diff --git a/src/Orchard.Tests/UI/Navigation/NavigationManagerTests.cs b/src/Orchard.Tests/UI/Navigation/NavigationManagerTests.cs
index 105f3ee3c..8f4e5e37c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Tests/UI/Navigation/NavigationManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Tests/UI/Navigation/NavigationManagerTests.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using Orchard.Security;
+using Orchard.Security.Permissions;
 using Orchard.UI.Navigation;
 
 namespace Orchard.Tests.UI.Navigation {
@@ -10,15 +12,21 @@ namespace Orchard.Tests.UI.Navigation {
     public class NavigationManagerTests {
         [Test]
         public void EmptyMenuIfNameDoesntMatch() {
-            var manager = new NavigationManager(new[] { new StubProvider() });
+            var manager = new NavigationManager(new[] { new StubProvider() }, new StubAuth());
 
             var menuItems = manager.BuildMenu("primary");
             Assert.That(menuItems.Count(), Is.EqualTo(0));
         }
 
+        public class StubAuth : IAuthorizationService {
+            public bool CheckAccess(IUser user, Permission permission) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void NavigationManagerShouldUseProvidersToBuildNamedMenu() {
-            var manager = new NavigationManager(new[] { new StubProvider() });
+            var manager = new NavigationManager(new[] { new StubProvider() }, new StubAuth());
 
             var menuItems = manager.BuildMenu("admin");
             Assert.That(menuItems.Count(), Is.EqualTo(2));
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Tests.UI.Navigation {
 
         [Test]
         public void NavigationManagerShouldMergeAndOrderNavigation() {
-            var manager = new NavigationManager(new INavigationProvider[] { new StubProvider(), new Stub2Provider() });
+            var manager = new NavigationManager(new INavigationProvider[] { new StubProvider(), new Stub2Provider() }, new StubAuth());
 
             var menuItems = manager.BuildMenu("admin");
             Assert.That(menuItems.Count(), Is.EqualTo(3));
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.CmsPages/AdminMenu.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.CmsPages/AdminMenu.cs
index fd24a26b2..bec506300 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.CmsPages/AdminMenu.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.CmsPages/AdminMenu.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Orchard.CmsPages {
             builder.Add("Pages", "1",
                         menu => menu
                                     .Add("Manage Pages", "1.0", item => item.Action("Index", "Admin", new { area = "Orchard.CmsPages" }))
-                                    .Add("Add a Page", "1.1", item => item.Action("Create", "Admin", new { area = "Orchard.CmsPages" }))
+                                    .Add("Add a Page", "1.1", item => item.Action("Create", "Admin", new { area = "Orchard.CmsPages" }).Permission(Permissions.CreatePages))
                                     );
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs
index e41d2fee7..bcee289e1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Routing;
+using Orchard.Security.Permissions;
 
 namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
     public class MenuItem {
+        public MenuItem() {
+            Permissions = Enumerable.Empty<Permission>();
+        }
+
         public string Text { get; set; }
         public string Position { get; set; }
         public RouteValueDictionary RouteValues { get; set; }
         public IEnumerable<MenuItem> Items { get; set; }
+        public IEnumerable<Permission> Permissions { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationBuilder.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationBuilder.cs
index da1e2db69..25050dc0c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationBuilder.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Routing;
+using Orchard.Security.Permissions;
 
 namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
     public class NavigationBuilder {
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public NavigationItemBuilder Permission(Permission permission) {
+            _item.Permissions = _item.Permissions.Concat(new[]{permission});
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public new IEnumerable<MenuItem> Build() {
             _item.Items = base.Build();
             return new[] { _item };
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs
index d99cef6b9..5acfd6377 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-using System.Collections;
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Orchard.Security;
 
 namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
     public interface INavigationManager : IDependency {
@@ -10,13 +12,32 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
 
     public class NavigationManager : INavigationManager {
         private readonly IEnumerable<INavigationProvider> _providers;
+        private readonly IAuthorizationService _authorizationService;
 
-        public NavigationManager(IEnumerable<INavigationProvider> providers) {
+        public NavigationManager(IEnumerable<INavigationProvider> providers, IAuthorizationService authorizationService) {
             _providers = providers;
+            _authorizationService = authorizationService;
         }
 
+        public IUser CurrentUser { get; set; }
+
         public IEnumerable<MenuItem> BuildMenu(string menuName) {
-            return Merge(AllSources(menuName)).ToArray();
+            return Reduce(Merge(AllSources(menuName))).ToArray();
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<MenuItem> Reduce(IEnumerable<MenuItem> items) {
+            foreach(var item in items) {
+                if (!item.Permissions.Any() || 
+                    item.Permissions.Any(x=>_authorizationService.CheckAccess(CurrentUser, x))) {
+                    yield return new MenuItem {
+                        Items = Reduce(item.Items),
+                        Permissions = item.Permissions,
+                        Position = item.Position,
+                        RouteValues = item.RouteValues,
+                        Text = item.Text,
+                    };
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private IEnumerable<IEnumerable<MenuItem>> AllSources(string menuName) {
@@ -46,7 +67,8 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
                 Text = items.First().Text,
                 RouteValues = items.First().RouteValues,
                 Items = Merge(items.Select(x => x.Items)).ToArray(),
-                Position = SelectBestPositionValue(items.Select(x => x.Position))
+                Position = SelectBestPositionValue(items.Select(x => x.Position)),
+                Permissions = items.SelectMany(x=>x.Permissions),
             };
             return joined;
         }