diff --git a/docs/cli-arguments.md b/docs/cli-arguments.md
index f70c68d3b0..fe4bc91ffa 100644
--- a/docs/cli-arguments.md
+++ b/docs/cli-arguments.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Usage of ./kube-state-metrics:
       --pod string                                 Name of the pod that contains the kube-state-metrics container. When set, it is expected that --pod and --pod-namespace are both set. Most likely this should be passed via the downward API. This is used for auto-detecting sharding. If set, this has preference over statically configured sharding. This is experimental, it may be removed without notice.
       --pod-namespace string                       Name of the namespace of the pod specified by --pod. When set, it is expected that --pod and --pod-namespace are both set. Most likely this should be passed via the downward API. This is used for auto-detecting sharding. If set, this has preference over statically configured sharding. This is experimental, it may be removed without notice.
       --port int                                   Port to expose metrics on. (default 8080)
-      --resources string                           Comma-separated list of Resources to be enabled. Defaults to "certificatesigningrequests,configmaps,cronjobs,daemonsets,deployments,endpoints,horizontalpodautoscalers,ingresses,jobs,leases,limitranges,mutatingwebhookconfigurations,namespaces,networkpolicies,nodes,persistentvolumeclaims,persistentvolumes,poddisruptionbudgets,pods,replicasets,replicationcontrollers,resourcequotas,secrets,services,statefulsets,storageclasses,validatingwebhookconfigurations,volumeattachments"
+      --resources string                           Comma-separated list of Resources to be enabled. Defaults to "certificatesigningrequests,configmaps,cronjobs,daemonsets,deployments,endpoints,horizontalpodautoscalers,ingresses,jobs,leases,limitranges,mutatingwebhookconfigurations,namespaces,networkpolicies,nodes,persistentvolumeclaims,persistentvolumes,poddisruptionbudgets,pods,replicasets,replicationcontrollers,resourcequotas,secrets,serviceaccounts,services,statefulsets,storageclasses,validatingwebhookconfigurations,volumeattachments"
       --shard int32                                The instances shard nominal (zero indexed) within the total number of shards. (default 0)
       --skip_headers                               If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
       --skip_log_headers                           If true, avoid headers when opening log files
diff --git a/docs/serviceaccount-metrics.md b/docs/serviceaccount-metrics.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eb21c4e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/serviceaccount-metrics.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Service Metrics
+
+| Metric name                           | Metric type | Description                                                                    | Unit (where applicable) | Labels/tags                                                                                                                                                                    | Status       |
+|---------------------------------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
+| kube_serviceaccount_info              | Gauge       | Information about a service account                                            |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt; <br> `automount_token`=&lt;serviceaccount-automount-token&gt;                   | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_serviceaccount_created           | Gauge       | Unix creation timestamp                                                        |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt;                                                                                 | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_serviceaccount_deleted           | Gauge       | Unix deletion timestamp                                                        |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt;                                                                                 | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_serviceaccount_secret            | Gauge       | Secret being referenced by a service account                                   |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt; <br> `name`=&lt;secret-name&gt;                                                 | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_serviceaccount_image_pull_secret | Gauge       | Secret being referenced by a service account for the purpose of pulling images |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt; <br> `name`=&lt;secret-name&gt;                                                 | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_serviceaccount_annotations       | Gauge       | Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels                          |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt; <br> `annotation_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ANNOTATION`=&lt;SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ANNOTATION&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_serviceaccount_labels            | Gauge       | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels                               |                         | `namespace`=&lt;serviceaccount-namespace&gt; <br> `serviceaccount`=&lt;serviceaccount-name&gt; <br> `label_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_LABEL`=&lt;SERVICE_ACCOUNT_LABEL&gt;                | EXPERIMENTAL |
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diff --git a/internal/store/builder.go b/internal/store/builder.go
index 198e47f9e8..1707ebcc7b 100644
--- a/internal/store/builder.go
+++ b/internal/store/builder.go
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ var availableStores = map[string]func(f *Builder) []cache.Store{
 	"replicationcontrollers":          func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildReplicationControllerStores() },
