diff --git a/hawkbit-security-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/im/authentication/PermissionUtils.java b/hawkbit-security-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/im/authentication/PermissionUtils.java
index ae8b604bb..98cde9642 100644
--- a/hawkbit-security-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/im/authentication/PermissionUtils.java
+++ b/hawkbit-security-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/im/authentication/PermissionUtils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public final class PermissionUtils {
 
         for (final String role : roles) {
             authorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority(role));
+            // add spring security ROLE authority which is indicated by the
+            // `ROLE_` prefix
+            authorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_" + role));
         }
 
         return authorities;