diff --git a/securityconfig/roles.yml b/securityconfig/roles.yml
index 8bde71ce5..b8fc680db 100644
--- a/securityconfig/roles.yml
+++ b/securityconfig/roles.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ anomaly_read_access:
     - 'cluster:admin/opendistro/ad/detector/search'
     - 'cluster:admin/opendistro/ad/detectors/get'
     - 'cluster:admin/opendistro/ad/result/search'
+    - 'cluster:admin/opendistro/ad/tasks/search'
 
 # Allows users to use all Anomaly Detection functionality
 anomaly_full_access: