diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 574dd04c..5a1a6257 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ cloudkitty.egg-info
 
 # Configuration file
 etc/cloudkitty/cloudkitty.conf.sample
+etc/cloudkitty/policy.yaml.sample
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/collector.py b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/collector.py
index 3ea6d37e..a138bfbc 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/collector.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/collector.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MappingController(rest.RestController):
 
         :param service: Name of the service to filter on.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'collector:get_mapping', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'collector:get_mapping', {})
         try:
             mapping = self._db.get_mapping(service)
             return collector_models.ServiceToCollectorMapping(
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class MappingController(rest.RestController):
         :param collector: Filter on the collector name.
         :return: Service to collector mappings collection.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'collector:list_mappings', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'collector:list_mappings', {})
         mappings = [collector_models.ServiceToCollectorMapping(
             **mapping.as_dict())
             for mapping in self._db.list_mappings(collector)]
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class MappingController(rest.RestController):
         :param collector: Name of the collector to apply mapping on.
         :param service: Name of the service to apply mapping on.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'collector:manage_mapping', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'collector:manage_mapping', {})
         new_mapping = self._db.set_mapping(service, collector)
         return collector_models.ServiceToCollectorMapping(
             service=new_mapping.service,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class MappingController(rest.RestController):
 
         :param service: Name of the service to filter on.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'collector:manage_mapping', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'collector:manage_mapping', {})
         try:
             self._db.delete_mapping(service)
         except db_api.NoSuchMapping as e:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class CollectorStateController(rest.RestController):
         :param name: Name of the collector.
         :return: State of the collector.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'collector:get_state', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'collector:get_state', {})
         enabled = self._db.get_state('collector_{}'.format(name))
         collector = collector_models.CollectorInfos(name=name,
                                                     enabled=enabled)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class CollectorStateController(rest.RestController):
         :param infos: New state informations of the collector.
         :return: State of the collector.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'collector:update_state', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'collector:update_state', {})
         enabled = self._db.set_state('collector_{}'.format(name),
                                      infos.enabled)
         collector = collector_models.CollectorInfos(name=name,
diff --git a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/info.py b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/info.py
index 166cbe29..da4192a5 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/info.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/info.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ServiceInfoController(rest.RestController):
 
         :return: List of every services.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'info:list_services_info', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'info:list_services_info', {})
         services_info_list = []
         for service, metadata in METADATA.items():
             info = metadata.copy()
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ServiceInfoController(rest.RestController):
 
         :param service_name: name of the service.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'info:get_service_info', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'info:get_service_info', {})
         try:
             info = METADATA[service_name].copy()
             info['service_id'] = service_name
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class InfoController(rest.RestController):
     })
     def config(self):
         """Return current configuration."""
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'info:get_config', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'info:get_config', {})
         info = {}
         info["collect"] = ck_utils.get_metrics_conf(CONF.collect.metrics_conf)
         return info
diff --git a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/rating.py b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/rating.py
index fb0b6947..96458745 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/rating.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/rating.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ModulesController(rest.RestController, RatingModulesMixin):
     def route(self, *args):
         route = args[0]
         if route.startswith('/v1/module_config'):
-            policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'rating:module_config', {})
+            policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'rating:module_config', {})
 
         super(ModulesController, self).route(*args)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class ModulesController(rest.RestController, RatingModulesMixin):
 
         :return: name of every loaded modules.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'rating:list_modules', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'rating:list_modules', {})
 
         modules_list = []
         lock = lockutils.lock('rating-modules')
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ModulesController(rest.RestController, RatingModulesMixin):
 
         :return: CloudKittyModule
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'rating:get_module', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'rating:get_module', {})
 
         try:
             lock = lockutils.lock('rating-modules')
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ModulesController(rest.RestController, RatingModulesMixin):
         :param module_id: name of the module to modify
         :param module: CloudKittyModule object describing the new desired state
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'rating:update_module', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'rating:update_module', {})
 
         try:
             lock = lockutils.lock('rating-modules')
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class RatingController(rest.RestController):
         :param res_data: List of resource descriptions.
         :return: Total price for these descriptions.
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'rating:quote', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'rating:quote', {})
 
         client = pecan.request.rpc_client.prepare(namespace='rating')
         res_dict = {}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class RatingController(rest.RestController):
         """Trigger a rating module list reload.
 
