diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -3081,6 +3081,7 @@
     'PhabricatorDashboardColumn' => 'applications/dashboard/layoutconfig/PhabricatorDashboardColumn.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardConsoleController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardConsoleController.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardController.php',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability' => 'applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardDAO' => 'applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardDAO.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardDashboardPHIDType' => 'applications/dashboard/phid/PhabricatorDashboardDashboardPHIDType.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardDatasource' => 'applications/dashboard/typeahead/PhabricatorDashboardDatasource.php',
@@ -9496,6 +9497,7 @@
     'PhabricatorDashboardColumn' => 'Phobject',
     'PhabricatorDashboardConsoleController' => 'PhabricatorDashboardController',
     'PhabricatorDashboardController' => 'PhabricatorController',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability' => 'PhabricatorPolicyCapability',
     'PhabricatorDashboardDAO' => 'PhabricatorLiskDAO',
     'PhabricatorDashboardDashboardPHIDType' => 'PhabricatorPHIDType',
     'PhabricatorDashboardDatasource' => 'PhabricatorTypeaheadDatasource',
diff --git a/src/applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability.php b/src/applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/countdown/capability/PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability
+  extends PhabricatorPolicyCapability {
+
+  const CAPABILITY = 'dashboard.create';
+
+  public function getCapabilityName() {
+    return pht('Can Create Dashboards');
+  }
+
+  public function describeCapabilityRejection() {
+    return pht('You do not have permission to create a dashboard.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorDashboardApplication.php b/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorDashboardApplication.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorDashboardApplication.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorDashboardApplication.php
@@ -83,4 +83,12 @@
     );
   }
 
+  protected function getCustomCapabilities() {
+    return array(
+      PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability::CAPABILITY => array(
+        'default' => PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_USER,
+        'caption' => pht('Default create policy for Dashboards.'),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/editor/PhabricatorDashboardEditEngine.php b/src/applications/dashboard/editor/PhabricatorDashboardEditEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/editor/PhabricatorDashboardEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/editor/PhabricatorDashboardEditEngine.php
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
     return $object->getURI();
   }
 
+  protected function getCreateNewObjectPolicy() {
+    return $this->getApplication()->getPolicy(
+      PhabricatorDashboardCreateCapability::CAPABILITY);
+  }
+
   protected function buildCustomEditFields($object) {
     $layout_options = PhabricatorDashboardLayoutMode::getLayoutModeMap();