diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index eb4d3f2e96c..490a94ff9b7 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ en:
     emoji_set: "How would you like your emoji?"
     enforce_square_emoji: "Force a square aspect ratio to all emojis."
 
-    approve_post_count: "The amount of posts from a new user that must be approved"
+    approve_post_count: "The amount of posts from a new or basic user that must be approved"
     approve_unless_trust_level: "Posts for users below this trust level must be approved"
     notify_about_queued_posts_after: "If there are posts that have been waiting to be reviewed for more than this many hours, an email will be sent to the contact email. Set to 0 to disable these emails."
 
diff --git a/lib/new_post_manager.rb b/lib/new_post_manager.rb
index 2054374af25..923315d9150 100644
--- a/lib/new_post_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/new_post_manager.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class NewPostManager
 
     return false if user.staff? || user.staged
 
-    (user.trust_level == TrustLevel.levels[:newuser] && user.post_count < SiteSetting.approve_post_count) ||
+    (user.trust_level <= TrustLevel.levels[:basic] && user.post_count < SiteSetting.approve_post_count) ||
     (user.trust_level < SiteSetting.approve_unless_trust_level.to_i) ||
     is_fast_typer?(manager) ||
     matches_auto_block_regex?(manager)
diff --git a/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb b/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
index 689ad16054f..955292e7b3a 100644
--- a/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe NewPostManager do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with a high approval post count' do
+    context 'with a high approval post count and TL0' do
       before do
         SiteSetting.approve_post_count = 100
         topic.user.trust_level = 0
@@ -81,11 +81,23 @@ describe NewPostManager do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with a high approval post count, but TL1' do
+    context 'with a high approval post count and TL1' do
       before do
         SiteSetting.approve_post_count = 100
         topic.user.trust_level = 1
       end
+      it "will return an enqueue result" do
+        result = NewPostManager.default_handler(manager)
+        expect(NewPostManager.queue_enabled?).to eq(true)
+        expect(result.action).to eq(:enqueued)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with a high approval post count, but TL2' do
+      before do
+        SiteSetting.approve_post_count = 100
+        topic.user.trust_level = 2
+      end
       it "will return an enqueue result" do
         result = NewPostManager.default_handler(manager)
         expect(result).to be_nil