diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/IndexController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/IndexController.java
index 4924b558f..69faa1ff6 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/IndexController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/IndexController.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.SeeSiteAdminPage;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.UseMiscellaneousAdminPages;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.indexing.IndexBuilder;
 public class IndexController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 	
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(IndexController.class);
-	
+
+    public static final Actions REQUIRED_ACTIONS = new Actions(new UseMiscellaneousAdminPages());
+    
 	@Override
 	protected Actions requiredActions(VitroRequest vreq) {
 		return new Actions(new UseMiscellaneousAdminPages());
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/User.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/User.java
index 80c22699c..04449b3ba 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/User.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/User.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.RevisionInfoController;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.SiteAdminController;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.controller.IndexController;
 
 public class User extends BaseTemplateModel {
     private final VitroRequest vreq;
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ public class User extends BaseTemplateModel {
     	return PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedForActions(vreq, RevisionInfoController.REQUIRED_ACTIONS);
     }
     
+    public boolean getHasSearchIndexRebuildAccess() {
+        return PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedForActions(vreq, IndexController.REQUIRED_ACTIONS);
+    }
+    
     public boolean getHasProfile() {
     	return !profileUrl.isEmpty();
     }