diff --git a/course/category.php b/course/category.php
index ad0267f1151..cfb92288352 100644
--- a/course/category.php
+++ b/course/category.php
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@
     }
 
 /// Print link to roles
-    echo '<div class="rolelink" align="right"><a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/roles/assign.php?contextid='.
-         $context->id.'">'.get_string('assignroles','role').'</a></div>';
 
+    if (has_capability('moodle/role:assign', $context)) { 
+        echo '<div class="rolelink" align="right"><a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/roles/assign.php?contextid='.
+         $context->id.'">'.get_string('assignroles','role').'</a></div>';
+    }
 /// Print the category selector
 
     $displaylist = array();