diff --git a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/dependencies/authentication.py b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/dependencies/authentication.py
index 0af058d7..0ca08e21 100644
--- a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/dependencies/authentication.py
+++ b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/dependencies/authentication.py
@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ async def get_current_active_user(
         )
 
     # remove the prefix (e.g. "/v3") from URL path
-    match = re.search(r"^(/v[0-9]+).*", request.url.path)
-    if match:
-        path = request.url.path[len(match.group(1)):]
-    else:
-        path = request.url.path
+    path = re.sub(r"^/v[0-9]", "", request.url.path)
 
     # special case: always authorize access to the "/users/me" endpoint
     if path == "/users/me":
diff --git a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/permissions.py b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/permissions.py
index fe7bf0f2..9a40d554 100644
--- a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/permissions.py
+++ b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/permissions.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 API routes for permissions.
 """
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Response, status
+import re
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Response, Request, status
+from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from uuid import UUID
 from typing import List
 
+
 from gns3server import schemas
 from gns3server.controller.controller_error import (
     ControllerBadRequestError,
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ async def get_permissions(
 
 @router.post("", response_model=schemas.Permission, status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 async def create_permission(
+        request: Request,
         permission_create: schemas.PermissionCreate,
         rbac_repo: RbacRepository = Depends(get_repository(RbacRepository))
 ) -> schemas.Permission:
@@ -64,7 +69,27 @@ async def create_permission(
         raise ControllerBadRequestError(f"Permission '{permission_create.methods} {permission_create.path} "
                                         f"{permission_create.action}' already exists")
 
-    return await rbac_repo.create_permission(permission_create)
+    for route in request.app.routes:
+        if isinstance(route, APIRoute):
+
+            # remove the prefix (e.g. "/v3") from the route path
+            route_path = re.sub(r"^/v[0-9]", "", route.path)
+            # replace route path ID parameters by an UUID regex
+            route_path = re.sub(r"{\w+_id}", "[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}", route_path)
+            # replace remaining route path parameters by an word matching regex
+            route_path = re.sub(r"/{[\w:]+}", r"/\\w+", route_path)
+
+            # the permission can match multiple routes
+            if permission_create.path.endswith("/*"):
+                route_path += r"/\*"
+
+            if re.fullmatch(route_path, permission_create.path):
+                for method in permission_create.methods:
+                    if method in list(route.methods):
+                        return await rbac_repo.create_permission(permission_create)
+
+    raise ControllerBadRequestError(f"Permission '{permission_create.methods} {permission_create.path}' "
+                                    f"doesn't match any existing endpoint")
 
 
 @router.get("/{permission_id}", response_model=schemas.Permission)
diff --git a/tests/api/routes/controller/test_permissions.py b/tests/api/routes/controller/test_permissions.py
index 1bd4e0ff..2ce3dbb6 100644
--- a/tests/api/routes/controller/test_permissions.py
+++ b/tests/api/routes/controller/test_permissions.py
@@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ class TestPermissionRoutes:
         response = await client.post(app.url_path_for("create_permission"), json=new_permission)
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
 
+    async def test_create_wildcard_permission(self, app: FastAPI, client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+
+        new_permission = {
+            "methods": ["GET"],
+            "path": "/templates/*",
+            "action": "ALLOW"
+        }
+        response = await client.post(app.url_path_for("create_permission"), json=new_permission)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
+
+    async def test_create_invalid_permission(self, app: FastAPI, client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+
+        new_permission = {
+            "methods": ["GET"],
+            "path": "/templates/invalid",
+            "action": "ALLOW"
+        }
+        response = await client.post(app.url_path_for("create_permission"), json=new_permission)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+
     async def test_get_permission(self, app: FastAPI, client: AsyncClient, db_session: AsyncSession) -> None:
 
         rbac_repo = RbacRepository(db_session)
@@ -50,7 +70,7 @@ class TestPermissionRoutes:
 
         response = await client.get(app.url_path_for("get_permissions"))
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
-        assert len(response.json()) == 6  # 5 default permissions + 1 custom permission
+        assert len(response.json()) == 7  # 5 default permissions + 2 custom permissions
 
     async def test_update_permission(self, app: FastAPI, client: AsyncClient, db_session: AsyncSession) -> None: