diff --git a/applications/katib/upstream/components/controller/rbac.yaml b/applications/katib/upstream/components/controller/rbac.yaml
index 9eec02296..ccc867a2e 100644
--- a/applications/katib/upstream/components/controller/rbac.yaml
+++ b/applications/katib/upstream/components/controller/rbac.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ rules:
       - "watch"
       - "create"
       - "delete"
+  - apiGroups:
+    - trainer.kubeflow.org
+    resources:
+    - trainjobs
+    verbs:
+    - "get"
+    - "list"
+    - "watch"
+    - "create"
+    - "delete"
   - apiGroups:
       - kubeflow.org
     resources:
diff --git a/experimental/helm/charts/katib/templates/controller/rbac.yaml b/experimental/helm/charts/katib/templates/controller/rbac.yaml
index c01691b35..3fbd31147 100644
--- a/experimental/helm/charts/katib/templates/controller/rbac.yaml
+++ b/experimental/helm/charts/katib/templates/controller/rbac.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ rules:
   - "watch"
   - "create"
   - "delete"
+- apiGroups:
+  - trainer.kubeflow.org
+  resources:
+  - trainjobs
+  verbs:
+  - "get"
+  - "list"
+  - "watch"
+  - "create"
+  - "delete"
 - apiGroups:
   - kubeflow.org
   resources: