diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/AllowAllPermissionPolicy.test.ts b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/AllowAllPermissionPolicy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ebebd04e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/AllowAllPermissionPolicy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import {
+  AuthorizeResult,
+  Permission,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { AllowAllPermissionPolicy } from './AllowAllPermissionPolicy';
+
+describe('AllowAllPermissionPolicy', () => {
+  const policy = new AllowAllPermissionPolicy();
+
+  it('returns ALLOW when no identity is passed', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      policy.handle({
+        permission: {
+          name: 'any.permission',
+        } as Permission,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ result: AuthorizeResult.ALLOW });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/AllowAllPermissionPolicy.ts b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/AllowAllPermissionPolicy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb39d4a334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/AllowAllPermissionPolicy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import { BackstageIdentity } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-backend';
+import { AuthorizeResult } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import {
+  PermissionPolicy,
+  PolicyAuthorizeRequest,
+  PolicyResult,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
+
+export class AllowAllPermissionPolicy implements PermissionPolicy {
+  async handle(
+    _request: PolicyAuthorizeRequest,
+    _user?: BackstageIdentity,
+  ): Promise<PolicyResult> {
+    return {
+      result: AuthorizeResult.ALLOW,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
index 6218d22d59..87c62c6234 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Server } from 'http';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { AllowAllPermissionPolicy } from './AllowAllPermissionPolicy';
 import { createRouter } from './router';
-import { AuthorizeResult } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 
 export interface ServerOptions {
   port: number;
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ export async function startStandaloneServer(
   const router = await createRouter({
     logger,
     config,
-    policy: {
-      handle: () => Promise.resolve({ result: AuthorizeResult.ALLOW }),
-    },
+    policy: new AllowAllPermissionPolicy(),
   });
 
   let service = createServiceBuilder(module)