diff --git a/resources/manifests/pod-checkpointer-cluster-role-binding.yaml b/resources/manifests/pod-checkpointer-cluster-role-binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cd7b42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/manifests/pod-checkpointer-cluster-role-binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: pod-checkpointer
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: pod-checkpointer
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: pod-checkpointer
+  namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/resources/manifests/pod-checkpointer-cluster-role.yaml b/resources/manifests/pod-checkpointer-cluster-role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c7add5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/manifests/pod-checkpointer-cluster-role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: pod-checkpointer
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+    verbs:
+      - get
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index d21671f1..91a74e5d 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ variable "container_images" {
     flannel_cni      = "quay.io/coreos/flannel-cni:v0.3.0"
     hyperkube        = "k8s.gcr.io/hyperkube:v1.12.2"
     coredns          = "k8s.gcr.io/coredns:1.2.6"
-    pod_checkpointer = "quay.io/coreos/pod-checkpointer:018007e77ccd61e8e59b7e15d7fc5e318a5a2682"
+    pod_checkpointer = "quay.io/dghubble/pod-checkpointer:55f0b95cf1471d8179b083c031f43a3a3bcabd0a"
   }
 }