diff --git a/src/Utilities/useIsCockpitAdmin.tsx b/src/Utilities/useIsCockpitAdmin.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aa843e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Utilities/useIsCockpitAdmin.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import cockpit from 'cockpit';
+
+export const useIsCockpitAdmin = () => {
+  const [isAdmin, setIsAdmin] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const permission = cockpit.permission({ admin: true });
+
+    const onChangeListener = () => {
+      setIsAdmin(permission.allowed);
+    };
+
+    permission.addEventListener('changed', onChangeListener);
+
+    // Check the initial state
+    onChangeListener();
+
+    return () => {
+      permission.removeEventListener('changed', onChangeListener);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return isAdmin;
+};
diff --git a/src/test/mocks/cockpit/cockpitPermission.ts b/src/test/mocks/cockpit/cockpitPermission.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e0305d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/mocks/cockpit/cockpitPermission.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
+
+type PermissionObject = {
+  allowed: boolean;
+  addEventListener(eventType: string, callback: () => void): void;
+  removeEventListener(eventType: string, callback: () => void): void;
+};
+
+export const cockpitPermission = ({ admin = false }): PermissionObject => {
+  return {
+    allowed: admin,
+    addEventListener: (eventType: string, callback: () => void) => {},
+    removeEventListener: (eventType: string, callback: () => void) => {},
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/test/mocks/cockpit/index.ts b/src/test/mocks/cockpit/index.ts
index 0b7f733b..c813c390 100644
--- a/src/test/mocks/cockpit/index.ts
+++ b/src/test/mocks/cockpit/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 import { cockpitFile } from './cockpitFile';
 import { cockpitHTTP } from './cockpitHTTP';
+import { cockpitPermission } from './cockpitPermission';
 
 type userinfo = {
   home: string;
@@ -31,4 +32,5 @@ export default {
     });
   },
   http: cockpitHTTP,
+  permission: cockpitPermission,
 };