diff --git a/lib/travis/api/v3/access_control/user.rb b/lib/travis/api/v3/access_control/user.rb
index 3376ffb9..b0b93f15 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/v3/access_control/user.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/v3/access_control/user.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ module Travis::API::V3
       organization.members.include? user
     end
 
+    def user_writable?(user)
+      user == self.user
+    end
+
     def repository_writable?(repository)
       permission?(:push, repository)
     end
diff --git a/lib/travis/api/v3/permissions/user.rb b/lib/travis/api/v3/permissions/user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6aaf5af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/travis/api/v3/permissions/user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'travis/api/v3/permissions/generic'
+
+module Travis::API::V3
+  class Permissions::User < Permissions::Generic
+    def sync?
+      write?
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/v3/services/owner/find_spec.rb b/spec/v3/services/owner/find_spec.rb
index 53336475..66d3feca 100644
--- a/spec/v3/services/owner/find_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/v3/services/owner/find_spec.rb
@@ -151,15 +151,16 @@ describe Travis::API::V3::Services::Owner::Find do
       before  { get("/v3/owner/example-user")   }
       example { expect(last_response).to be_ok   }
       example { expect(JSON.load(body)).to be == {
-        "@type"      => "user",
-        "@href"      => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
-        "id"         => user.id,
-        "login"      => "example-user",
-        "name"       => nil,
-        "github_id"  => nil,
-        "avatar_url" => nil,
-        "is_syncing" => nil,
-        "synced_at"  => nil
+        "@type"        => "user",
+        "@href"        => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
+        "@permissions" => {"read"=>true, "sync"=>false},
+        "id"           => user.id,
+        "login"        => "example-user",
+        "name"         => nil,
+        "github_id"    => nil,
+        "avatar_url"   => nil,
+        "is_syncing"   => nil,
+        "synced_at"    => nil
       }}
     end
 
@@ -167,15 +168,16 @@ describe Travis::API::V3::Services::Owner::Find do
       before  { get("/v3/owner/example-USER")   }
       example { expect(last_response).to be_ok   }
       example { expect(JSON.load(body)).to be == {
-        "@type"      => "user",
-        "@href"      => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
-        "id"         => user.id,
-        "login"      => "example-user",
-        "name"       => nil,
-        "github_id"  => nil,
-        "avatar_url" => nil,
-        "is_syncing" => nil,
-        "synced_at"  => nil
+        "@type"        => "user",
+        "@href"        => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
+        "@permissions" => {"read"=>true, "sync"=>false},
+        "id"           => user.id,
+        "login"        => "example-user",
+        "name"         => nil,
+        "github_id"    => nil,
+        "avatar_url"   => nil,
+        "is_syncing"   => nil,
+        "synced_at"    => nil
       }}
     end
 
@@ -187,15 +189,16 @@ describe Travis::API::V3::Services::Owner::Find do
       before  { get("/v3/owner/example-user?user.id=#{other.id}") }
       example { expect(last_response).to be_ok   }
       example { expect(JSON.load(body)).to be == {
-        "@type"      => "user",
-        "@href"      => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
-        "id"         => user.id,
-        "login"      => "example-user",
-        "name"       => nil,
-        "github_id"  => nil,
-        "avatar_url" => nil,
-        "is_syncing" => nil,
-        "synced_at"  => nil
+        "@type"        => "user",
+        "@href"        => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
+        "@permissions" => {"read"=>true, "sync"=>false},
+        "id"           => user.id,
+        "login"        => "example-user",
+        "name"         => nil,
+        "github_id"    => nil,
+        "avatar_url"   => nil,
+        "is_syncing"   => nil,
+        "synced_at"    => nil
       }}
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/v3/services/user/current_spec.rb b/spec/v3/services/user/current_spec.rb
index 443671e6..88a1c920 100644
--- a/spec/v3/services/user/current_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/v3/services/user/current_spec.rb
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ describe Travis::API::V3::Services::User::Current do
     before  { get("/v3/user", {}, headers)     }
     example { expect(last_response).to be_ok   }
     example { expect(JSON.load(body)).to be == {
-      "@type"      => "user",
-      "@href"      => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
-      "id"         => user.id,
-      "login"      => "svenfuchs",
-      "name"       =>"Sven Fuchs",
-      "github_id"  => user.github_id,
-      "avatar_url" => "https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07fb84848e68b96b69022d333ca8a3e2",
-      "is_syncing" => user.is_syncing,
-      "synced_at"  => user.synced_at
+      "@type"        => "user",
+      "@href"        => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
+      "@permissions" => {"read"=>true, "sync"=>true},
+      "id"           => user.id,
+      "login"        => "svenfuchs",
+      "name"         =>"Sven Fuchs",
+      "github_id"    => user.github_id,
+      "avatar_url"   => "https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07fb84848e68b96b69022d333ca8a3e2",
+      "is_syncing"   => user.is_syncing,
+      "synced_at"    => user.synced_at
     }}
   end
 end
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diff --git a/spec/v3/services/user/find_spec.rb b/spec/v3/services/user/find_spec.rb
index 30ee4800..b493bc40 100644
--- a/spec/v3/services/user/find_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/v3/services/user/find_spec.rb
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ describe Travis::API::V3::Services::User::Find do
     before  { get("/v3/user/#{user.id}", {}, headers) }
     example { expect(last_response).to be_ok          }
     example { expect(JSON.load(body)).to be ==        {
-      "@type"      => "user",
-      "@href"      => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
-      "id"         => user.id,
-      "login"      => "svenfuchs",
-      "name"       =>"Sven Fuchs",
-      "github_id"  => user.github_id,
-      "avatar_url" => "https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07fb84848e68b96b69022d333ca8a3e2",
-      "is_syncing" => user.is_syncing,
-      "synced_at"  => user.synced_at
+      "@type"        => "user",
+      "@href"        => "/v3/user/#{user.id}",
+      "@permissions" => {"read"=>true, "sync"=>true},
+      "id"           => user.id,
+      "login"        => "svenfuchs",
+      "name"         =>"Sven Fuchs",
+      "github_id"    => user.github_id,
+      "avatar_url"   => "https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07fb84848e68b96b69022d333ca8a3e2",
+      "is_syncing"   => user.is_syncing,
+      "synced_at"    => user.synced_at
     }}
   end
 end
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