diff --git a/pkg/cmd/create/create_role.go b/pkg/cmd/create/create_role.go
index ec7d5bec..20b8876f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/create/create_role.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/create/create_role.go
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+// AddSpecialVerb allows the addition of items to the `specialVerbs` map for non-k8s native resources.
+func AddSpecialVerb(verb string, gr schema.GroupResource) {
+	if resources, ok := specialVerbs[verb]; ok {
+		resources = append(resources, gr)
+		specialVerbs[verb] = resources
+	}
+}
+
 // ResourceOptions holds the related options for '--resource' option
 type ResourceOptions struct {
 	Group       string
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go b/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go
index 8ed5b71f..8cc55037 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake"
@@ -677,3 +678,29 @@ func TestComplete(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAddSpecialVerb(t *testing.T) {
+	resource := schema.GroupResource{
+		Group:    "my.custom.io",
+		Resource: "things",
+	}
+
+	AddSpecialVerb("use", resource)
+
+	found := false
+	resources, ok := specialVerbs["use"]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("expected resources for verb: use, found none\n")
+	}
+
+	for _, res := range resources {
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(resource, res) {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		t.Errorf("expected resource:\n%v\nnot found", resource)
+	}
+}