diff --git a/requiam/grouper_admin.py b/requiam/grouper_admin.py
index a3309f13..da62eb8d 100644
--- a/requiam/grouper_admin.py
+++ b/requiam/grouper_admin.py
@@ -119,3 +119,62 @@ def add_group(self, group, group_type, description):
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
             raise requests.exceptions.HTTPError
 
+    def add_privilege(self, access_group, target_group, target_group_type, privileges):
+        """
+        Purpose:
+          Add privilege(s) for a Grouper group to access target
+
+        :param access_group: name of group to give access to, ex: arizona.edu:Dept:LBRY:figshare:GrouperSuperAdmins
+        :param target_group: name of group to add privilege on, ex: "apitest"
+        :param target_group_type: name of stem associated with the group to add privilege on,
+                            ex: use 'test' for arizona.edu:Dept:LBRY:figtest:test
+        :param privileges: single string, or list of strings of allowed values:
+                           'read', 'view', 'update', 'admin', 'optin', 'optout'
+
+        :return: True on success, otherwise raises GrouperAPIException
+        """
+
+        # This is a hack.  The endpoint needs to change so "groups" is not hardcoded.
+        endpoint = join(dirname(self.endpoint), 'grouperPrivileges')
+
+        # Check privileges
+        if isinstance(privileges, str):
+            privileges = [privileges]
+        for privilege in privileges:
+            if privilege not in ['read', 'view', 'update', 'admin', 'optin', 'optout']:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid privilege name: {privilege}")
+
+        target_groupname = figshare_group(target_group, target_group_type,
+                                          production=self.grouper_production)
+
+        try:
+            group_exists = self.check_group_exists(target_group, target_group_type)
+        except KeyError:
+            raise KeyError("ERROR: Stem is empty")
+
+        if group_exists:
+            args = self.get_group_details(access_group)
+            if len(args):
+                access_group_detail = args.pop()
+            else:
+                raise Exception(f"Could NOT find access_group: {access_group}")
+
+            # initialize
+            params = {
+                'WsRestAssignGrouperPrivilegesLiteRequest': {
+                    'allowed': 'T',
+                    'subjectId': access_group_detail['uuid'],
+                    'privilegeName': '',
+                    'groupName': target_groupname,
+                    'privilegeType': 'access'
+                }
+            }
+
+            for privilege in privileges:
+                params['WsRestAssignGrouperPrivilegesLiteRequest']['privilegeName'] = privilege
+                result = requests.post(endpoint, json=params, headers=self.headers,
+                                       auth=(self.grouper_user, self.grouper_password))
+                metadata = result.json()['WsAssignGrouperPrivilegesLiteResult']['resultMetadata']
+
+                if metadata['resultCode'] not in ['SUCCESS_ALLOWED', 'SUCCESS_ALLOWED_ALREADY_EXISTED']:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Unexpected result received: {metadata['resultCode']}")