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'rating:module_config', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'rating:module_config', {})
         self.modules.reload_extensions()
         self.module_config.reload_extensions()
         self.module_config.expose_modules()
diff --git a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/report.py b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/report.py
index e5979560..09c83973 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/report.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/report.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ReportController(rest.RestController):
         """Return the list of rated tenants.
 
         """
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'report:list_tenants', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'report:list_tenants', {})
 
         if not begin:
             begin = ck_utils.get_month_start()
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ class ReportController(rest.RestController):
         else:
             tenant_context = pecan.request.context.tenant
             tenant_id = tenant_context if not tenant_id else tenant_id
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'report:get_total',
-                       {"tenant_id": tenant_id})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'report:get_total',
+                         {"tenant_id": tenant_id})
 
         storage = pecan.request.storage_backend
         # FIXME(sheeprine): We should filter on user id.
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class ReportController(rest.RestController):
         else:
             tenant_context = pecan.request.context.tenant
             tenant_id = tenant_context if not tenant_id else tenant_id
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'report:get_summary',
-                       {"tenant_id": tenant_id})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'report:get_summary',
+                         {"tenant_id": tenant_id})
         storage = pecan.request.storage_backend
 
         summarymodels = []
diff --git a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/storage.py b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/storage.py
index 4d6e01d8..4e857c6d 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/storage.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/api/v1/controllers/storage.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class DataFramesController(rest.RestController):
         :return: Collection of DataFrame objects.
         """
 
-        policy.enforce(pecan.request.context, 'storage:list_data_frames', {})
+        policy.authorize(pecan.request.context, 'storage:list_data_frames', {})
 
         if not begin:
             begin = ck_utils.get_month_start()
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/__init__.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddf47f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import itertools
+
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import base
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import collector
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import info
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import rating
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import report
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import storage
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return itertools.chain(
+        base.list_rules(),
+        collector.list_rules(),
+        info.list_rules(),
+        rating.list_rules(),
+        report.list_rules(),
+        storage.list_rules()
+    )
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/base.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66c0d38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER = 'rule:admin_or_owner'
+ROLE_ADMIN = 'role:admin'
+UNPROTECTED = ''
+
+rules = [
+    policy.RuleDefault(
+        name='context_is_admin',
+        check_str='role:admin'),
+    policy.RuleDefault(
+        name='admin_or_owner',
+        check_str='is_admin:True or tenant:%(tenant_id)s'),
+    policy.RuleDefault(
+        name='default',
+        check_str=UNPROTECTED)
+]
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return rules
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/collector.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/collector.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afedc6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/collector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import base
+
+collector_policies = [
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='collector:list_mappings',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Return the list of every services mapped to a collector.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/collector/mappings',
+                     'method': 'LIST'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='collector:get_mapping',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Return a service to collector mapping.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/collector/mappings/{service_id}',
+                     'method': 'GET'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='collector:manage_mapping',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Manage a service to collector mapping.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/collector/mappings',
+                     'method': 'POST'},
+                    {'path': '/v1/collector/mappings/{service_id}',
+                     'method': 'DELETE'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='collector:get_state',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Query the enable state of a collector.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/collector/states/{collector_id}',
+                     'method': 'GET'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='collector:update_state',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Set the enable state of a collector.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/collector/states/{collector_id}',
+                     'method': 'PUT'}])
+]
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return collector_policies
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/info.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/info.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7cf0530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import base
+
+info_policies = [
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='info:list_services_info',
+        check_str=base.UNPROTECTED,
+        description='List available services information in Cloudkitty.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/info/services',
+                     'method': 'LIST'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='info:get_service_info',
+        check_str=base.UNPROTECTED,
+        description='Get specified service information.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/info/services/{service_id}',
+                     'method': 'GET'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='info:get_config',
+        check_str=base.UNPROTECTED,
+        description='Get current configuration in Cloudkitty.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/info/config',
+                     'method': 'GET'}])
+]
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return info_policies
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/rating.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/rating.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3132327a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/rating.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import base
+
+rating_policies = [
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='rating:list_modules',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Reture the list of loaded modules in Cloudkitty.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/rating/modules',
+                     'method': 'LIST'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='rating:get_module',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Get specified module.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/rating/modules/{module_id}',
+                     'method': 'GET'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='rating:update_module',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Change the state and priority of a module.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/rating/modules/{module_id}',
+                     'method': 'PUT'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='rating:quote',
+        check_str=base.UNPROTECTED,
+        description='Get an instant quote based on multiple resource '
+                    'descriptions.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/rating/quote',
+                     'method': 'POST'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='rating:module_config',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Trigger a rating module list reload.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/rating/reload_modules',
+                     'method': 'GET'}])
+]
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return rating_policies
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/report.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/report.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae06dd90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/report.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import base
+
+report_policies = [
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='report:list_tenants',
+        check_str=base.ROLE_ADMIN,
+        description='Return the list of rated tenants.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/report/tenants',
+                     'method': 'GET'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='report:get_summary',
+        check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
+        description='Return the summary to pay for a given period.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/report/summary',
+                     'method': 'GET'}]),
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='report:get_total',
+        check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
+        description='Return the amount to pay for a given period.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/report/total',
+                     'method': 'GET'}])
+]
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return report_policies
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policies/storage.py b/cloudkitty/common/policies/storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67710e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policies/storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+from cloudkitty.common.policies import base
+
+storage_policies = [
+    policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
+        name='storage:list_data_frames',
+        check_str=base.UNPROTECTED,
+        description='Return a list of rated resources for a time period '
+                    'and a tenant.',
+        operations=[{'path': '/v1/storage/dataframes',
+                     'method': 'GET'}])
+]
+
+
+def list_rules():
+    return storage_policies
diff --git a/cloudkitty/common/policy.py b/cloudkitty/common/policy.py
index 217d30a4..44259183 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/common/policy.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/common/policy.py
@@ -15,13 +15,28 @@
 
