diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go
index 0ec018d86de..05c8da97c2e 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func newIAMAuthorizer(accessClient authlib.AccessClient, legacyAccessClient auth
 	authorizer := gfauthorizer.NewResourceAuthorizer(accessClient)
 	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.CoreRoleInfo.GetName()] = iamauthorizer.NewCoreRoleAuthorizer(accessClient)
 	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.RoleInfo.GetName()] = authorizer
-	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.ResourcePermissionInfo.GetName()] = allowAuthorizer // Handled at storage layer
+	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.ResourcePermissionInfo.GetName()] = allowAuthorizer // Handled by the backend wrapper
 	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.RoleBindingInfo.GetName()] = authorizer
 	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.ServiceAccountResourceInfo.GetName()] = authorizer
 	resourceAuthorizer[iamv0.UserResourceInfo.GetName()] = authorizer
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go
index 786635fa19a..32e2c9fefef 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 
 	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/iam/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	legacyiamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
 	grafanaregistry "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/registry/generic"
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	iamauthorizer "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/externalgroupmapping"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/noopstorage"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/resourcepermission"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/sso"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/teambinding"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
+	gfauthorizer "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer/storewrapper"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/builder"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authz/zanzana"
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ func RegisterAPIService(
 func NewAPIService(
 	accessClient types.AccessClient,
 	dbProvider legacysql.LegacyDatabaseProvider,
+	coreRoleStorage CoreRoleStorageBackend,
+	roleStorage RoleStorageBackend,
 	features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles,
 	zClient zanzana.Client,
 	reg prometheus.Registerer,
@@ -123,10 +127,17 @@ func NewAPIService(
 	store := legacy.NewLegacySQLStores(dbProvider)
 	resourcePermissionsStorage := resourcepermission.ProvideStorageBackend(dbProvider)
 	registerMetrics(reg)
+
+	resourceAuthorizer := gfauthorizer.NewResourceAuthorizer(accessClient)
+	coreRoleAuthorizer := iamauthorizer.NewCoreRoleAuthorizer(accessClient)
+
 	return &IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder{
 		store:                      store,
 		display:                    user.NewLegacyDisplayREST(store),
 		resourcePermissionsStorage: resourcePermissionsStorage,
+		rolesStorage:               roleStorage,
+		coreRolesStorage:           coreRoleStorage,
+		roleBindingsStorage:        noopstorage.ProvideStorageBackend(), // TODO: add a proper storage backend
 		logger:                     log.New("iam.apis"),
 		features:                   features,
 		accessClient:               accessClient,
@@ -135,20 +146,32 @@ func NewAPIService(
 		reg:                        reg,
 		authorizer: authorizer.AuthorizerFunc(
 			func(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
+				user, ok := types.AuthInfoFrom(ctx)
+				if !ok {
+					return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "no identity found", apierrors.NewUnauthorized("no identity found in context")
+				}
+
+				if a.GetResource() == "coreroles" {
+					if user.GetIdentityType() != types.TypeAccessPolicy {
+						return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "only access policy identities have access for now", nil
+					}
+					return coreRoleAuthorizer.Authorize(ctx, a)
+				}
+
 				// For now only authorize resourcepermissions resource
 				if a.GetResource() == "resourcepermissions" {
-					// Authorization is handled at the storage layer
+					// Authorization is handled by the backend wrapper
 					return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
 				}
 
-				user, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
-				if err != nil {
-					return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "no identity found", err
+				if a.GetResource() == "roles" {
+					if user.GetIdentityType() != types.TypeAccessPolicy {
+						return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "only access policy identities have access for now", nil
+					}
+					return resourceAuthorizer.Authorize(ctx, a)
 				}
-				if user.GetIsGrafanaAdmin() {
-					return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
-				}
-				return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "only grafana admins have access for now", nil
+
+				return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "access denied", nil
 			}),
 	}
 }