diff --git a/ui/src/components/ContextSidebar.vue b/ui/src/components/ContextSidebar.vue
index 82206dea1980..098c81595d61 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ContextSidebar.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/ContextSidebar.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     <p-context-nav-item v-if="!canSeeWorkPools" title="Work Queues" :to="routes.workQueues()" />
     <p-context-nav-item title="Blocks" :to="routes.blocks()" />
     <p-context-nav-item :title="localization.info.variables" :to="routes.variables()" />
-    <p-context-nav-item title="Automations" :to="routes.automations()" />
+    <template v-if="can.access.automations">
+      <p-context-nav-item title="Automations" :to="routes.automations()" />
+    </template>
     <p-context-nav-item title="Notifications" :to="routes.notifications()" />
     <p-context-nav-item title="Concurrency" :to="routes.concurrencyLimits()" />
 
diff --git a/ui/src/maps/featureFlag.ts b/ui/src/maps/featureFlag.ts
index 540c13a85a0b..83c411576711 100644
--- a/ui/src/maps/featureFlag.ts
+++ b/ui/src/maps/featureFlag.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export const mapFlagResponseToFeatureFlag: MapFunction<FlagResponse, FeatureFlag
       return 'access:deploymentStatus'
     case 'work_queue_status':
       return 'access:workQueueStatus'
+    case 'automations':
+      return 'access:automations'
     default:
       // we want to have a ts error here but we don't want to break the app so returning null rather than throwing an error
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars, no-unused-vars
diff --git a/ui/src/types/flagResponse.ts b/ui/src/types/flagResponse.ts
index b99bc5dabba6..75699fe2a7c7 100644
--- a/ui/src/types/flagResponse.ts
+++ b/ui/src/types/flagResponse.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export type FlagResponse =
 | 'artifacts'
 | 'deployment_status'
 | 'work_queue_status'
+| 'automations'
diff --git a/ui/src/utilities/permissions.ts b/ui/src/utilities/permissions.ts
index 3e8b7e53d2f9..e948f5337b15 100644
--- a/ui/src/utilities/permissions.ts
+++ b/ui/src/utilities/permissions.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const featureFlags = [
   'access:deploymentStatus',
   'access:workQueueStatus',
   'access:flowRunInfraOverrides',
+  'access:automations',
 ] as const
 
 export type FeatureFlag = typeof featureFlags[number] | WorkspaceFeatureFlag