diff --git a/src/applications/countdown/application/PhabricatorCountdownApplication.php b/src/applications/countdown/application/PhabricatorCountdownApplication.php
--- a/src/applications/countdown/application/PhabricatorCountdownApplication.php
+++ b/src/applications/countdown/application/PhabricatorCountdownApplication.php
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 
   protected function getCustomCapabilities() {
     return array(
+      PhabricatorCountdownCreateCapability::CAPABILITY => array(
+        'default' => PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_USER,
+        'caption' => pht('Default create policy for countdowns.'),
+      ),
       PhabricatorCountdownDefaultViewCapability::CAPABILITY => array(
         'caption' => pht('Default view policy for new countdowns.'),
         'template' => PhabricatorCountdownCountdownPHIDType::TYPECONST,
diff --git a/src/applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorCountdownCreateCapability.php b/src/applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorCountdownCreateCapability.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorCountdownCreateCapability.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorCountdownCreateCapability
+  extends PhabricatorPolicyCapability {
+
+  const CAPABILITY = 'countdown.create';
+
+  public function getCapabilityName() {
+    return pht('Can Create Countdowns');
+  }
+
+  public function describeCapabilityRejection() {
+    return pht('You do not have permission to create a countdown.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/countdown/editor/PhabricatorCountdownEditEngine.php b/src/applications/countdown/editor/PhabricatorCountdownEditEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/countdown/editor/PhabricatorCountdownEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/countdown/editor/PhabricatorCountdownEditEngine.php
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
     return $object->getURI();
   }
 
+  protected function getCreateNewObjectPolicy() {
+    return $this->getApplication()->getPolicy(
+      PhabricatorCountdownCreateCapability::CAPABILITY);
+  }
+
   protected function buildCustomEditFields($object) {
     $epoch_value = $object->getEpoch();
     if ($epoch_value === null) {