diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerChmod.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerChmod.cc
index 806e245f53..f5d93ef6de 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerChmod.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerChmod.cc
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Request::ErrorCode RequestManagerChmod::chmod(
         Nebula::instance().get_configuration_attribute(
                 "ENABLE_OTHER_PERMISSIONS", enable_other);
 
-        if ( !enable_other )
+        if ( !enable_other && !att.is_admin())
         {
             att.resp_msg = "'other' permissions is disabled in oned.conf";
             return AUTHORIZATION;