diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm
index 8593091d..21e3f731 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/JobsetEval.pm
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ sub cancel : Chained('evalChain') PathPart('cancel') Args(0) {
 
 sub restart {
     my ($self, $c, $condition) = @_;
-    requireProjectOwner($c, $c->stash->{eval}->project);
+    requireRestartPrivileges($c, $c->stash->{eval}->project);
     my $builds = $c->stash->{eval}->builds->search({ finished => 1, buildstatus => $condition });
     my $n = restartBuilds($c->model('DB')->schema, $builds);
     $c->flash->{successMsg} = "$n builds have been restarted.";
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
index 76fa6a7d..a6401676 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
     getBuild getPreviousBuild getNextBuild getPreviousSuccessfulBuild
     searchBuildsAndEvalsForJobset
     error notFound gone accessDenied
-    forceLogin requireUser requireProjectOwner requireAdmin requirePost isAdmin isProjectOwner
+    forceLogin requireUser requireProjectOwner requireRestartPrivileges requireAdmin requirePost isAdmin isProjectOwner
     trim
     getLatestFinishedEval getFirstEval
     paramToList
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ sub requireUser {
     forceLogin($c) if !$c->user_exists;
 }
 
-
 sub isProjectOwner {
     my ($c, $project) = @_;
     return
@@ -182,6 +181,26 @@ sub isProjectOwner {
          defined $c->model('DB::ProjectMembers')->find({ project => $project, userName => $c->user->username }));
 }
 
+sub hasRestartJobsRole {
+    my ($c) = @_;
+    return $c->user_exists && $c->check_user_roles('restart-jobs');
+}
+
+sub mayRestartJobs {
+    my ($c, $project) = @_;
+    return
+        $c->user_exists &&
+        (isAdmin($c) ||
+         hasRestartJobsRole($c) ||
+         isProjectOwner($c, $project));
+}
+
+sub requireRestartPrivileges {
+    my ($c, $project) = @_;
+    requireUser($c);
+    accessDenied($c, "Only the project members, administrators, and accounts with restart-jobs privileges can perform this operation.")
+        unless mayRestartJobs($c, $project);
+}
 
 sub requireProjectOwner {
     my ($c, $project) = @_;
@@ -196,7 +215,6 @@ sub isAdmin {
     return $c->user_exists && $c->check_user_roles('admin');
 }
 
-
 sub requireAdmin {
     my ($c) = @_;
     requireUser($c);
diff --git a/src/root/user.tt b/src/root/user.tt
index ba765983..e95ee689 100644
--- a/src/root/user.tt
+++ b/src/root/user.tt
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
           <select multiple="multiple" name="roles" class="span3" [% IF !c.check_user_roles('admin') %]disabled="disabled"[% END %]>
             [% INCLUDE roleoption role="admin" %]
             [% INCLUDE roleoption role="create-projects" %]
+            [% INCLUDE roleoption role="restart-jobs" %]
           </select>
         </div>
       </div>