diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a598507..a72c935 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 __pycache__
 env
 .snakemake
+poetry.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/further.md b/docs/further.md
index daad1e9..fe36d0c 100644
--- a/docs/further.md
+++ b/docs/further.md
@@ -240,6 +240,20 @@ rule hello_world:
         "..."
 ```
 
+#### googlebatch_service_account
+
+The email of custom compute service account to be used by Batch (e.g., `snakemake-sa@projectid.iam.gserviceaccount.com`)
+
+```console
+rule hello_world:
+	output:
+		"...",
+	resources: 
+		googlebatch_service_account="snakemake-sa@projectid.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
+	shell:
+        "..."
+```
+
 #### googlebatch_cpu_milli
 
 This will define the milliseconds per cpu-second for a particular step, overriding the default from the command line.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 92edd0d..96c98cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ black = "^24.4.0"
 flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 coverage = "^7.3.1"
 pytest = "^7.4.2"
-snakemake = {git = "https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake.git", branch="main"}
+snakemake = "^8.18.0"
 snakemake-storage-plugin-s3 = "^0.2.10"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
diff --git a/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/__init__.py b/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/__init__.py
index 1cb1f31..f8cd049 100644
--- a/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/__init__.py
+++ b/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/__init__.py
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ class ExecutorSettings(ExecutorSettingsBase):
         },
     )
 
+    service_account: Optional[str] = field(
+        default=None,
+        metadata={
+            "help": "The email of a customer compute service account",
+            "env_var": True,
+            "required": False,
+        },
+    )
+
     # local SSD uses type "local-ssd".
     # Also "pd-balanced", "pd-extreme", "pd-ssd", "pd-standard"
     boot_disk_type: Optional[str] = field(
diff --git a/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/executor.py b/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/executor.py
index 509b1d7..e9adb01 100644
--- a/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/executor.py
+++ b/snakemake_executor_plugin_googlebatch/executor.py
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ def get_allocation_policy(self, job):
         network_policy = self.get_network_policy(job)
         if network_policy is not None:
             allocation_policy.network = network_policy
+            # Add custom compute service account
+        service_account = self.get_service_account(job)
+
+        if service_account is not None:
+            allocation_policy.service_account = service_account
+
         return allocation_policy
 
     def get_network_policy(self, job):
@@ -379,6 +385,16 @@ def get_network_policy(self, job):
         policy.network_interfaces = [interface]
         return policy
 
+    def get_service_account(self, job):
+        """
+        Givena job request, get the service account
+        """
+        service_account_email = self.get_param(job, "service_account")
+        service_account = batch_v1.ServiceAccount()
+        if service_account_email is not None:
+            service_account.email = service_account_email
+        return service_account
+
     def get_boot_disk(self, job):
         """
         Given a job request, add a customized boot disk.