diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/UseRestrictedPagesByRoleLevelPolicy.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/UseRestrictedPagesByRoleLevelPolicy.java
index 62e705d76..efe79abe3 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/UseRestrictedPagesByRoleLevelPolicy.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/policy/UseRestrictedPagesByRoleLevelPolicy.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.Authorization;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.PolicyDecision;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.ifaces.PolicyIface;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestedAction;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.SeeRevisionInfo;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.UseAdvancedDataToolsPages;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.UseEditUserAccountsPages;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.UseIndividualEditorPages;
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ public class UseRestrictedPagesByRoleLevelPolicy implements PolicyIface {
 			result = isAuthorized(whatToAuth, RoleLevel.EDITOR, userRole);
 		} else if (whatToAuth instanceof UseSiteAdminPage) {
 			result = isAuthorized(whatToAuth, RoleLevel.EDITOR, userRole);
+		} else if (whatToAuth instanceof SeeRevisionInfo) {
+			result = isAuthorized(whatToAuth, RoleLevel.EDITOR, userRole);
 		} else {
 			result = defaultDecision("Unrecognized action");
 		}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/requestedAction/usepages/SeeRevisionInfo.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/requestedAction/usepages/SeeRevisionInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dd38b3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/auth/requestedAction/usepages/SeeRevisionInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.ifaces.RequestedAction;
+
+/**
+ * Should we allow the user to see the RevisionInfo page?
+ * 
+ * Note that this will also control whether they see the revision info in the
+ * footer of all pages.
+ */
+public class SeeRevisionInfo extends RequestedAction implements
+		UsePagesRequestedAction {
+	// no fields
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/RevisionInfoController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/RevisionInfoController.java
index f7adf924c..b7fe9e558 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/RevisionInfoController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/RevisionInfoController.java
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginStatusBean;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.policy.PolicyHelper.RequiresAuthorizationFor;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.SeeRevisionInfo;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.RevisionInfoBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
@@ -17,25 +15,10 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.Tem
 /**
  * Display the detailed revision information.
  */
+@RequiresAuthorizationFor(SeeRevisionInfo.class)
 public class RevisionInfoController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RevisionInfoController.class);
     private static final String TEMPLATE_DEFAULT = "revisionInfo.ftl";
-    private static final int REQUIRED_LOGIN_LEVEL = LoginStatusBean.EDITOR;
-
-    /* requiredLoginLevel() must be an instance method, else, due to the way sublcass
-     * hiding works, when called from FreemarkerHttpServlet we will get its own method,
-     * rather than the subclass method. To figure out whether to display links at the
-     * page level, we need another, static method.
-     */
-    public static int staticRequiredLoginLevel() {
-        return REQUIRED_LOGIN_LEVEL;
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    protected int requiredLoginLevel() {
-        return staticRequiredLoginLevel();
-    }
     
     @Override
     protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) {
@@ -51,5 +34,4 @@ public class RevisionInfoController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
     	return "Revision Information for " + siteName;
     }
 
-
 }
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 c6124bcc7..7b4e85aed 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
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ public class User extends BaseTemplateModel {
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(User.class);
     
     private enum Access {
-        REVISION_INFO(RevisionInfoController.staticRequiredLoginLevel()),
         FILTER_SECURITY(LoginStatusBean.EDITOR);
         
         private final int requiredLoginLevel;
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ public class User extends BaseTemplateModel {
     }
     
     public boolean getHasRevisionInfoAccess() {
-        return loginBean.isLoggedInAtLeast(Access.REVISION_INFO.requiredLoginLevel());
+    	return PolicyHelper.isAuthorizedForServlet(vreq, RevisionInfoController.class);
     }
     
     public boolean getShowFlag1SearchField() {