 # Borrowed from cinder (cinder/policy.py)
 
+import copy
+import sys
+
 from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_policy import opts as policy_opts
 from oslo_policy import policy
+from oslo_utils import excutils
 import six
 
+from cloudkitty.common import policies
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = cfg.CONF
+policy_opts.set_defaults(cfg.CONF, 'policy.json')
 
 _ENFORCER = None
+# oslo_policy will read the policy configuration file again when the file
+# is changed in runtime so the old policy rules will be saved to
+# saved_file_rules and used to compare with new rules to determine the
+# rules whether were updated.
+saved_file_rules = []
 
 
 # TODO(gpocentek): provide a proper parent class to handle such exceptions
@@ -37,13 +52,37 @@ class PolicyNotAuthorized(Exception):
         return six.text_type(self.msg)
 
 
+def reset():
+    global _ENFORCER
+    if _ENFORCER:
+        _ENFORCER.clear()
+        _ENFORCER = None
+
+
 def init():
     global _ENFORCER
+    global saved_file_rules
     if not _ENFORCER:
         _ENFORCER = policy.Enforcer(CONF)
+        register_rules(_ENFORCER)
+
+    # Only the rules which are loaded from file may be changed.
+    current_file_rules = _ENFORCER.file_rules
+    current_file_rules = _serialize_rules(current_file_rules)
+
+    # Checks whether the rules are updated in the runtime
+    if saved_file_rules != current_file_rules:
+        saved_file_rules = copy.deepcopy(current_file_rules)
 
 
-def enforce(context, action, target):
+def _serialize_rules(rules):
+    """Serialize all the Rule object as string."""
+    result = [(rule_name, str(rule))
+              for rule_name, rule in rules.items()]
+    return sorted(result, key=lambda rule: rule[0])
+
+
+def authorize(context, action, target):
     """Verifies that the action is valid on the target in this context.
 
