diff --git a/cmd/redshiftloader/config/config.go b/cmd/redshiftloader/config/config.go
index 0ff5920df..5bfc183f9 100644
--- a/cmd/redshiftloader/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/redshiftloader/config/config.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	S3Sink            s3sink.Config               `yaml:"s3sink"`
 	SchemaRegistryURL string                      `yaml:"schemaRegistryURL"`
 	Redshift          redshift.RedshiftConfig     `yaml:"redshift"`
+	RedshiftGroup     *string                     `yaml:"redshiftGroup,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(cmd *cobra.Command) (Config, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/redshiftloader/main.go b/cmd/redshiftloader/main.go
index f15a305cb..3894b3f2f 100644
--- a/cmd/redshiftloader/main.go
+++ b/cmd/redshiftloader/main.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 				config.Loader,
 				groupConfig.Sarama,
 				redshifter,
+				config.RedshiftGroup,
 			),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/controllers/loader_deployment.go b/controllers/loader_deployment.go
index dc9445432..6013922c2 100644
--- a/controllers/loader_deployment.go
+++ b/controllers/loader_deployment.go
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ func NewLoader(
 			MaxOpenConns: maxOpenConns,
 			MaxIdleConns: maxIdleConns,
 		},
+		RedshiftGroup: rsk.Spec.Loader.RedshiftGroup,
 	}
 	confBytes, err := yaml.Marshal(conf)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/redshiftloader/load_processor.go b/pkg/redshiftloader/load_processor.go
index 3b882c47f..49ad9d579 100644
--- a/pkg/redshiftloader/load_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/redshiftloader/load_processor.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ type loadProcessor struct {
 	// redshiftSchema schema to operate on
 	redshiftSchema string
 
+	// redshiftGroup to gives access to
+	redshiftGroup *string
+
 	// redshiftStats stats show the db stats info in logs when enabled
 	redshiftStats bool
 
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ func newLoadProcessor(
 	partition int32,
 	saramaConfig kafka.SaramaConfig,
 	redshifter *redshift.Redshift,
+	redshiftGroup *string,
 ) (serializer.MessageBatchSyncProcessor, error) {
 	sink, err := s3sink.NewS3Sink(
 		viper.GetString("s3sink.accessKeyId"),
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ func newLoadProcessor(
 			viper.GetString("schemaRegistryURL")),
 		redshifter:     redshifter,
 		redshiftSchema: viper.GetString("redshift.schema"),
+		redshiftGroup:  redshiftGroup,
 		stagingTable:   nil,
 		targetTable:    nil,
 		tableSuffix:    viper.GetString("redshift.tableSuffix"),
@@ -535,6 +540,15 @@ func (b *loadProcessor) migrateTable(
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error migrating table, err:%v\n", err)
 	}
 
+	if b.redshiftGroup != nil {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("%s, granting schema access for table: %v to group: %v", b.topic, inputTable.Name, *b.redshiftGroup)
+		err = b.redshifter.GrantSchemaAccess(ctx, tx, inputTable.Meta.Schema, inputTable.Name, *b.redshiftGroup)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
 	err = tx.Commit()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error committing tx, err:%v\n", err)
diff --git a/pkg/redshiftloader/loader_handler.go b/pkg/redshiftloader/loader_handler.go
index 77b5859c0..e4fc5306f 100644
--- a/pkg/redshiftloader/loader_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/redshiftloader/loader_handler.go
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ type loaderHandler struct {
 	maxWaitSeconds   *int
 	maxBytesPerBatch *int64
 
-	saramaConfig kafka.SaramaConfig
-	redshifter   *redshift.Redshift
-	serializer   serializer.Serializer
+	saramaConfig  kafka.SaramaConfig
+	redshifter    *redshift.Redshift
+	redshiftGroup *string
+	serializer    serializer.Serializer
 }
 
 func NewHandler(
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ func NewHandler(
 	loaderConfig LoaderConfig,
 	saramaConfig kafka.SaramaConfig,
 	redshifter *redshift.Redshift,
+	redshiftGroup *string,
 ) *loaderHandler {
 	// apply defaults
 	if loaderConfig.MaxWaitSeconds == nil {
@@ -77,9 +79,10 @@ func NewHandler(
 		maxWaitSeconds:   loaderConfig.MaxWaitSeconds,
 		maxBytesPerBatch: loaderConfig.MaxBytesPerBatch,
 
-		saramaConfig: saramaConfig,
-		redshifter:   redshifter,
-		serializer:   serializer.NewSerializer(viper.GetString("schemaRegistryURL")),
+		saramaConfig:  saramaConfig,
+		redshifter:    redshifter,
+		redshiftGroup: redshiftGroup,
+		serializer:    serializer.NewSerializer(viper.GetString("schemaRegistryURL")),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ func (h *loaderHandler) ConsumeClaim(session sarama.ConsumerGroupSession,
 		claim.Partition(),
 		h.saramaConfig,
 		h.redshifter,
+		h.redshiftGroup,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(