diff --git a/sysdig/data_source_sysdig_custom_role.go b/sysdig/data_source_sysdig_custom_role.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..587cfecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdig/data_source_sysdig_custom_role.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package sysdig
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func dataSourceSysdigCustomRole() *schema.Resource {
+	timeout := 5 * time.Minute
+
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		ReadContext: dataSourceSysdigCustomRoleRead,
+
+		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
+			Read: schema.DefaultTimeout(timeout),
+		},
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"name": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"description": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"monitor_permissions": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Schema{
+					Type: schema.TypeString,
+				},
+			},
+			"secure_permissions": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Schema{
+					Type: schema.TypeString,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceSysdigCustomRoleRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
+	client, err := m.(SysdigClients).sysdigCommonClientV2()
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	name := d.Get("name").(string)
+
+	customRole, err := client.GetCustomRoleByName(ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	d.SetId(strconv.Itoa(customRole.ID))
+	_ = d.Set("name", customRole.Name)
+	_ = d.Set("description", customRole.Description)
+	_ = d.Set("monitor_permissions", customRole.MonitorPermissions)
+	_ = d.Set("secure_permissions", customRole.SecurePermissions)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/sysdig/data_source_sysdig_custom_role_test.go b/sysdig/data_source_sysdig_custom_role_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..030239e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdig/data_source_sysdig_custom_role_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//go:build tf_acc_sysdig_monitor || tf_acc_sysdig_secure
+
+package sysdig_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+
+	"github.com/draios/terraform-provider-sysdig/sysdig"
+)
+
+func TestAccCustomRoleDateSource(t *testing.T) {
+	rText := acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(10, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck: preCheckAnyEnv(t, SysdigMonitorApiTokenEnv, SysdigSecureApiTokenEnv),
+		ProviderFactories: map[string]func() (*schema.Provider, error){
+			"sysdig": func() (*schema.Provider, error) {
+				return sysdig.Provider(), nil
+			},
+		},
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: getCustomRole(rText),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.sysdig_custom_role.custom", "monitor_permissions.*", "token.view"),
+					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.sysdig_custom_role.custom", "monitor_permissions.*", "api-token.read"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.sysdig_custom_role.custom", "secure_permissions.#", "0"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func getCustomRole(name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "sysdig_custom_role" "test" {
+  name = "%s"
+  description = "test"
+
+  permissions {
+    monitor_permissions = ["token.view", "api-token.read"]
+  }
+}
+data "sysdig_custom_role" "custom" {
+  depends_on = [sysdig_custom_role.test]
+  name = sysdig_custom_role.test.name
+}
+`, name)
+}
diff --git a/sysdig/provider.go b/sysdig/provider.go
index d3983c17..9f5d3d3d 100644
--- a/sysdig/provider.go
+++ b/sysdig/provider.go
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 			"sysdig_current_user":      dataSourceSysdigCurrentUser(),
 			"sysdig_user":              dataSourceSysdigUser(),
 			"sysdig_secure_connection": dataSourceSysdigSecureConnection(),
+			"sysdig_custom_role":       dataSourceSysdigCustomRole(),
 
 			"sysdig_fargate_workload_agent":                 dataSourceSysdigFargateWorkloadAgent(),
 			"sysdig_monitor_notification_channel_pagerduty": dataSourceSysdigMonitorNotificationChannelPagerduty(),
diff --git a/website/docs/d/custom_role.md b/website/docs/d/custom_role.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b48c34cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/docs/d/custom_role.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+subcategory: "Sysdig Platform"
+layout: "sysdig"
+page_title: "Sysdig: sysdig_custom_role"
+description: |-
+  Retrieves information about a custom role from the name
+---
+
+# Data Source: sysdig_custom_role
+
+Retrieves information about a custom role from the name
+
+-> **Note:** Sysdig Terraform Provider is under rapid development at this point. If you experience any issue or discrepancy while using it, please make sure you have the latest version. If the issue persists, or you have a Feature Request to support an additional set of resources, please open a [new issue](https://github.com/sysdiglabs/terraform-provider-sysdig/issues/new) in the GitHub repository.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```terraform
+data "sysdig_custom_role" "custom_role" {
+  name = "CustomRoleName"
+}
+```
+
+## Attributes Reference
+
+In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:
+
+* `id` - The custom role's ID.
+
+* `name` - The custom role's name.
+
+* `description` - The custom role's description.
+
+* `monitor_permissions` - The custom role's monitor permissions.
+
+* `secure_permissions` - The custom role's secure permissions.