        :param context: cloudkitty context
@@ -65,10 +104,20 @@ def enforce(context, action, target):
 
     init()
 
-    return _ENFORCER.enforce(action, target, context.to_dict(),
-                             do_raise=True,
-                             exc=PolicyNotAuthorized,
-                             action=action)
+    try:
+        return _ENFORCER.authorize(action, target, context.to_dict(),
+                                   do_raise=True,
+                                   exc=PolicyNotAuthorized,
+                                   action=action)
+
+    except policy.PolicyNotRegistered:
+        with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+            LOG.exception('Policy not registered')
+    except Exception:
+        with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+            LOG.error('Policy check for %(action)s failed with credentials '
+                      '%(credentials)s',
+                      {'action': action, 'credentials': context.to_dict()})
 
 
 def check_is_admin(roles):
@@ -87,4 +136,28 @@ def check_is_admin(roles):
     target = {'project_id': ''}
     credentials = {'roles': roles}
 
-    return _ENFORCER.enforce('context_is_admin', target, credentials)
+    return _ENFORCER.authorize('context_is_admin', target, credentials)
+
+
+def register_rules(enforcer):
+    enforcer.register_defaults(policies.list_rules())
+
+
+def get_enforcer():
+    # This method is for use by oslopolicy CLI scripts. Those scripts need the
+    # 'output-file' and 'namespace' options, but having those in sys.argv means
+    # loading the Cloudkitty config options will fail as those are not expected
+    # to be present. So we pass in an arg list with those stripped out.
+    conf_args = []
+    # Start at 1 because cfg.CONF expects the equivalent of sys.argv[1:]
+    i = 1
+    while i < len(sys.argv):
+        if sys.argv[i].strip('-') in ['namespace', 'output-file']:
+            i += 2
+            continue
+        conf_args.append(sys.argv[i])
+        i += 1
+
+    cfg.CONF(conf_args, project='cloudkitty')
+    init()
+    return _ENFORCER
diff --git a/cloudkitty/rating/__init__.py b/cloudkitty/rating/__init__.py
index 186e43d0..6251af02 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/rating/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/rating/__init__.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class RatingRestControllerBase(rest.RestController):
     @pecan.expose()
     def _route(self, args, request):
         try:
-            policy.enforce(request.context, 'rating:module_config', {})
+            policy.authorize(request.context, 'rating:module_config', {})
         except policy.PolicyNotAuthorized as e:
             pecan.abort(403, six.text_type(e))
 
