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 d9db50678c1..a86f213e248 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
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.remote.RemoteInfoAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.repositories.get.GetRepositoriesAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.MapBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.GetLifecycleAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.PutLifecycleAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.monitoring.action.MonitoringBulkAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.privilege.GetBuiltinPrivilegesAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authz.RoleDescriptor;
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
                 .put(KibanaUser.ROLE_NAME, new RoleDescriptor(KibanaUser.ROLE_NAME,
                         new String[] {
                             "monitor", "manage_index_templates", MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, "manage_saml", "manage_token", "manage_oidc",
-                            GetBuiltinPrivilegesAction.NAME, "delegate_pki"
+                            GetBuiltinPrivilegesAction.NAME, "delegate_pki", GetLifecycleAction.NAME,  PutLifecycleAction.NAME
                         },
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
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 66e99d49faf..e7166f0c94f 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
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action.XPackInfoAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.GetLifecycleAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.DeleteLifecycleAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.PutLifecycleAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.StartILMAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ilm.action.StopILMAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlMetaIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.CloseJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.DeleteCalendarAction;
@@ -304,6 +309,13 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(false));
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(true));
 
+        // ILM
+        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(GetLifecycleAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(true));
+        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(PutLifecycleAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(true));
+        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(DeleteLifecycleAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(false));
+        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(StartILMAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(false));
+        assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(StopILMAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(false));
+
         // SAML and token
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(SamlPrepareAuthenticationAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(true));
         assertThat(kibanaRole.cluster().check(SamlAuthenticateAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(true));