diff --git a/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/service-account.yaml b/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/service-account.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3fede170cb014a4cfdf8cc99d745a32eb66aeed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/service-account.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{{- if .Values.conf.on_prem_enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ .Values.data.serviceAccountName }}"
+  namespace: "{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml b/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
index 8b1d1a4bad9d9c90286cdefa32019113553a4369..4b52a753d1c611cc96e3e486c73d8c306e2ba624 100644
--- a/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ conf:
   configmap: "search-config"
   elastic_secret_name: "search-elastic-secret"
   app_name: "search"
+  on_prem_enabled: false