diff --git a/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml b/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..044359d0566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The Knative Authors
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Use this aggregated ClusterRole when you need read and update permissions on "Channelables".
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: channelable-manipulator
+aggregationRule:
+  clusterRoleSelectors:
+  - matchLabels:
+      duck.knative.dev/channelable: "true"
+rules: [] # Rules are automatically filled in by the controller manager.
+
diff --git a/config/200-controller-clusterrole.yaml b/config/200-controller-clusterrole.yaml
index 67b99476f9a..cf734475777 100644
--- a/config/200-controller-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/config/200-controller-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -100,16 +100,3 @@ rules:
       - "get"
       - "list"
       - "watch"
-
-  # Messaging resources and statuses we care about.
-  - apiGroups:
-      - "messaging.knative.dev"
-    resources:
-      - "inmemorychannels"
-      - "inmemorychannels/status"
-    verbs:
-      - "get"
-      - "list"
-      - "watch"
-      - "update"
-      - "patch"
diff --git a/config/201-clusterrolebinding.yaml b/config/201-clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 9dd86d2780b..76bce8afe4d 100644
--- a/config/201-clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/config/201-clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ roleRef:
 
 ---
 
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: eventing-controller-manipulator
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: eventing-controller
+    namespace: knative-eventing
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: channelable-manipulator
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+
+---
+
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
diff --git a/config/channels/in-memory-channel/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml b/config/channels/in-memory-channel/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff8e4b5cac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/channels/in-memory-channel/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The Knative Authors
+#
+# 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.
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: imc-channelable-manipulator
+  labels:
+    duck.knative.dev/channelable: "true"
+# Do not use this role directly. These rules will be added to the "channelable-manipulator" role.
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - messaging.knative.dev
+    resources:
+      - inmemorychannels
+      - inmemorychannels/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+      - patch
diff --git a/contrib/kafka/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml b/contrib/kafka/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18e013911ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/kafka/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The Knative Authors
+#
+# 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.
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: kafka-channelable-manipulator
+  labels:
+    duck.knative.dev/channelable: "true"
+# Do not use this role directly. These rules will be added to the "channelable-manipulator" role.
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - messaging.knative.dev
+    resources:
+      - kafkachannels
+      - kafkachannels/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+      - patch
diff --git a/contrib/natss/config/200-channelable-clusterrole.yaml b/contrib/natss/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
similarity index 93%
rename from contrib/natss/config/200-channelable-clusterrole.yaml
rename to contrib/natss/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
index 56e9a94a6d6..d80168a3a05 100644
--- a/contrib/natss/config/200-channelable-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/contrib/natss/config/200-channelable-manipulator-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  name: natss-channelable
+  name: natss-channelable-manipulator
   labels:
     duck.knative.dev/channelable: "true"
-# Do not use this role directly. These rules will be added to the "channelable" role.
+# Do not use this role directly. These rules will be added to the "channelable-manipulator" role.
 rules:
   - apiGroups:
       - messaging.knative.dev