diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/accesscontrol.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/accesscontrol.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..380380ff802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/accesscontrol.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
+)
+
+const (
+	ActionRead = "server.usagestats.report:read"
+)
+
+var (
+	usagestatsReaderRole = accesscontrol.RoleDTO{
+		Name:        "fixed:usagestats:reader",
+		DisplayName: "Usage stats report reader",
+		Description: "View usage statistics report",
+		Group:       "Statistics",
+		Permissions: []accesscontrol.Permission{
+			{Action: ActionRead},
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func declareFixedRoles(ac accesscontrol.Service) error {
+	usagestatsReader := accesscontrol.RoleRegistration{
+		Role:   usagestatsReaderRole,
+		Grants: []string{string(accesscontrol.RoleGrafanaAdmin)},
+	}
+
+	return ac.DeclareFixedRoles(usagestatsReader)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api.go
index be27e79c394..836f73d3202 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api.go
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/routing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
 )
 
 const rootUrl = "/api/admin"
 
 func (uss *UsageStats) registerAPIEndpoints() {
+	authorize := accesscontrol.Middleware(uss.accesscontrol)
+
 	uss.RouteRegister.Group(rootUrl, func(subrouter routing.RouteRegister) {
-		subrouter.Get("/usage-report-preview", middleware.ReqGrafanaAdmin, routing.Wrap(uss.getUsageReportPreview))
+		subrouter.Get("/usage-report-preview", authorize(middleware.ReqGrafanaAdmin, accesscontrol.EvalPermission(ActionRead)), routing.Wrap(uss.getUsageReportPreview))
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go
index 36ad25d29cd..6ab6551c867 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
+	ac "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type UsageStats struct {
 	kvStore       *kvstore.NamespacedKVStore
 	RouteRegister routing.RouteRegister
 	pluginStore   plugins.Store
+	accesscontrol ac.AccessControl
 
 	log    log.Logger
 	tracer tracing.Tracer
@@ -26,7 +28,13 @@ type UsageStats struct {
 	sendReportCallbacks []usagestats.SendReportCallbackFunc
 }
 
-func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, pluginStore plugins.Store, kvStore kvstore.KVStore, routeRegister routing.RouteRegister, tracer tracing.Tracer) *UsageStats {
+func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg,
+	pluginStore plugins.Store,
+	kvStore kvstore.KVStore,
+	routeRegister routing.RouteRegister,
+	tracer tracing.Tracer,
+	accesscontrol ac.AccessControl,
+	accesscontrolService ac.Service) (*UsageStats, error) {
 	s := &UsageStats{
 		Cfg:           cfg,
 		RouteRegister: routeRegister,
@@ -34,11 +42,18 @@ func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, pluginStore plugins.Store, kvStore kvstore
 		kvStore:       kvstore.WithNamespace(kvStore, 0, "infra.usagestats"),
 		log:           log.New("infra.usagestats"),
 		tracer:        tracer,
+		accesscontrol: accesscontrol,
+	}
+
+	if !accesscontrol.IsDisabled() {
+		if err := declareFixedRoles(accesscontrolService); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	s.registerAPIEndpoints()
 
-	return s
+	return s, nil
 }
 
 func (uss *UsageStats) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go
index 3bb4c79c9b3..31ad226729f 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol/actest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
@@ -214,11 +215,15 @@ func createService(t *testing.T, cfg setting.Cfg, sqlStore db.DB, withDB bool) *
 		sqlStore = db.InitTestDB(t)
 	}
 
-	return ProvideService(
+	service, _ := ProvideService(
 		&cfg,
 		&plugins.FakePluginStore{},
 		kvstore.ProvideService(sqlStore),
 		routing.NewRouteRegister(),
 		tracing.InitializeTracerForTest(),
+		actest.FakeAccessControl{ExpectedDisabled: true},
+		actest.FakeService{},
 	)
+
+	return service
 }