diff --git a/cloudkitty/tests/test_policy.py b/cloudkitty/tests/test_policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..550b4ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/tests/test_policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 GohighSec.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+import os.path
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_config import fixture as config_fixture
+from oslo_context import context
+from oslo_policy import policy as oslo_policy
+
+from cloudkitty.common import policy
+from cloudkitty import tests
+from cloudkitty import utils
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+class PolicyFileTestCase(tests.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(PolicyFileTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake', roles=['member'])
+        self.target = {}
+        self.fixture = self.useFixture(config_fixture.Config(CONF))
+        self.addCleanup(policy.reset)
+        CONF(args=[], project='cloudkitty', default_config_files=[])
+
+    def test_modified_policy_reloads(self):
+        with utils.tempdir() as tmpdir:
+            tmpfilename = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'policy')
+            self.fixture.config(policy_file=tmpfilename, group='oslo_policy')
+            rule = oslo_policy.RuleDefault('example:test', "")
+            policy.reset()
+            policy.init()
+            policy._ENFORCER.register_defaults([rule])
+
+            action = "example:test"
+            with open(tmpfilename, "w") as policyfile:
+                policyfile.write('{"example:test": ""}')
+            policy.authorize(self.context, action, self.target)
+            with open(tmpfilename, "w") as policyfile:
+                policyfile.write('{"example:test": "!"}')
+            policy._ENFORCER.load_rules(True)
+            self.assertRaises(policy.PolicyNotAuthorized,
+                              policy.authorize,
+                              self.context, action, self.target)
+
+
+class PolicyTestCase(tests.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(PolicyTestCase, self).setUp()
+        rules = [
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("true", '@'),
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("test:allowed", '@'),
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("test:denied", "!"),
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("test:early_and_fail", "! and @"),
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("test:early_or_success", "@ or !"),
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("test:lowercase_admin",
+                                    "role:admin"),
+            oslo_policy.RuleDefault("test:uppercase_admin",
+                                    "role:ADMIN"),
+        ]
+        CONF(args=[], project='cloudkitty', default_config_files=[])
+        # before a policy rule can be used, its default has to be registered.
+        policy.reset()
+        policy.init()
+        policy._ENFORCER.register_defaults(rules)
+        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake',
+                                              'fake',
+                                              roles=['member'])
+        self.target = {}
+        self.addCleanup(policy.reset)
+
+    def test_enforce_nonexistent_action_throws(self):
+        action = "test:noexist"
+        self.assertRaises(oslo_policy.PolicyNotRegistered, policy.authorize,
+                          self.context, action, self.target)
+
+    def test_enforce_bad_action_throws(self):
+        action = "test:denied"
+        self.assertRaises(policy.PolicyNotAuthorized, policy.authorize,
+                          self.context, action, self.target)
+
+    def test_enforce_bad_action_noraise(self):
+        action = "test:denied"
+        self.assertRaises(policy.PolicyNotAuthorized, policy.authorize,
+                          self.context, action, self.target)
+
+    def test_enforce_good_action(self):
+        action = "test:allowed"
+        result = policy.authorize(self.context, action, self.target)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_early_AND_authorization(self):
+        action = "test:early_and_fail"
+        self.assertRaises(policy.PolicyNotAuthorized, policy.authorize,
+                          self.context, action, self.target)
+
+    def test_early_OR_authorization(self):
+        action = "test:early_or_success"
+        policy.authorize(self.context, action, self.target)
+
+    def test_ignore_case_role_check(self):
+        lowercase_action = "test:lowercase_admin"
+        uppercase_action = "test:uppercase_admin"
+        admin_context = context.RequestContext('admin',
+                                               'fake',
+                                               roles=['AdMiN'])
+        policy.authorize(admin_context, lowercase_action, self.target)
+        policy.authorize(admin_context, uppercase_action, self.target)
diff --git a/cloudkitty/utils.py b/cloudkitty/utils.py
index 163ddee9..0c536de3 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/utils.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/utils.py
@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ We're mostly using oslo_utils for time calculations but we're encapsulating it
 to ease maintenance in case of library modifications.
 """
 import calendar
+import contextlib
 import datetime
+import shutil
+import six
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import yaml
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from six import moves
 from stevedore import extension
@@ -257,3 +262,16 @@ def get_metrics_conf(conf_path):
             LOG.error(exc)
 
     return res
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def tempdir(**kwargs):
+    tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(**kwargs)
+    try:
+        yield tmpdir
+    finally:
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
+        except OSError as e:
+            LOG.debug('Could not remove tmpdir: %s',
+                      six.text_type(e))
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index e242711f..a6f10bad 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ function configure_cloudkitty {
 
     touch $CLOUDKITTY_CONF
 
-    cp $CLOUDKITTY_DIR$CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR/policy.json $CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR
+    # generate policy sample file
+    oslopolicy-sample-generator --config-file $CLOUDKITTY_DIR/etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf --output-file $CLOUDKITTY_DIR/etc/cloudkitty/policy.yaml.sample
+    cp $CLOUDKITTY_DIR/etc/cloudkitty/policy.yaml.sample "$CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR/policy.yaml"
+    iniset $CLOUDKITTY_CONF oslo_policy policy_file 'policy.yaml'
+
     cp $CLOUDKITTY_DIR$CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR/api_paste.ini $CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR
     cp $CLOUDKITTY_DIR$CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR/metrics.yml $CLOUDKITTY_CONF_DIR
     iniset_rpc_backend cloudkitty $CLOUDKITTY_CONF DEFAULT
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index ad4f29cd..96c79b63 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ extensions = ['sphinx.ext.coverage',
               'sphinxcontrib.pecanwsme.rest',
               'sphinxcontrib.httpdomain',
               'openstackdocstheme',
+              'oslo_policy.sphinxext',
+              'oslo_policy.sphinxpolicygen',
               ]
 
