diff --git a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation/impersonation.go b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation/impersonation.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..795d5520387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation/impersonation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package impersonation
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+)
+
+var _ authorizer.Authorizer = (*ImpersonationAuthorizer)(nil)
+
+// ImpersonationAuthorizer denies all impersonation requests.
+type ImpersonationAuthorizer struct{}
+
+func (auth ImpersonationAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
+	if a.GetVerb() == "impersonate" {
+		return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "user impersonation is not supported", nil
+	}
+	return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation/impersonation_test.go b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation/impersonation_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61c7bcb75e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation/impersonation_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package impersonation_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation"
+)
+
+func TestImpersonationAuthorizer_Authorize(t *testing.T) {
+	auth := impersonation.ImpersonationAuthorizer{}
+
+	t.Run("impersonate verb", func(t *testing.T) {
+		attrs := &fakeAttributes{
+			verb: "impersonate",
+		}
+
+		authorized, reason, err := auth.Authorize(context.Background(), attrs)
+
+		require.Equal(t, authorizer.DecisionDeny, authorized)
+		require.Equal(t, "user impersonation is not supported", reason)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("other verb", func(t *testing.T) {
+		attrs := &fakeAttributes{
+			verb: "get",
+		}
+
+		authorized, reason, err := auth.Authorize(context.Background(), attrs)
+
+		require.Equal(t, authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, authorized)
+		require.Equal(t, "", reason)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
+
+type fakeAttributes struct {
+	authorizer.Attributes
+	verb string
+}
+
+func (a fakeAttributes) GetVerb() string {
+	return a.verb
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/provider.go b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/provider.go
index 4deb3e414ee..84a73c50757 100644
--- a/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/provider.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/union"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/impersonation"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/org"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/grafana-apiserver/auth/authorizer/stack"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ func ProvideAuthorizer(
 	stackIDAuthorizer *stack.StackIDAuthorizer,
 	cfg *setting.Cfg,
 ) authorizer.Authorizer {
-	authorizers := []authorizer.Authorizer{}
+	authorizers := []authorizer.Authorizer{
+		&impersonation.ImpersonationAuthorizer{},
+	}
 
 	// In Hosted grafana, the StackID replaces the orgID as a valid namespace
 	if cfg.StackID != "" {