diff --git a/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/VDC.rb b/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/VDC.rb
index 4e9569878a..46ec6de56f 100644
--- a/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/VDC.rb
+++ b/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/VDC.rb
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ module OZones
             rule_str << "##{@vdc.VDCADMIN_ID} USER/* CREATE"
             rule_str << "##{@vdc.VDCADMIN_ID} USER/@#{@vdc.GROUP_ID} " \
             "USE+MANAGE+ADMIN"
+            rule_str << "##{@vdc.VDCADMIN_ID} VM+IMAGE+TEMPLATE/@#{@vdc.GROUP_ID} " \
+            "USE+MANAGE"
 
             ####################################################################
             #When more rules are added the class constant RESOURCE_ACL_FIRST_ID