diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index c4b5213bfe5..ebd4a2e5f33 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	ac "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
 	acmiddleware "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware"
+	sa "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager"
 )
 
 var plog = log.New("api")
@@ -252,10 +253,10 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 
 		// auth api keys
 		apiRoute.Group("/auth/keys", func(keysRoute routing.RouteRegister) {
-			keysRoute.Get("/", routing.Wrap(GetAPIKeys))
-			keysRoute.Post("/", quota("api_key"), routing.Wrap(hs.AddAPIKey))
-			keysRoute.Post("/additional", quota("api_key"), routing.Wrap(hs.AdditionalAPIKey))
-			keysRoute.Delete("/:id", routing.Wrap(DeleteAPIKey))
+			keysRoute.Get("/", authorize(reqOrgAdmin, sa.ActionApikeyListEv), routing.Wrap(GetAPIKeys))
+			keysRoute.Post("/", authorize(reqOrgAdmin, sa.ActionApikeyAddEv), quota("api_key"), routing.Wrap(hs.AddAPIKey))
+			keysRoute.Post("/additional", authorize(reqOrgAdmin, sa.ActionApikeyAddAdditionalEv), quota("api_key"), routing.Wrap(hs.AdditionalAPIKey))
+			keysRoute.Delete("/:id", authorize(reqOrgAdmin, sa.ActionApikeyRemoveEv), routing.Wrap(DeleteAPIKey))
 		}, reqOrgAdmin)
 
 		// Preferences
diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/roles.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/roles.go
index 11f8b23d1cd..e8038241322 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/roles.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/roles.go
@@ -6,7 +6,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	role = accesscontrol.RoleRegistration{
+	ActionApikeyList          = "apikey:list"
+	ActionApikeyAdd           = "apikey:add"
+	ActionApikeyRemove        = "apikey:remove"
+	ActionApikeyAddAdditional = "apikey:addadditional"
+
+	apikeyWriter = "fixed:apikey:writer"
+	apikeyReader = "fixed:apikey:reader"
+
+	//API key actions
+	ActionApikeyListEv          = accesscontrol.EvalPermission(ActionApikeyList)
+	ActionApikeyAddEv           = accesscontrol.EvalPermission(ActionApikeyAdd)
+	ActionApikeyRemoveEv        = accesscontrol.EvalPermission(ActionApikeyRemove) //Improvement:Check here or in database layer that user has permissiono modify the service account attached to this api key
+	ActionApikeyAddAdditionalEv = accesscontrol.EvalPermission(ActionApikeyAddAdditional)
+)
+
+func RegisterRoles(ac accesscontrol.AccessControl) error {
+	role := accesscontrol.RoleRegistration{
 		Role: accesscontrol.RoleDTO{
 			Version:     3,
 			Name:        "fixed:serviceaccounts:writer",
@@ -29,4 +45,54 @@ var (
 		},
 		Grants: []string{"Admin"},
 	}
-)
+
+	if err := ac.DeclareFixedRoles(role); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	apikeyAdminReadRole := accesscontrol.RoleRegistration{
+		Role: accesscontrol.RoleDTO{
+			Version:     1,
+			Name:        apikeyReader,
+			DisplayName: "Apikeys reader",
+			Description: "Gives access to list apikeys.",
+			Group:       "Service accounts",
+			Permissions: []accesscontrol.Permission{
+				{
+					Action: ActionApikeyList,
+					Scope:  accesscontrol.ScopeUsersAll,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Grants: []string{"Admin"},
+	}
+	if err := ac.DeclareFixedRoles(apikeyAdminReadRole); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	apikeyAdminEditRole := accesscontrol.RoleRegistration{
+		Role: accesscontrol.RoleDTO{
+			Version:     1,
+			Name:        apikeyWriter,
+			DisplayName: "Apikeys writer",
+			Description: "Gives access to add and delete api keys.",
+			Group:       "Service accounts",
+			Permissions: accesscontrol.ConcatPermissions(apikeyAdminReadRole.Role.Permissions, []accesscontrol.Permission{
+				{
+					Action: ActionApikeyAdd,
+					Scope:  accesscontrol.ScopeUsersAll,
+				},
+				{
+					Action: ActionApikeyRemove,
+					Scope:  accesscontrol.ScopeUsersAll,
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+		Grants: []string{"Admin"},
+	}
+	if err := ac.DeclareFixedRoles(apikeyAdminEditRole); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/service.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/service.go
index 4de30ba79b3..010a92da099 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/manager/service.go
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ func ProvideServiceAccountsService(
 		store: database.NewServiceAccountsStore(store),
 		log:   log.New("serviceaccounts"),
 	}
-	if err := ac.DeclareFixedRoles(role); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+
+	if err := RegisterRoles(ac); err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("Failed to register roles", "error", err)
 	}
+
 	serviceaccountsAPI := api.NewServiceAccountsAPI(s, ac, routeRegister, s.store)
 	serviceaccountsAPI.RegisterAPIEndpoints(cfg)