diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/ClusterPrivilege.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/ClusterPrivilege.java
index 686969da35e..9c03941b031 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/ClusterPrivilege.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/ClusterPrivilege.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public final class ClusterPrivilege extends Privilege {
     private static final Automaton MANAGE_SECURITY_AUTOMATON = patterns("cluster:admin/xpack/security/*");
     private static final Automaton MANAGE_SAML_AUTOMATON = patterns("cluster:admin/xpack/security/saml/*",
             InvalidateTokenAction.NAME, RefreshTokenAction.NAME);
+    private static final Automaton MANAGE_TOKEN_AUTOMATON = patterns("cluster:admin/xpack/security/token/*");
     private static final Automaton MONITOR_AUTOMATON = patterns("cluster:monitor/*");
     private static final Automaton MONITOR_ML_AUTOMATON = patterns("cluster:monitor/xpack/ml/*");
     private static final Automaton MONITOR_WATCHER_AUTOMATON = patterns("cluster:monitor/xpack/watcher/*");
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public final class ClusterPrivilege extends Privilege {
     public static final ClusterPrivilege MONITOR_ROLLUP =        new ClusterPrivilege("monitor_rollup",      MONITOR_ROLLUP_AUTOMATON);
     public static final ClusterPrivilege MANAGE =                new ClusterPrivilege("manage",              MANAGE_AUTOMATON);
     public static final ClusterPrivilege MANAGE_ML =             new ClusterPrivilege("manage_ml",           MANAGE_ML_AUTOMATON);
+    public static final ClusterPrivilege MANAGE_TOKEN =          new ClusterPrivilege("manage_token",        MANAGE_TOKEN_AUTOMATON);
     public static final ClusterPrivilege MANAGE_WATCHER =        new ClusterPrivilege("manage_watcher",      MANAGE_WATCHER_AUTOMATON);
     public static final ClusterPrivilege MANAGE_ROLLUP =         new ClusterPrivilege("manage_rollup",       MANAGE_ROLLUP_AUTOMATON);
     public static final ClusterPrivilege MANAGE_IDX_TEMPLATES =
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ public final class ClusterPrivilege extends Privilege {
             .put("monitor_rollup", MONITOR_ROLLUP)
             .put("manage", MANAGE)
             .put("manage_ml", MANAGE_ML)
+            .put("manage_token", MANAGE_TOKEN)
             .put("manage_watcher", MANAGE_WATCHER)
             .put("manage_index_templates", MANAGE_IDX_TEMPLATES)
             .put("manage_ingest_pipelines", MANAGE_INGEST_PIPELINES)
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
index cbfc36c185e..214e80a1ac0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
                         null))
                 .put(KibanaUser.ROLE_NAME, new RoleDescriptor(KibanaUser.ROLE_NAME,
                         new String[] {
-                            "monitor", "manage_index_templates", MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, "manage_saml",
+                            "monitor", "manage_index_templates", MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, "manage_saml", "manage_token"
                         },
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(".kibana*", ".reporting-*").privileges("all").build(),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
index 6a0261a4abe..c85b5f8dc39 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.NAME, request), is(false));
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, request), is(true));
 
-        // SAML
+        // SAML and token
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction.NAME, request), is(true));
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(SamlAuthenticateAction.NAME, request), is(true));
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(InvalidateTokenAction.NAME, request), is(true));
-        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(CreateTokenAction.NAME, request), is(false));
+        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(CreateTokenAction.NAME, request), is(true));
 
         // Application Privileges
         DeletePrivilegesRequest deleteKibanaPrivileges = new DeletePrivilegesRequest("kibana-.kibana", new String[]{ "all", "read" });