diff --git a/packages/app/package.json b/packages/app/package.json
index a9e8e8ddc8..5dbb326538 100644
--- a/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/packages/app/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-newrelic": "^0.3.10",
     "@backstage/plugin-org": "^0.3.31",
     "@backstage/plugin-pagerduty": "0.3.19",
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-react": "^0.1.1",
     "@backstage/plugin-rollbar": "^0.3.20",
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder": "^0.11.14",
     "@backstage/plugin-search": "^0.5.1",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index d587a88402..f67a7b2649 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ import {
   AnyApiFactory,
   configApiRef,
   createApiFactory,
+  discoveryApiRef,
   errorApiRef,
   githubAuthApiRef,
+  identityApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import {
+  permissionApiRef,
+  IdentityPermissionApi,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-permission-react';
 
 export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
   createApiFactory({
@@ -64,4 +70,15 @@ export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
   }),
 
   createApiFactory(costInsightsApiRef, new ExampleCostInsightsClient()),
+
+  createApiFactory({
+    api: permissionApiRef,
+    deps: {
+      discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
+      identityApi: identityApiRef,
+      configApi: configApiRef,
+    },
+    factory: ({ configApi, discoveryApi, identityApi }) =>
+      IdentityPermissionApi.create({ configApi, discoveryApi, identityApi }),
+  }),
 ];