diff --git a/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/ArchivaRoleConstants.java b/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/ArchivaRoleConstants.java
index d837c1a63..e21bd6834 100644
--- a/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/ArchivaRoleConstants.java
+++ b/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/ArchivaRoleConstants.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class ArchivaRoleConstants
     
     public static final String GLOBAL_REPOSITORY_MANAGER_ROLE = "Global Repository Manager";
 
+    public static final String GLOBAL_REPOSITORY_OBSERVER_ROLE = "Global Repository Observer";
+    
     public static final String REGISTERED_USER_ROLE = "Registered User";
 
     public static final String GUEST_ROLE = "Guest";
diff --git a/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/GlobalRepositoryObserverRoleProfile.java b/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/GlobalRepositoryObserverRoleProfile.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34e61dd2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/GlobalRepositoryObserverRoleProfile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.archiva.security;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.rbac.profile.AbstractRoleProfile;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @plexus.component role="org.codehaus.plexus.rbac.profile.RoleProfile"
+ * role-hint="archiva-repository-administrator"
+ */
+public class GlobalRepositoryObserverRoleProfile
+    extends AbstractRoleProfile
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the Role name for a Repository Observer, using the provided repository id.
+     *
+     * @param repoId the repository id
+     */
+    public String getRoleName( )
+    {
+        return ArchivaRoleConstants.GLOBAL_REPOSITORY_OBSERVER_ROLE;
+    }  
+
+    public boolean isAssignable()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public List getOperations()
+    {      
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/RepositoryObserverDynamicRoleProfile.java b/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/RepositoryObserverDynamicRoleProfile.java
index 753d1695c..84b696db8 100644
--- a/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/RepositoryObserverDynamicRoleProfile.java
+++ b/archiva-security/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/security/RepositoryObserverDynamicRoleProfile.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ package org.apache.maven.archiva.security;
  */
 
 import org.codehaus.plexus.rbac.profile.AbstractDynamicRoleProfile;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.rbac.profile.RoleProfileException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.security.rbac.RbacManagerException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.security.rbac.RbacObjectNotFoundException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.security.rbac.Role;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -52,4 +56,35 @@ public class RepositoryObserverDynamicRoleProfile
     {
         return true;
     }
+    
+    public Role getRole( String resource )
+    throws RoleProfileException
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( rbacManager.roleExists( getRoleName( resource ) ) )
+        {
+            return rbacManager.getRole( getRoleName( resource ) );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // first time assign the role to the group administrator since they need the access
+            Role newRole = generateRole( resource );
+
+            Role repoAdmin = rbacManager.getRole( ArchivaRoleConstants.GLOBAL_REPOSITORY_OBSERVER_ROLE );
+            repoAdmin.addChildRoleName( newRole.getName() );
+            rbacManager.saveRole( repoAdmin );
+
+            return newRole;
+        }
+    }
+    catch ( RbacObjectNotFoundException ne )
+    {
+        throw new RoleProfileException( "unable to get role", ne );
+    }
+    catch ( RbacManagerException e )
+    {
+        throw new RoleProfileException( "system error with rbac manager", e );
+    }
+}
 }