diff --git a/gen3/bin/kube-roll-all.sh b/gen3/bin/kube-roll-all.sh
index 02483d7b5..78f20d550 100644
--- a/gen3/bin/kube-roll-all.sh
+++ b/gen3/bin/kube-roll-all.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ if g3k_manifest_lookup .versions.ssjdispatcher 2>&1 /dev/null; then
   gen3 kube-setup-ssjdispatcher
 fi
 
+if g3k_manifest_lookup .versions.access-backend 2> /dev/null; then
+  gen3 kube-setup-access-backend
+else
+  gen3_log_info "not deploying access-backend - no manifest entry for .versions.access-backend"
+fi
+
 gen3 kube-setup-revproxy
 
 if [[ "$GEN3_ROLL_FAST" != "true" ]]; then