diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3a428597f..645fdb98b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ BREAKING CHANGES:
   * `server.replicas` now defaults to `1`. Formerly, this defaulted to `3`. [[GH-1551](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1551)]
   * `connectInject.enabled` now defaults to `true`. [[GH-1551](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1551)]
   * `controller.enabled` now defaults to `true`. [[GH-1551](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1551)]
+  
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+* Helm:
+  * API Gateway: Allow controller to read MeshServices for use as a route backend. [[GH-1574](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1574)]
 
 ## 1.0.0-beta1 (October 4, 2022)
 FEATURES:
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
index cce6b5b6c6..0676c6ae4e 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ rules:
   - gatewayclassconfigs/finalizers
   verbs:
   - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - api-gateway.consul.hashicorp.com
+  resources:
+  - meshservices
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - apps
   resources: