diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 628ae29168..903d6bad21 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ConpherenceConduitAPIMethod' => 'applications/conpherence/conduit/ConpherenceConduitAPIMethod.php',
     'ConpherenceConstants' => 'applications/conpherence/constants/ConpherenceConstants.php',
     'ConpherenceController' => 'applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceController.php',
+    'ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability' => 'applications/conpherence/capability/ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability.php',
     'ConpherenceCreateThreadConduitAPIMethod' => 'applications/conpherence/conduit/ConpherenceCreateThreadConduitAPIMethod.php',
     'ConpherenceDAO' => 'applications/conpherence/storage/ConpherenceDAO.php',
     'ConpherenceDurableColumnView' => 'applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceDurableColumnView.php',
@@ -6403,6 +6404,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ConpherenceConduitAPIMethod' => 'ConduitAPIMethod',
     'ConpherenceConstants' => 'Phobject',
     'ConpherenceController' => 'PhabricatorController',
+    'ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability' => 'PhabricatorPolicyCapability',
     'ConpherenceCreateThreadConduitAPIMethod' => 'ConpherenceConduitAPIMethod',
     'ConpherenceDAO' => 'PhabricatorLiskDAO',
     'ConpherenceDurableColumnView' => 'AphrontTagView',
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/application/PhabricatorConpherenceApplication.php b/src/applications/conpherence/application/PhabricatorConpherenceApplication.php
index f3118be9bf..2c5b5c2fd4 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/application/PhabricatorConpherenceApplication.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/application/PhabricatorConpherenceApplication.php
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ final class PhabricatorConpherenceApplication extends PhabricatorApplication {
     );
   }
 
+  protected function getCustomCapabilities() {
+    return array(
+      ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability::CAPABILITY => array(
+        'default' => PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_USER,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   public function getMailCommandObjects() {
 
     // TODO: Conpherence threads don't currently support any commands directly,
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/capability/ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability.php b/src/applications/conpherence/capability/ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e776d96ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/capability/ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+final class ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability
+  extends PhabricatorPolicyCapability {
+
+  const CAPABILITY = 'conpherence.create';
+
+  public function getCapabilityName() {
+    return pht('Can Create Rooms');
+  }
+
+  public function describeCapabilityRejection() {
+    return pht('You do not have permission to create new rooms.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceRoomEditController.php b/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceRoomEditController.php
index 56f808056c..443962bea3 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceRoomEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceRoomEditController.php
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ final class ConpherenceRoomEditController
   extends ConpherenceController {
 
   public function handleRequest(AphrontRequest $request) {
+    $id = $request->getURIData('id');
+    if (!$id) {
+      $this->requireApplicationCapability(
+        ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability::CAPABILITY);
+    }
+
     return id(new ConpherenceEditEngine())
       ->setController($this)
       ->buildResponse();
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/editor/ConpherenceEditEngine.php b/src/applications/conpherence/editor/ConpherenceEditEngine.php
index 7b1b7d1aa4..8e8a6633da 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/editor/ConpherenceEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/editor/ConpherenceEditEngine.php
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ final class ConpherenceEditEngine
     return $object->getURI();
   }
 
+  protected function getCreateNewObjectPolicy() {
+    return $this->getApplication()->getPolicy(
+      ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability::CAPABILITY);
+  }
+
   public function isEngineConfigurable() {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceThreadListView.php b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceThreadListView.php
index 3701acea88..f3efc96621 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceThreadListView.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceThreadListView.php
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ final class ConpherenceThreadListView extends AphrontView {
   public function render() {
     require_celerity_resource('conpherence-menu-css');
 
+    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+    $can_create_room = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
+      $viewer,
+      PhabricatorApplication::getByClass(
+        PhabricatorConpherenceApplication::class),
+      ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability::CAPABILITY);
+
     $menu = id(new PHUIListView())
       ->addClass('conpherence-menu')
       ->setID('conpherence-menu');
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ final class ConpherenceThreadListView extends AphrontView {
         ->setType(PHUIListItemView::TYPE_LINK)
         ->setHref('/conpherence/new/')
         ->setWorkflow(true)
+        ->setDisabled(!$can_create_room)
         ->setName(pht('Create a Room'));
       $menu->addMenuItem($create_item);
     }
@@ -109,6 +117,13 @@ final class ConpherenceThreadListView extends AphrontView {
   }
 
   private function buildHeaderItemView() {
+    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+    $can_create_room = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
+      $viewer,
+      PhabricatorApplication::getByClass(
+        PhabricatorConpherenceApplication::class),
+      ConpherenceCreateRoomCapability::CAPABILITY);
+
     $rooms = phutil_tag(
       'a',
       array(
@@ -126,6 +141,10 @@ final class ConpherenceThreadListView extends AphrontView {
         'tip' => pht('New Room'),
       ));
 
+    if (!$can_create_room) {
+      $new_icon->setColor('lightgreytext');
+    }
+
     $search_icon = id(new PHUIIconView())
       ->setIcon('fa-search')
       ->addSigil('has-tooltip')