diff --git a/app/models/abilities/administrator.rb b/app/models/abilities/administrator.rb
index 7b27311be..fb4979be9 100644
--- a/app/models/abilities/administrator.rb
+++ b/app/models/abilities/administrator.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ module Abilities
       can [:edit, :update], DownloadSetting
 
       can :manage, LocalCensusRecord
+      can [:create, :read], LocalCensusRecords::Import
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/abilities/administrator_spec.rb b/spec/models/abilities/administrator_spec.rb
index 834a8d397..aeeff5cf6 100644
--- a/spec/models/abilities/administrator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/abilities/administrator_spec.rb
@@ -97,4 +97,6 @@ describe Abilities::Administrator do
   it { is_expected.to be_able_to :manage, dashboard_administrator_task }
 
   it { should be_able_to(:manage, LocalCensusRecord) }
+  it { should be_able_to(:create, LocalCensusRecords::Import) }
+  it { should be_able_to(:show, LocalCensusRecords::Import) }
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb b/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb
index b9af82cf9..5d39fc33e 100644
--- a/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ describe Abilities::Everyone do
 
   it { should_not be_able_to(:manage, Dashboard::Action) }
   it { should_not be_able_to(:manage, LocalCensusRecord) }
+  it { should_not be_able_to(:create, LocalCensusRecords::Import) }
+  it { should_not be_able_to(:show, LocalCensusRecords::Import) }
 
   context "when accessing poll results" do
     let(:results_enabled) { true }