diff --git a/back/methods/account/getRoles.js b/back/methods/account/getRoles.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a4e50ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/back/methods/account/getRoles.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+module.exports = Self => {
+    Self.remoteMethodCtx('getUserRoles', {
+        description: 'Gets the user roles',
+        accepts:
+        {
+            arg: 'ctx',
+            type: 'Object',
+            http: {source: 'context'}
+        },
+        returns: {
+            type: 'object',
+            root: true
+        },
+        http: {
+            path: `/getUserRoles`,
+            verb: 'POST'
+        }
+    });
+
+    Self.getUserRoles = async ctx => {
+        // Get the user from the accesstoken
+        const userId = ctx.req.accessToken.userId;
+
+        // Get the user roles
+        const roles = await Self.getRoles(userId, {
+            ctx: ctx
+        });
+
+        return roles;
+    };
+};
diff --git a/back/models/account.js b/back/models/account.js
index f74052b5c..bb46cc2df 100644
--- a/back/models/account.js
+++ b/back/models/account.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module.exports = Self => {
     require('../methods/account/set-password')(Self);
     require('../methods/account/validate-token')(Self);
     require('../methods/account/privileges')(Self);
+    require('../methods/account/getRoles')(Self);
 
     // Validations