diff --git a/script/e2e-test.sh b/script/e2e-test.sh
index 083b7c79859..0a49fa00587 100755
--- a/script/e2e-test.sh
+++ b/script/e2e-test.sh
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ kubectl create clusterrolebinding kubeapps-view --clusterrole=view --serviceacco
 kubectl create serviceaccount kubeapps-edit -n kubeapps
 kubectl create rolebinding kubeapps-edit -n kubeapps --clusterrole=edit --serviceaccount kubeapps:kubeapps-edit
 kubectl create rolebinding kubeapps-edit -n default --clusterrole=edit --serviceaccount kubeapps:kubeapps-edit
+kubectl create rolebinding kubeapps-repositories-read -n kubeapps --clusterrole kubeapps:kubeapps:apprepositories-read --serviceaccount kubeapps:kubeapps-edit
 
 ## Give the cluster some time to avoid issues like
 ## https://circleci.com/gh/kubeapps/kubeapps/16102