 	"resourcequotas":                  func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildResourceQuotaStores() },
 	"secrets":                         func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildSecretStores() },
+	"serviceaccounts":                 func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildServiceAccountStores() },
 	"services":                        func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildServiceStores() },
 	"statefulsets":                    func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildStatefulSetStores() },
 	"storageclasses":                  func(b *Builder) []cache.Store { return b.buildStorageClassStores() },
@@ -384,6 +385,10 @@ func (b *Builder) buildSecretStores() []cache.Store {
 	return b.buildStoresFunc(secretMetricFamilies(b.allowAnnotationsList["secrets"], b.allowLabelsList["secrets"]), &v1.Secret{}, createSecretListWatch, b.useAPIServerCache)
 }
 
+func (b *Builder) buildServiceAccountStores() []cache.Store {
+	return b.buildStoresFunc(serviceAccountMetricFamilies(b.allowAnnotationsList["serviceaccounts"], b.allowLabelsList["serviceaccounts"]), &v1.ServiceAccount{}, createServiceAccountListWatch, b.useAPIServerCache)
+}
+
 func (b *Builder) buildServiceStores() []cache.Store {
 	return b.buildStoresFunc(serviceMetricFamilies(b.allowAnnotationsList["services"], b.allowLabelsList["services"]), &v1.Service{}, createServiceListWatch, b.useAPIServerCache)
 }
diff --git a/internal/store/serviceaccount.go b/internal/store/serviceaccount.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e7f4341dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/serviceaccount.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric"
+	generator "k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric_generator"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+var (
+	descServiceAccountLabelsDefaultLabels = []string{"namespace", "serviceaccount", "uid"}
+)
+
+func serviceAccountMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) []generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return []generator.FamilyGenerator{
+		createServiceAccountInfoFamilyGenerator(),
+		createServiceAccountCreatedFamilyGenerator(),
+		createServiceAccountDeletedFamilyGenerator(),
+		createServiceAccountSecretFamilyGenerator(),
+		createServiceAccountImagePullSecretFamilyGenerator(),
+		createServiceAccountAnnotationsGenerator(allowAnnotationsList),
+		createServiceAccountLabelsGenerator(allowLabelsList),
+	}
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountInfoFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_info",
+		"Information about a service account",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			var labelKeys []string
+			var labelValues []string
+
+			if sa.AutomountServiceAccountToken != nil {
+				labelKeys = append(labelKeys, "automount_token")
+				labelValues = append(labelValues, strconv.FormatBool(*sa.AutomountServiceAccountToken))
+			}
+
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: []*metric.Metric{{
+					LabelKeys:   labelKeys,
+					LabelValues: labelValues,
+					Value:       1,
+				}},
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountCreatedFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_created",
+		"Unix creation timestamp",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			var ms []*metric.Metric
+
+			if !sa.CreationTimestamp.IsZero() {
+				ms = append(ms, &metric.Metric{
+					LabelKeys:   []string{},
+					LabelValues: []string{},
+					Value:       float64(sa.CreationTimestamp.Unix()),
+				})
+			}
+
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: ms,
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountDeletedFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_deleted",
+		"Unix deletion timestamp",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			var ms []*metric.Metric
+
+			if sa.DeletionTimestamp != nil && !sa.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
+				ms = append(ms, &metric.Metric{
+					LabelKeys:   []string{},
+					LabelValues: []string{},
+					Value:       float64(sa.DeletionTimestamp.Unix()),
+				})
+			}
+
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: ms,
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountSecretFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_secret",
+		"Secret being referenced by a service account",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			var ms []*metric.Metric
+
+			for _, s := range sa.Secrets {
+				// TODO: "s.APIVersion", "s.Kind" e.t.c are null or an empty string at this point
+
+				ms = append(ms, &metric.Metric{
+					LabelKeys:   []string{"name"},
+					LabelValues: []string{s.Name},
+					Value:       1,
+				})
+			}
+
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: ms,
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountImagePullSecretFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_image_pull_secret",
+		"Secret being referenced by a service account for the purpose of pulling images",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			var ms []*metric.Metric
+
+			for _, s := range sa.ImagePullSecrets {
+				// TODO: "s.APIVersion", "s.Kind" e.t.c are null or an empty string at this point
+
+				ms = append(ms, &metric.Metric{
+					LabelKeys:   []string{"name"},
+					LabelValues: []string{s.Name},
+					Value:       1,
+				})
+			}
+
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: ms,
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountAnnotationsGenerator(allowAnnotations []string) generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_annotations",
+		"Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels.",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			annotationKeys, annotationValues := createPrometheusLabelKeysValues("annotation", sa.Annotations, allowAnnotations)
+			m := metric.Metric{
+				LabelKeys:   annotationKeys,
+				LabelValues: annotationValues,
+				Value:       1,
+			}
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: []*metric.Metric{&m},
