diff --git a/charms_ceph/utils.py b/charms_ceph/utils.py
index c26a131..c4b7579 100644
--- a/charms_ceph/utils.py
+++ b/charms_ceph/utils.py
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ _default_caps = collections.OrderedDict([
 
 admin_caps = collections.OrderedDict([
     ('mds', ['allow *']),
+    ('mgr', ['allow *']),
     ('mon', ['allow *']),
     ('osd', ['allow *'])
 ])