diff --git a/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-manager-rolebinding-crb.yaml b/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-manager-rolebinding-crb.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index e5b1befb..00000000
--- a/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-manager-rolebinding-crb.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-manager-rolebinding
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-manager-role
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
diff --git a/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-manager-rolebinding.yaml b/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-manager-rolebinding.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a528ffdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-manager-rolebinding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{{- if .Values.useRoleBindings }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-manager-rolebinding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-manager-role
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- else }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-manager-rolebinding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-manager-role
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-proxy-rolebinding-crb.yaml b/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-proxy-rolebinding-crb.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 5cba0693..00000000
--- a/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-proxy-rolebinding-crb.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-proxy-rolebinding
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-proxy-role
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
diff --git a/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-proxy-rolebinding.yaml b/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-proxy-rolebinding.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d9a5d339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/opensearch-operator/templates/opensearch-operator-proxy-rolebinding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{{- if .Values.useRoleBindings }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-proxy-rolebinding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-proxy-role
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- else }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-proxy-rolebinding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.fullname" . }}-{{ .Release.Namespace }}-proxy-role
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ include "opensearch-operator.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/opensearch-operator/values.yaml b/charts/opensearch-operator/values.yaml
index d2b2ac61..1ee839bb 100644
--- a/charts/opensearch-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/opensearch-operator/values.yaml
@@ -115,3 +115,9 @@ kubeRbacProxy:
   image:
     repository: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy"
     tag: "v0.15.0"
+
+## If this is set to true, RoleBindings will be used instead of ClusterRoleBindings, inorder to restrict ClusterRoles
+## to the namespace where the operator and OpenSearch cluster are in. In that case, specify the namespace where they
+## are in in manager.watchNamespace field.
+## If false, ClusterRoleBindings will be used
+useRoleBindings: false