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountLabelsGenerator(allowLabelsList []string) generator.FamilyGenerator {
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+		"kube_serviceaccount_labels",
+		"Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels.",
+		metric.Gauge,
+		"",
+		wrapServiceAccountFunc(func(sa *v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family {
+			labelKeys, labelValues := createPrometheusLabelKeysValues("label", sa.Labels, allowLabelsList)
+			m := metric.Metric{
+				LabelKeys:   labelKeys,
+				LabelValues: labelValues,
+				Value:       1,
+			}
+			return &metric.Family{
+				Metrics: []*metric.Metric{&m},
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+}
+
+func wrapServiceAccountFunc(f func(*v1.ServiceAccount) *metric.Family) func(interface{}) *metric.Family {
+	return func(obj interface{}) *metric.Family {
+		serviceAccount := obj.(*v1.ServiceAccount)
+
+		metricFamily := f(serviceAccount)
+
+		for _, m := range metricFamily.Metrics {
+			m.LabelKeys, m.LabelValues = mergeKeyValues(descServiceAccountLabelsDefaultLabels, []string{serviceAccount.Namespace, serviceAccount.Name, string(serviceAccount.UID)}, m.LabelKeys, m.LabelValues)
+		}
+
+		return metricFamily
+	}
+}
+
+func createServiceAccountListWatch(kubeClient clientset.Interface, ns string, fieldSelector string) cache.ListerWatcher {
+	return &cache.ListWatch{
+		ListFunc: func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+			opts.FieldSelector = fieldSelector
+			return kubeClient.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(ns).List(context.TODO(), opts)
+		},
+		WatchFunc: func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+			opts.FieldSelector = fieldSelector
+			return kubeClient.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(ns).Watch(context.TODO(), opts)
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go b/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0f9316a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package store
+
+import (
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	generator "k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric_generator"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestServiceAccountStore(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []generateMetricsTestCase{
+		{
+			Obj: &v1.ServiceAccount{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "serviceAccountName",
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1.Time{Time: time.Unix(1500000000, 0)},
+					DeletionTimestamp: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Unix(3000000000, 0)},
+					Namespace:         "serviceAccountNS",
+					UID:               "serviceAccountUID",
+				},
+				AutomountServiceAccountToken: pointer.Bool(true),
+				Secrets: []v1.ObjectReference{
+					{
+						APIVersion: "v1",
+						Kind:       "Secret",
+						Name:       "secretName",
+						Namespace:  "serviceAccountNS",
+					},
+				},
+				ImagePullSecrets: []v1.LocalObjectReference{
+					{
+						Name: "imagePullSecretName",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Want: `
+			# HELP kube_serviceaccount_info Information about a service account
+			# HELP kube_serviceaccount_created Unix creation timestamp
+			# HELP kube_serviceaccount_deleted Unix deletion timestamp
+			# HELP kube_serviceaccount_secret Secret being referenced by a service account
+			# HELP kube_serviceaccount_image_pull_secret Secret being referenced by a service account for the purpose of pulling images
+			# TYPE kube_serviceaccount_info gauge
+			# TYPE kube_serviceaccount_created gauge
+			# TYPE kube_serviceaccount_deleted gauge
+			# TYPE kube_serviceaccount_secret gauge
+            # TYPE kube_serviceaccount_image_pull_secret gauge
+			kube_serviceaccount_info{namespace="serviceAccountNS",serviceaccount="serviceAccountName",uid="serviceAccountUID",automount_token="true"} 1
+			kube_serviceaccount_created{namespace="serviceAccountNS",serviceaccount="serviceAccountName",uid="serviceAccountUID"} 1.5e+09
+			kube_serviceaccount_deleted{namespace="serviceAccountNS",serviceaccount="serviceAccountName",uid="serviceAccountUID"} 3e+09
+			kube_serviceaccount_secret{namespace="serviceAccountNS",serviceaccount="serviceAccountName",uid="serviceAccountUID",name="secretName"} 1
+			kube_serviceaccount_image_pull_secret{namespace="serviceAccountNS",serviceaccount="serviceAccountName",uid="serviceAccountUID",name="imagePullSecretName"} 1`,
+			MetricNames: []string{
+				"kube_serviceaccount_info",
+				"kube_serviceaccount_created",
+				"kube_serviceaccount_deleted",
+				"kube_serviceaccount_secret",
+				"kube_serviceaccount_image_pull_secret",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		c.Func = generator.ComposeMetricGenFuncs(serviceAccountMetricFamilies(c.AllowAnnotationsList, c.AllowLabelsList))
+		c.Headers = generator.ExtractMetricFamilyHeaders(serviceAccountMetricFamilies(c.AllowAnnotationsList, c.AllowLabelsList))
+		if err := c.run(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected collecting result in %vth run:\n%s", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/options/resource.go b/pkg/options/resource.go
index 09e0e0400c..8c4a170bbb 100644
--- a/pkg/options/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/options/resource.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var (
 		"replicationcontrollers":          struct{}{},
 		"resourcequotas":                  struct{}{},
 		"secrets":                         struct{}{},
+		"serviceaccounts":                 struct{}{},
 		"services":                        struct{}{},
 		"statefulsets":                    struct{}{},
 		"storageclasses":                  struct{}{},
diff --git a/tests/manifests/serviceaccount.yaml b/tests/manifests/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9df8927a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manifests/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: serviceaccount
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: [""]
+    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
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