diff --git a/cms/templates/cms/base.html b/cms/templates/cms/base.html
index d8df9e7..fbd3e5d 100644
--- a/cms/templates/cms/base.html
+++ b/cms/templates/cms/base.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 {% for p in pages %}
                   <li><a href="{% if p.slug %}{% url 'cms:page' p.slug %}{% else %}{% url 'cms:page' %}{% endif %}" {% if p.pk == page.pk %}class="current"{% endif %}>{{p.title}}</a></li>
                 {% endfor %}
-                {% if user.is_staff %}
+                {% if perms.cms_page_create %}
                   <li><a class="edit" href="{% url 'cms:createpage' %}">+ {% trans 'new page' %}</a></li>
                 {% endif %}
               </ul>
diff --git a/cms/templatetags/cms.py b/cms/templatetags/cms.py
index 08c848a..6be1d41 100644
--- a/cms/templatetags/cms.py
+++ b/cms/templatetags/cms.py
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ class IncludeSectionNode(template.Node):
     def __init__(self, section):
         self.section = template.Variable(section)
         self.csrf_token = template.Variable('csrf_token')
+        self.perms = template.Variable('perms')
         super().__init__()
 
     def render(self, context):
         section = self.section.resolve(context)
         template_name = section.view.template_name
         csrf_token = self.csrf_token.resolve(context)
-        section.context.update({'csrf_token': csrf_token})
+        perms = self.perms.resolve(context)
+        section.context.update({
+            'csrf_token': csrf_token,
+            'perms': perms,
+        })
         t = context.template.engine.get_template(template_name)
         return t.render(template.Context(section.context))