diff --git a/pkg/kubernetes/config.go b/pkg/kubernetes/config.go
index 99aba9da..67686b5c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubernetes/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kubernetes/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var ImpersonateAs = ""
+var ImpersonateAsGroups = []string{}
 
 func GetConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 	cfg, err := config.GetConfig()
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ func GetConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 		cfg.Impersonate.UserName = ImpersonateAs
 	}
 
+	if len(ImpersonateAsGroups) != 0 {
+		cfg.Impersonate.Groups = ImpersonateAsGroups
+	}
+
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kuttlctl/cmd/root.go b/pkg/kuttlctl/cmd/root.go
index 7195be37..4b85cc49 100644
--- a/pkg/kuttlctl/cmd/root.go
+++ b/pkg/kuttlctl/cmd/root.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ and serves as an API aggregation layer.
 	}
 
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&kubernetes.ImpersonateAs, "as", "", "Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&kubernetes.ImpersonateAsGroups, "as-groups", []string{}, "Groups to impersonate for the operation.")
+
 	cmd.AddCommand(newAssertCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(newErrorsCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(newTestCmd())