diff --git a/addons/wiki/__openerp__.py b/addons/wiki/__openerp__.py
index 8dd7779a290..d6414ca6a26 100644
--- a/addons/wiki/__openerp__.py
+++ b/addons/wiki/__openerp__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     'depends': ['base'],
     'init_xml': [],
     'update_xml': [
+        'security/wiki_security.xml',
         'wizard/wiki_wiki_page_open_view.xml',
         'wizard/wiki_create_menu_view.xml',
         'wizard/wiki_make_index_view.xml',
diff --git a/addons/wiki/security/wiki_security.xml b/addons/wiki/security/wiki_security.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae68d019a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/wiki/security/wiki_security.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<openerp>
+<data noupdate="1">
+    <record id="wiki_basic_group" model="res.groups">
+        <field name="name">wiki / Basic wiki editing</field>
+    </record>
+</data>
+</openerp>
diff --git a/addons/wiki/wiki_view.xml b/addons/wiki/wiki_view.xml
index 4ea1b7131a2..00bec980c23 100644
--- a/addons/wiki/wiki_view.xml
+++ b/addons/wiki/wiki_view.xml
@@ -127,13 +127,14 @@
                     <group col="8" colspan="4">
                         <field name="name" select="1" colspan="6"/>
                         <button name="open_wiki_page" type="object"
-                        string="Basic Wiki Editing" icon="gtk-ok"/>
+                        string="Basic Wiki Editing" icon="gtk-ok" groups="wiki.wiki_basic_group"/>
                     </group>
                     <group col="8" colspan="4">
                         <field name="group_id" select="1" on_change="onchange_group_id(group_id, text_area)"/>
                         <field name="section" invisible="not context.get('section',False)"/>
                         <field name="parent_id"/>
                     </group>
+
 					<separator colspan="4" string="Informations"/>
                     <field name="text_area" nolabel="1" colspan="4" select="1" widget="text_wiki"/>
                     <separator colspan="4" string="Modifications"/>