diff --git a/src/sagemaker/processing.py b/src/sagemaker/processing.py
index af52da6288..2605fb9e27 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/processing.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/processing.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Processor(object):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        role: str,
+        role: Union[str, PipelineVariable],
         image_uri: Union[str, PipelineVariable],
         instance_count: Union[int, PipelineVariable],
         instance_type: Union[str, PipelineVariable],
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def __init__(
         The ``Processor`` handles Amazon SageMaker Processing tasks.
 
         Args:
-            role (str): An AWS IAM role name or ARN. Amazon SageMaker Processing
+            role (str or PipelineVariable): An AWS IAM role name or ARN. Amazon SageMaker Processing
                 uses this role to access AWS resources, such as
                 data stored in Amazon S3.
             image_uri (str or PipelineVariable): The URI of the Docker image to use for the
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class ScriptProcessor(Processor):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        role: str,
+        role: Union[str, PipelineVariable],
         image_uri: Union[str, PipelineVariable],
         command: List[str],
         instance_count: Union[int, PipelineVariable],
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def __init__(
         run as part of the Processing Job.
 
         Args:
-            role (str): An AWS IAM role name or ARN. Amazon SageMaker Processing
+            role (str or PipelineVariable): An AWS IAM role name or ARN. Amazon SageMaker Processing
                 uses this role to access AWS resources, such as
                 data stored in Amazon S3.
             image_uri (str or PipelineVariable): The URI of the Docker image to use for the
@@ -931,7 +931,11 @@ def _get_process_args(cls, processor, inputs, outputs, experiment_config):
         else:
             process_request_args["network_config"] = None
 
-        process_request_args["role_arn"] = processor.sagemaker_session.expand_role(processor.role)
+        process_request_args["role_arn"] = (
+            processor.role
+            if is_pipeline_variable(processor.role)
+            else processor.sagemaker_session.expand_role(processor.role)
+        )
 
         process_request_args["tags"] = processor.tags
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_processing.py b/tests/unit/test_processing.py
index 34c530747d..5eb91747b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_processing.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_processing.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from sagemaker.sklearn.processing import SKLearnProcessor
 from sagemaker.pytorch.processing import PyTorchProcessor
 from sagemaker.tensorflow.processing import TensorFlowProcessor
+from sagemaker.workflow import ParameterString
 from sagemaker.xgboost.processing import XGBoostProcessor
 from sagemaker.mxnet.processing import MXNetProcessor
 from sagemaker.network import NetworkConfig
@@ -737,6 +738,62 @@ def test_processor_with_required_parameters(sagemaker_session):
     sagemaker_session.process.assert_called_with(**expected_args)
 
 
+def test_processor_with_role_as_pipeline_parameter(sagemaker_session):
+
+    role = ParameterString(name="Role", default_value=ROLE)
+
+    processor = Processor(
+        role=role,
+        image_uri=CUSTOM_IMAGE_URI,
+        instance_count=1,
+        instance_type="ml.m4.xlarge",
+        sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
+    )
+
+    processor.run()
+
+    expected_args = _get_expected_args(processor._current_job_name)
+    assert expected_args["role_arn"] == role.default_value
+
+
+@patch("os.path.exists", return_value=True)
+@patch("os.path.isfile", return_value=True)
+def test_script_processor_with_role_as_pipeline_parameter(
+    exists_mock, isfile_mock, sagemaker_session
+):
+    role = ParameterString(name="Role", default_value=ROLE)
+
+    script_processor = ScriptProcessor(
+        role=role,
+        image_uri=CUSTOM_IMAGE_URI,
+        instance_count=1,
+        instance_type="ml.m4.xlarge",
+        sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
+        command=["python3"],
+    )
+
+    run_args = script_processor.get_run_args(
+        code="/local/path/to/processing_code.py",
+        inputs=_get_data_inputs_all_parameters(),
+        outputs=_get_data_outputs_all_parameters(),
+        arguments=["--drop-columns", "'SelfEmployed'"],
+    )
+
+    script_processor.run(
+        code=run_args.code,
+        inputs=run_args.inputs,
+        outputs=run_args.outputs,
+        arguments=run_args.arguments,
+        wait=True,
+        logs=False,
+        job_name="my_job_name",
+        experiment_config={"ExperimentName": "AnExperiment"},
+    )
+
+    expected_args = _get_expected_args(script_processor._current_job_name)
+    assert expected_args["role_arn"] == role.default_value
+
+
 def test_processor_with_missing_network_config_parameters(sagemaker_session):
     processor = Processor(
         role=ROLE,