					kind: arkplugin.NewBackupItemActionPlugin(action),
 				}
 			case arkplugin.PluginKindRestoreItemAction.String():
-				action, found := restoreItemActions[name]
-				if !found {
-					logger.Fatalf("Unrecognized plugin name")
+				var action restore.ItemAction
+
+				switch name {
+				case "job":
+					action = restore.NewJobAction(logger)
+				case "pod":
+					action = restore.NewPodAction(logger)
+				case "svc":
+					action = restore.NewServiceAction(logger)
+				default:
+					logger.Fatal("Unrecognized plugin name")
 				}
 
 				serveConfig.Plugins = map[string]plugin.Plugin{
 					kind: arkplugin.NewRestoreItemActionPlugin(action),
 				}
 			default:
-				logger.Fatalf("Unsupported plugin kind")
+				logger.Fatal("Unsupported plugin kind")
 			}
 
 			plugin.Serve(serveConfig)
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/manager.go b/pkg/plugin/manager.go
index 7bd6a637a..3136bb9ed 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/manager.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ func (m *manager) registerPlugins() error {
 	}
 	m.pluginRegistry.register("pv", arkCommand, []string{"run-plugin", string(PluginKindBackupItemAction), "pv"}, PluginKindBackupItemAction)
 	m.pluginRegistry.register("backup-pod", arkCommand, []string{"run-plugin", string(PluginKindBackupItemAction), "pod"}, PluginKindBackupItemAction)
+	m.pluginRegistry.register("serviceaccount", arkCommand, []string{"run-plugin", string(PluginKindBackupItemAction), "serviceaccount"}, PluginKindBackupItemAction)
 
 	m.pluginRegistry.register("job", arkCommand, []string{"run-plugin", string(PluginKindRestoreItemAction), "job"}, PluginKindRestoreItemAction)
 	m.pluginRegistry.register("restore-pod", arkCommand, []string{"run-plugin", string(PluginKindRestoreItemAction), "pod"}, PluginKindRestoreItemAction)
diff --git a/third_party/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go b/third_party/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
index 9d8ccd746..731e6542c 100644
--- a/third_party/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
+++ b/third_party/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"io"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func GenZshCompletion(out io.Writer, ark *cobra.Command) {