 # openstackdocstheme options
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ bug_project = 'cloudkitty'
 bug_tag = ''
 html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
 
+policy_generator_config_file = '../../etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf'
+sample_policy_basename = '_static/cloudkitty'
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 # templates_path = []
 
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration/policy.rst b/doc/source/configuration/policy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bf89c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/configuration/policy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+====================
+Policy configuration
+====================
+
+Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following is an overview of all available policies in Cloudkitty. For a sample
+configuration file, refer to :doc:`samples/policy-yaml`.
+
+.. show-policy::
+      :config-file: ../../etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration/samples/index.rst b/doc/source/configuration/samples/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f80f972a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/configuration/samples/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+==========================
+Sample configuration files
+==========================
+
+Configuration files can alter how cloudkitty behaves at runtime and by default
+are located in ``/etc/cloudkitty/``. Links to sample configuration files can be
+found below:
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   policy-yaml.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration/samples/policy-yaml.rst b/doc/source/configuration/samples/policy-yaml.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..266f1a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/configuration/samples/policy-yaml.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+===========
+policy.yaml
+===========
+
+Use the ``policy.yaml`` file to define additional access controls that apply to
+the Rating service:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../_static/policy.yaml.sample
diff --git a/doc/source/sample_policy.rst b/doc/source/sample_policy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ecfdf29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/sample_policy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+========================
+Cloudkitty Sample Policy
+========================
+
+The following is a sample Cloudkitty policy file that has been auto-generated
+from default policy values in code. If you're using the default policies, then
+the maintenance of this file is not necessary, and it should not be copied into
+a deployment. Doing so will result in duplicate policy definitions. It is here
+to help explain which policy operations protect specific Cloudkitty APIs, but it
+is not suggested to copy and paste into a deployment unless you're planning on
+providing a different policy for an operation that is not the default.
+
+The sample policy file can also be viewed in `file form <_static/policy.yaml.sample>`_.
+
+.. literalinclude:: _static/policy.yaml.sample
diff --git a/etc/cloudkitty/policy.json b/etc/cloudkitty/policy.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f2de2626..00000000
--- a/etc/cloudkitty/policy.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "context_is_admin":  "role:admin",
-    "admin_or_owner":  "is_admin:True or tenant:%(tenant_id)s",
-    "default": "",
-
-    "info:list_services_info": "",
-    "info:get_service_info": "",
-    "info:get_config":"",
-
-    "rating:list_modules": "role:admin",
-    "rating:get_module": "role:admin",
-    "rating:update_module": "role:admin",
-    "rating:quote": "",
-
-    "report:list_tenants": "role:admin",
-    "report:get_summary": "rule:admin_or_owner",
-    "report:get_total": "rule:admin_or_owner",
-
-    "collector:list_mappings": "role:admin",
-    "collector:get_mapping": "role:admin",
-    "collector:manage_mapping": "role:admin",
-    "collector:get_state": "role:admin",
-    "collector:update_state": "role:admin",
-
-    "storage:list_data_frames": "",
-
-    "rating:module_config": "role:admin"
-}
diff --git a/etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf b/etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a98cd917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+output_file = etc/cloudkitty/policy.yaml.sample
+namespace = cloudkitty
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 355a617c..66ae6e57 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ console_scripts =
 wsgi_scripts =
     cloudkitty-api = cloudkitty.api.app:build_wsgi_app
 
+oslo.policy.enforcer =
+    cloudkitty = cloudkitty.common.policy:get_enforcer
+
+oslo.policy.policies =
+    cloudkitty = cloudkitty.common.policies:list_rules
+
 oslo.config.opts =
     cloudkitty.common.config = cloudkitty.common.config:list_opts
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 123c2318..24c6570c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ commands =
 commands =
   oslo-config-generator --config-file etc/oslo-config-generator/cloudkitty.conf
 
+[testenv:genpolicy]
+commands = oslopolicy-sample-generator --config-file=etc/oslo-policy-generator/cloudkitty.conf
+
 [testenv:docs]
 commands = python setup.py build_sphinx