diff --git a/src/config/AppAbility.ts b/src/config/AppAbility.ts
index 590f043a..966824c4 100644
--- a/src/config/AppAbility.ts
+++ b/src/config/AppAbility.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {Ability, AbilityClass} from '@casl/ability';
 type Actions = 'manage' | 'create' | 'read' | 'update' | 'delete' | 'archive' | 'access' | 'submit';
 type Subjects = 'ProgramUser' | 'Location' | 'User' | 'AdminSection' | 'Trait' | 'Import' | 'ProgramConfiguration' | 'Submission'
     | 'Experiment' | 'Germplasm' | 'Ontology' | 'SampleManagement' | 'ProgramAdministration' | 'JobManagement' | 'Collaborator' | 'BrAPI'
-    | 'List';
+    | 'SubEntityDataset' | 'List';
 
 export type AppAbility = Ability<[Actions, Subjects]>;
 export const AppAbility = Ability as AbilityClass<AppAbility>;
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diff --git a/src/config/ability.ts b/src/config/ability.ts
index 1e08aa26..8a805925 100644
--- a/src/config/ability.ts
+++ b/src/config/ability.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const rolePermissions: Record<string, DefinePermissions> = {
     can('update', 'Trait');
     can('archive', 'Trait');
     can('create', 'Import');
+    can('create', 'SubEntityDataset');
     can('delete', 'Experiment');
     can('access', 'ProgramConfiguration');
     can('create', 'ProgramConfiguration');
diff --git a/src/views/experiments-and-observations/ExperimentDetails.vue b/src/views/experiments-and-observations/ExperimentDetails.vue
index b65a8f37..177ddf64 100644
--- a/src/views/experiments-and-observations/ExperimentDetails.vue
+++ b/src/views/experiments-and-observations/ExperimentDetails.vue
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export default class ExperimentDetails extends ProgramsBase {
       new ActionMenuItem('experiment-import-file', 'import-file', 'Import file', this.$ability.can('create', 'Import')),
       new ActionMenuItem('experiment-download-file', 'download-file', 'Download file'),
       new ActionMenuItem('experiment-add-collaborator', 'add-collaborator', 'Add Collaborator',  this.$ability.can('manage', 'Collaborator')),
-      new ActionMenuItem('experiment-create-sub-entity-dataset', 'create-sub-entity-dataset', 'Create Sub-Entity Dataset'),
+      new ActionMenuItem('experiment-create-sub-entity-dataset', 'create-sub-entity-dataset', 'Create Sub-Entity Dataset', this.$ability.can('create', 'SubEntityDataset')),
       new ActionMenuItem('experiment-delete', 'delete-experiment', 'Delete experiment', this.$ability.can('delete', 'Experiment'))
   ];