diff --git a/public/app/features/correlations/CorrelationsPage.tsx b/public/app/features/correlations/CorrelationsPage.tsx
index 9f1904f07ae..57f2d08924e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/correlations/CorrelationsPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/correlations/CorrelationsPage.tsx
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ export default function CorrelationsPage() {
             </div>
           )}
 
-          {showEmptyListCTA && <EmptyCorrelationsCTA onClick={() => setIsAdding(true)} />}
+          {showEmptyListCTA && (
+            <EmptyCorrelationsCTA canWriteCorrelations={canWriteCorrelations} onClick={() => setIsAdding(true)} />
+          )}
 
           {
             // This error is not actionable, it'd be nice to have a recovery button
diff --git a/public/app/features/correlations/components/EmptyCorrelationsCTA.tsx b/public/app/features/correlations/components/EmptyCorrelationsCTA.tsx
index 56546672601..1228224ffc2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/correlations/components/EmptyCorrelationsCTA.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/correlations/components/EmptyCorrelationsCTA.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { Card } from '@grafana/ui';
 import EmptyListCTA from 'app/core/components/EmptyListCTA/EmptyListCTA';
 
 interface Props {
   onClick?: () => void;
+  canWriteCorrelations: boolean;
 }
-export const EmptyCorrelationsCTA = ({ onClick }: Props) => {
+export const EmptyCorrelationsCTA = ({ onClick, canWriteCorrelations }: Props) => {
   // TODO: if there are no datasources show a different message
 
-  return (
+  return canWriteCorrelations ? (
     <EmptyListCTA
       title="You haven't defined any correlation yet."
       buttonIcon="gf-glue"
@@ -16,5 +18,10 @@ export const EmptyCorrelationsCTA = ({ onClick }: Props) => {
       buttonTitle="Add correlation"
       proTip="you can also define correlations via datasource provisioning"
     />
+  ) : (
+    <Card>
+      <Card.Heading>There are no correlations configured yet.</Card.Heading>
+      <Card.Description>Please contact your administrator to create new correlations.</Card.Description>
+    </Card>
   );
 };