diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py
index c204c0befb..0180ad22b5 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from .views import AjaxView
 from .version import inventreeVersion, inventreeInstanceName
 
+from users.models import check_user_role, RuleSet
+
 from plugins import plugins as inventree_plugins
 
 
@@ -70,6 +72,85 @@ class AttachmentMixin:
         attachment.save()
 
 
+class RolePermission(permissions.BasePermission):
+    """
+    Role mixin for API endpoints, allowing us to specify the user "role"
+    which is required for certain operations.
+
+    Each endpoint can have one or more of the following actions:
+    - GET
+    - POST
+    - PUT
+    - PATCH
+    - DELETE
+    
+    Specify the required "role" using the role_required attribute.
+
+    e.g.
+
+    role_required = "part"
+
+    The RoleMixin class will then determine if the user has the required permission
+    to perform the specified action.
+
+    For example, a DELETE action will be rejected unless the user has the "part.remove" permission
+
+    """
+
+    def has_permission(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Determine if the current user has the specified permissions
+        """
+
+        # First, check that the user is authenticated!
+        auth = permissions.IsAuthenticated()
+
+        if not auth.has_permission(request, view):
+            return False
+
+        user = request.user
+
+        # Superuser can do it all
+        if False and user.is_superuser:
+            return True
+
+        # Map the request method to a permission type
+        rolemap = {
+            'GET': 'view',
+            'OPTIONS': 'view',
+            'POST': 'add',
+            'PUT': 'change',
+            'PATCH': 'change',
+            'DELETE': 'delete',
+        }
+
+        permission = rolemap[request.method]
+
+        role = getattr(view, 'role_required', None)
+
+        if not role:
+            raise AttributeError(f"'role_required' not specified for view {type(view).__name__}")
+        
+        roles = []
+
+        if type(role) is str:
+            roles = [role]
+        elif type(role) in [list, tuple]:
+            roles = role
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(f"'role_required' is of incorrect type ({type(role)}) for view {type(view).__name__}")
+
+        for role in roles:
+            
+            if role not in RuleSet.RULESET_NAMES:
+                raise ValueError(f"Role '{role}' is not a valid role")
+
+            if not check_user_role(user, role, permission):
+                return False
+
+        # All checks passed
+        return True
+
 class ActionPluginView(APIView):
     """
     Endpoint for running custom action plugins.
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/api.py b/InvenTree/part/api.py
index 88d691797e..ded9a64cbb 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/api.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ from . import serializers as part_serializers
 
 from InvenTree.views import TreeSerializer
 from InvenTree.helpers import str2bool, isNull
-from InvenTree.api import AttachmentMixin
+from InvenTree.api import AttachmentMixin, RolePermission
+
 from InvenTree.status_codes import BuildStatus
 
 
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@ class CategoryList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
         'description',
     ]
 
+    role_required = 'part'
+
+    permission_classes = [
+        RolePermission,
+    ]
+
 
 class CategoryDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     """ API endpoint for detail view of a single PartCategory object """