diff --git a/keystone/common/policies/grant.py b/keystone/common/policies/grant.py
index 7aacace138..0a9b187f3d 100644
--- a/keystone/common/policies/grant.py
+++ b/keystone/common/policies/grant.py
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ grant_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=base.IDENTITY % 'check_grant',
         check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_REQUIRED,
+        # FIXME(lbragstad): A system administrator should be able to grant role
+        # assignments from any actor to any target in the deployment. Domain
+        # administrators should only be able to grant access to the domain they
+        # administer or projects within that domain. Once keystone is smart
+        # enough to enforce those checks in code, we can add 'project' to the
+        # list of scope_types below.
+        scope_types=['system'],
         description=('Check a role grant between a target and an actor. A '
                      'target can be either a domain or a project. An actor '
                      'can be either a user or a group. These terms also apply '
@@ -69,6 +76,9 @@ grant_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=base.IDENTITY % 'list_grants',
         check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_REQUIRED,
+        # FIXME(lbragstad): See the above comment about scope_types before
+        # adding 'project' to scope_types below.
+        scope_types=['system'],
         description=('List roles granted to an actor on a target. A target '
                      'can be either a domain or a project. An actor can be '
                      'either a user or a group. For the OS-INHERIT APIs, it '
@@ -79,6 +89,9 @@ grant_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=base.IDENTITY % 'create_grant',
         check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_REQUIRED,
+        # FIXME(lbragstad): See the above comment about scope_types before
+        # adding 'project' to scope_types below.
+        scope_types=['system'],
         description=('Create a role grant between a target and an actor. A '
                      'target can be either a domain or a project. An actor '
                      'can be either a user or a group. These terms also apply '
@@ -89,6 +102,9 @@ grant_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=base.IDENTITY % 'revoke_grant',
         check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_REQUIRED,
+        # FIXME(lbragstad): See the above comment about scope_types before
+        # adding 'project' to scope_types below.
+        scope_types=['system'],
         description=('Revoke a role grant between a target and an actor. A '
                      'target can be either a domain or a project. An actor '
                      'can be either a user or a group. These terms also apply '