diff --git a/application/forms/Security/RoleForm.php b/application/forms/Security/RoleForm.php
index d1e8fd03f..39346c945 100644
--- a/application/forms/Security/RoleForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Security/RoleForm.php
@@ -195,8 +195,19 @@ class RoleForm extends RepositoryForm
                 'description'   => $this->translate('Everything is allowed')
             ]
         );
+        $this->addElement(
+            'checkbox',
+            'unrestricted',
+            [
+                'autosubmit'        => true,
+                'uncheckedValue'    => null,
+                'label'             => $this->translate('Unrestricted Access'),
+                'description'       => $this->translate('Access to any data is completely unrestricted')
+            ]
+        );
 
         $hasAdminPerm = isset($formData[self::WILDCARD_NAME]) && $formData[self::WILDCARD_NAME];
+        $isUnrestricted = isset($formData['unrestricted']) && $formData['unrestricted'];
         foreach ($this->providedPermissions as $moduleName => $permissionList) {
             $this->sortPermissions($permissionList);
 
@@ -301,7 +312,9 @@ class RoleForm extends RepositoryForm
                                 '/​',
                                 isset($spec['label']) ? $spec['label'] : $spec['name']
                             ),
-                            'description'   => $spec['description']
+                            'description'   => $spec['description'],
+                            'style'         => $isUnrestricted ? 'text-decoration:line-through;' : '',
+                            'readonly'      => $isUnrestricted ?: null
                         ]
                     )
                         ->getElement($name)
@@ -339,6 +352,7 @@ class RoleForm extends RepositoryForm
             'name'              => $role->name,
             'users'             => $role->users,
             'groups'            => $role->groups,
+            'unrestricted'      => $role->unrestricted,
             self::WILDCARD_NAME => (bool) preg_match('~(?<!/)\*~', $role->permissions)
         ];
 
diff --git a/doc/06-Security.md b/doc/06-Security.md
index ac2a120cf..0fb1d9e63 100644
--- a/doc/06-Security.md
+++ b/doc/06-Security.md
@@ -80,8 +80,17 @@ users                     | Comma-separated list of **usernames** that should oc
 groups                    | Comma-separated list of **group names** whose users should occupy this role.
 permissions               | Comma-separated list of **permissions** granted by this role.
 refusals                  | Comma-separated list of **permissions** refused by this role.
+unrestricted              | If set to `1`, owners of this role are not restricted in any way (Default: `0`)
 monitoring/filter/objects | **Filter expression** that restricts the access to monitoring objects.
 
+### Administrative Roles
+
+Roles that have the wildcard `*` as permission, have full access and don't need any further permissions. However,
+they are still affected by refusals.
+
+Unrestricted roles are supposed to allow users to access data without being limited to a subset of it. Once a user
+occupies an unrestricted role, restrictions of the same and any other role are ignored.
+
 ### Inheritance
 
 A role can inherit privileges from another role. Privileges are then combined the same way as if a user occupies
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/AdmissionLoader.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/AdmissionLoader.php
index 38ad18dd3..1b8bb239e 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/AdmissionLoader.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/AdmissionLoader.php
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ class AdmissionLoader
                 ->setName($name)
                 ->setRefusals($refusals)
                 ->setPermissions($permissions)
-                ->setRestrictions($restrictions);
+                ->setRestrictions($restrictions)
+                ->setIsUnrestricted($section->get('unrestricted', false));
 
             if (isset($section->parent)) {
                 $parentName = $section->parent;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ class AdmissionLoader
         $roles = [];
         $permissions = [];
         $restrictions = [];
+        $isUnrestricted = false;
         foreach ($this->roleConfig as $roleName => $roleConfig) {
             if (! isset($roles[$roleName]) && $this->match($username, $userGroups, $roleConfig)) {
                 foreach ($this->loadRole($roleName, $roleConfig) as $role) {
@@ -162,11 +164,15 @@ class AdmissionLoader
                     }
 
                     $role->setRestrictions($roleRestrictions);
+
+                    if (! $isUnrestricted) {
+                        $isUnrestricted = $role->isUnrestricted();
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        $user->setRestrictions($restrictions);
+        $user->setRestrictions($isUnrestricted ? [] : $restrictions);
         $user->setPermissions($permissions);
         $user->setRoles(array_values($roles));
     }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/Role.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/Role.php
index ef2792d83..1fca29b9d 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/Role.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/Role.php
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class Role
      */
     protected $children;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether restrictions should not apply to owners of the role
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $unrestricted = false;
+
     /**
      * Permissions of the role
      *
@@ -133,6 +140,30 @@ class Role
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get whether restrictions should not apply to owners of the role
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isUnrestricted()
+    {
+        return $this->unrestricted;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set whether restrictions should not apply to owners of the role
+     *
+     * @param bool $state
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setIsUnrestricted($state)
+    {
+        $this->unrestricted = (bool) $state;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the permissions of the role
      *
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/RolesConfig.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/RolesConfig.php
index 896405069..ac5695f11 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/RolesConfig.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/RolesConfig.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class RolesConfig extends IniRepository
                 'groups',
                 'refusals',
                 'permissions',
+                'unrestricted',
                 'application/share/users',
                 'application/share/groups'
             ]