diff --git a/app/dao/permissions_dao.py b/app/dao/permissions_dao.py
index 67015b75c..628a11d9a 100644
--- a/app/dao/permissions_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/permissions_dao.py
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ manage_service = 'manage_service'
 send_messages = 'send_messages'
 manage_api_keys = 'manage_api_keys'
 manage_templates = 'manage_templates'
+manage_team = 'manage_team'
+view_activity = 'view_activity'
 # Default permissions for a service
-default_service_permissions = [manage_service, send_messages, manage_api_keys, manage_templates]
+default_service_permissions = [
+    manage_service,
+    send_messages,
+    manage_api_keys,
+    manage_templates,
+    manage_team,
+    view_activity]
 
 
 class PermissionDAO(DAOClass):
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0031_add_manage_team_permission.py b/migrations/versions/0031_add_manage_team_permission.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05413da45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/0031_add_manage_team_permission.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 0031_add_manage_team_permission
+Revises: 0030_add_template_permission
+Create Date: 2016-02-26 10:33:20.536362
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '0031_add_manage_team_permission'
+down_revision = '0030_add_template_permission'
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+def upgrade():
+    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    conn = op.get_bind()
+    user_services = conn.execute("SELECT * FROM user_to_service").fetchall()
+    for entry in user_services:
+        id_ = uuid.uuid4()
+        created_at = datetime.now().isoformat().replace('T', ' ')
+        conn.execute((
+            "INSERT INTO permissions (id, user_id, service_id, permission, created_at)"
+            " VALUES ('{}', '{}', '{}', 'manage_team', '{}')").format(id_, entry[0], entry[1], created_at))
+        id_ = uuid.uuid4()
+        conn.execute((
+            "INSERT INTO permissions (id, user_id, service_id, permission, created_at)"
+            " VALUES ('{}', '{}', '{}', 'view_activity', '{}')").format(id_, entry[0], entry[1], created_at))
+    ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    conn = op.get_bind()
+    conn.execute("DELETE FROM permissions where permission='manage_team'")
+    conn.execute("DELETE FROM permissions where permission='view_activity'")
+
+    ### end Alembic commands ###
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/app/user/test_rest.py b/tests/app/user/test_rest.py
index b64b9d0e2..d098ec403 100644
--- a/tests/app/user/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/user/test_rest.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ def test_get_user_list(notify_api, notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_service)
             json_resp = json.loads(response.get_data(as_text=True))
             assert len(json_resp['data']) == 1
             sample_user = sample_service.users[0]
-            expected_permissions = ['manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates']
+            expected_permissions = [
+                'manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates',
+                'manage_team', 'view_activity']
             fetched = json_resp['data'][0]
 
             assert sample_user.id == fetched['id']
@@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ def test_get_user(notify_api, notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_service):
             assert resp.status_code == 200
             json_resp = json.loads(resp.get_data(as_text=True))
 
-            expected_permissions = ['manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates']
+            expected_permissions = [
+                'manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates',
+                'manage_team', 'view_activity']
             fetched = json_resp['data']
 
             assert sample_user.id == fetched['id']
@@ -179,7 +183,9 @@ def test_put_user(notify_api, notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_service):
             assert User.query.count() == 1
             json_resp = json.loads(resp.get_data(as_text=True))
             assert json_resp['data']['email_address'] == new_email
-            expected_permissions = ['manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates']
+            expected_permissions = [
+                'manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates',
+                'manage_team', 'view_activity']
             fetched = json_resp['data']
 
             assert sample_user.id == fetched['id']
@@ -271,7 +277,9 @@ def test_get_user_by_email(notify_api, notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_serv
             assert resp.status_code == 200
 
             json_resp = json.loads(resp.get_data(as_text=True))
-            expected_permissions = ['manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates']
+            expected_permissions = [
+                'manage_service', 'send_messages', 'manage_api_keys', 'manage_templates',
+                'manage_team', 'view_activity']
             fetched = json_resp['data']
 
             assert sample_user.id == fetched['id']