diff --git a/addons/audittrail/__terp__.py b/addons/audittrail/__terp__.py
index a91f827cb73..08249693e48 100644
--- a/addons/audittrail/__terp__.py
+++ b/addons/audittrail/__terp__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
     "init_xml" : [],
     "description": "Allows the administrator to track every user operations on all objects of the system.",
     "category" : "Generic Modules/Others",
-    "update_xml" : ["audittrail_view.xml"],
+    "update_xml" : ["audittrail_view.xml", 
+                    "security/ir.model.access.csv",
+                    "security/audittrail_security.xml",
+                   ],
     "demo_xml" : ["audittrail_demo.xml"],
     "active" : False,
     "installable": True
diff --git a/addons/audittrail/security/audittrail_security.xml b/addons/audittrail/security/audittrail_security.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b1f17aa939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/audittrail/security/audittrail_security.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<openerp>
+	<data noupdate="0">
+		<!-- Set access to menu -->
+		<record id="menu_action_audittrail" model="ir.ui.menu">
+			<field eval="[(6,0,[ref('base.group_system')])]" name="groups_id"/>
+		</record>
+	</data>
+</openerp>
+
diff --git a/addons/audittrail/security/ir.model.access.csv b/addons/audittrail/security/ir.model.access.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90895f202c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/audittrail/security/ir.model.access.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"id","name","model_id:id","group_id:id","perm_read","perm_write","perm_create","perm_unlink"
+"access_audittrail_rule_group_system","audittrail rule system","model_audittrail_rule","base.group_system",1,1,1,1
+"access_audittrail_log_group_system","audittrail log system","model_audittrail_log","base.group_system",1,1,1,1
+"access_audittrail_logline_group_system","audittrail log line system","model_audittrail_log_line","base.group_system",1,1,1,1