diff --git a/manifests/05-clusteroperator.yaml b/manifests/05-clusteroperator.yaml
index ffa8b6a48..87cb664a7 100644
--- a/manifests/05-clusteroperator.yaml
+++ b/manifests/05-clusteroperator.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ status:
   - group: certificates.k8s.io
     name: ""
     resource: certificatesigningrequests
+  - group: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+    name: system:openshift:controller:machine-approver
+    resource: clusterroles
   versions:
     - name: operator
       version: "0.0.1-snapshot"
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 12823511e..6e3e9aa00 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ var relatedObjects = []osconfigv1.ObjectReference{
 		Resource: "certificatesigningrequests",
 		Name:     "",
 	},
+	{
+		Group:    "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+		Resource: "clusterroles",
+		Name:     "system:openshift:controller:machine-approver",
+	},
 }
 
 type statusController struct {