diff --git a/devstack/lib/magnum b/devstack/lib/magnum
index e5dc46f357..0674f31a27 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/magnum
+++ b/devstack/lib/magnum
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ MAGNUM_AUTH_CACHE_DIR=${MAGNUM_AUTH_CACHE_DIR:-/var/cache/magnum}
 
 MAGNUM_CONF_DIR=/etc/magnum
 MAGNUM_CONF=$MAGNUM_CONF_DIR/magnum.conf
+MAGNUM_POLICY_JSON=$MAGNUM_CONF_DIR/policy.json
 
 if is_ssl_enabled_service "magnum" || is_service_enabled tls-proxy; then
     MAGNUM_SERVICE_PROTOCOL="https"
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ function configure_magnum {
         sudo chown $STACK_USER $MAGNUM_CONF_DIR
     fi
 
+    install_default_policy magnum
     # Rebuild the config file from scratch
     create_magnum_conf
 
@@ -125,6 +127,8 @@ function create_magnum_conf {
     iniset $MAGNUM_CONF api host "$MAGNUM_SERVICE_HOST"
     iniset $MAGNUM_CONF api port "$MAGNUM_SERVICE_PORT"
 
+    iniset $MAGNUM_CONF oslo_policy policy_file $MAGNUM_POLICY_JSON
+
     configure_auth_token_middleware $MAGNUM_CONF magnum $MAGNUM_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
 
     if is_fedora || is_suse; then
diff --git a/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample b/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample
index f8f4f866b3..2cd8fb0bf9 100644
--- a/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample
@@ -985,3 +985,27 @@
 # (boolean value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/fake_rabbit
 #fake_rabbit = false
+
+[oslo_policy]
+
+#
+# From oslo.policy
+#
+
+# The JSON file that defines policies. (string value)
+# Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/policy_file
+#policy_file = policy.json
+
+# Default rule. Enforced when a requested rule is not found. (string value)
+# Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/policy_default_rule
+#policy_default_rule = default
+
+# Directories where policy configuration files are stored. They can be relative
+# to any directory in the search path defined by the config_dir option, or
+# absolute paths. The file defined by policy_file must exist for these
+# directories to be searched. Missing or empty directories are ignored. (multi
+# valued)
+# Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/policy_dirs
+# This option is deprecated for removal.
+# Its value may be silently ignored in the future.
+#policy_dirs = policy.d
diff --git a/etc/magnum/policy.json b/etc/magnum/policy.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8f39b4d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/magnum/policy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "context_is_admin":  "role:admin",
+    "admin_or_owner":  "is_admin:True or project_id:%(project_id)s",
+    "default": "rule:admin_or_owner",
+    "admin_api": "is_admin:True",
+}
diff --git a/magnum/common/policy.py b/magnum/common/policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19e11e299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/magnum/common/policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 OpenStack Foundation
+# 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.
+
+"""Policy Engine For magnum."""
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+
+_ENFORCER = None
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+# we can get a policy enforcer by this init.
+# oslo policy support change policy rule dynamically.
+# at present, policy.enforce will reload the policy rules when it checks
+# the policy files have been touched.
+def init(policy_file=None, rules=None,
+         default_rule=None, use_conf=True, overwrite=True):
+    """Init an Enforcer class.
+
+        :param policy_file: Custom policy file to use, if none is
+                            specified, ``conf.policy_file`` will be
+                            used.
+        :param rules: Default dictionary / Rules to use. It will be
+                      considered just in the first instantiation. If
+                      :meth:`load_rules` with ``force_reload=True``,
+                      :meth:`clear` or :meth:`set_rules` with
+                      ``overwrite=True`` is called this will be overwritten.
+        :param default_rule: Default rule to use, conf.default_rule will
+                             be used if none is specified.
+        :param use_conf: Whether to load rules from cache or config file.
+        :param overwrite: Whether to overwrite existing rules when reload rules
+                          from config file.
+    """
+    global _ENFORCER
+    if not _ENFORCER:
+        # http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.policy/usage.html
+        _ENFORCER = policy.Enforcer(CONF,
+                                    policy_file=policy_file,
+                                    rules=rules,
+                                    default_rule=default_rule,
+                                    use_conf=use_conf,
+                                    overwrite=overwrite)
+    return _ENFORCER
+
+
+def enforce(context, action=None, target=None,
+            do_raise=True, exc=None, *args, **kwargs):
+
+    """Checks authorization of a rule against the target and credentials.
+
+        :param dict context: As much information about the user performing the
+                             action as possible.
+        :param action: The rule to evaluate.
+        :param dict target: As much information about the object being operated
+                            on as possible.
+        :param do_raise: Whether to raise an exception or not if check
+                         fails.
+        :param exc: Class of the exception to raise if the check fails.
+                    Any remaining arguments passed to :meth:`enforce` (both
+                    positional and keyword arguments) will be passed to
+                    the exception class. If not specified,
+                    :class:`PolicyNotAuthorized` will be used.
+
+        :return: ``False`` if the policy does not allow the action and `exc` is
+                 not provided; otherwise, returns a value that evaluates to
+                 ``True``.  Note: for rules using the "case" expression, this
+                 ``True`` value will be the specified string from the
+                 expression.
+    """
+    enforcer = init()
+    credentials = context.to_dict()
+    if target is None:
+        target = {'project_id': context.project_id,
+                  'user_id': context.user_id}
+    return enforcer.enforce(action, target, credentials,
+                            do_raise=do_raise, exc=exc, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9a48103e1..9858aa4df5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ oslo.db>=1.7.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=1.8.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=0.3.1                      # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.1.1