diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index 42cf59e7cd..e1bc8dcce1 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
       local rules =
         policyRule.new() +
         policyRule.withApiGroups(['metrics.k8s.io']) +
-        policyRule.withResources(['pods']) +
+        policyRule.withResources(['pods', 'nodes']) +
         policyRule.withVerbs(['get','list','watch']);
 
       clusterRole.new() +
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-adapter-clusterRoleAggregatedMetricsReader.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-adapter-clusterRoleAggregatedMetricsReader.yaml
index d766a1f43d..9f0dbb3495 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-adapter-clusterRoleAggregatedMetricsReader.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-adapter-clusterRoleAggregatedMetricsReader.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rules:
   - metrics.k8s.io
   resources:
   - pods
+  - nodes
   verbs:
   - get
   - list