diff --git a/contrib/admin/main.php b/contrib/admin/main.php
index ab902603..f70e77bf 100644
--- a/contrib/admin/main.php
+++ b/contrib/admin/main.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class AdminPage extends Extension {
 		global $page, $user;
 
 		if($event->page_matches("admin")) {
-			if(!$user->is_admin()) {
+			if(!$user->can("manage_admintools")) {
 				$this->theme->display_permission_denied();
 			}
 			else {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class AdminPage extends Extension {
 
 	public function onUserBlockBuilding(UserBlockBuildingEvent $event) {
 		global $user;
-		if($user->is_admin()) {
+		if($user->can("manage_admintools")) {
 			$event->add_link("Board Admin", make_link("admin"));
 		}
 	}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class AdminPage extends Extension {
 
 	public function onPostListBuilding(PostListBuildingEvent $event) {
 		global $user;
-		if($user->is_admin() && !empty($event->search_terms)) {
+		if($user->can("manage_admintools") && !empty($event->search_terms)) {
 			$this->theme->display_dbq(implode(" ", $event->search_terms));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/image_hash_ban/main.php b/contrib/image_hash_ban/main.php
index f68c7205..cf20fb37 100644
--- a/contrib/image_hash_ban/main.php
+++ b/contrib/image_hash_ban/main.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ImageBan extends Extension {
 		global $config, $database, $page, $user;
 
 		if($event->page_matches("image_hash_ban")) {
-			if($user->is_admin()) {
+			if($user->can("ban_image")) {
 				if($event->get_arg(0) == "dnp") {
 					$image = Image::by_id(int_escape($event->get_arg(1)));
 					if($image) {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ImageBan extends Extension {
 
 	public function onUserBlockBuilding(UserBlockBuildingEvent $event) {
 		global $user;
-		if($user->is_admin()) {
+		if($user->can("ban_image")) {
 			$event->add_link("Image Bans", make_link("image_hash_ban/list/1"));
 		}
 	}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class ImageBan extends Extension {
 
 	public function onImageAdminBlockBuilding(ImageAdminBlockBuildingEvent $event) {
 		global $user;
-		if($user->is_admin()) {
+		if($user->can("ban_image")) {
 			$event->add_part($this->theme->get_buttons_html($event->image));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/ipban/main.php b/contrib/ipban/main.php
index 4dd485ed..4e50c3de 100644
--- a/contrib/ipban/main.php
+++ b/contrib/ipban/main.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class IPBan extends Extension {
 
 	public function onUserBlockBuilding(UserBlockBuildingEvent $event) {
 		global $user;
-		if($user->is_admin()) {
+		if($user->can("ban_ip")) {
 			$event->add_link("IP Bans", make_link("ip_ban/list"));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/log_db/main.php b/contrib/log_db/main.php
index 8399720a..39a58f36 100644
--- a/contrib/log_db/main.php
+++ b/contrib/log_db/main.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class LogDatabase extends Extension {
 	public function onPageRequest(PageRequestEvent $event) {
 		global $database, $user;
 		if($event->page_matches("log/view")) {
-			if($user->is_admin()) {
+			if($user->can("view_eventlog")) {
 				$wheres = array();
 				$args = array();
 				$page_num = int_escape($event->get_arg(0));
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class LogDatabase extends Extension {
 
 	public function onUserBlockBuilding(UserBlockBuildingEvent $event) {
 		global $user;
-		if($user->is_admin()) {
+		if($user->can("view_eventlog")) {
 			$event->add_link("Event Log", make_link("log/view"));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/userclass.class.php b/core/userclass.class.php
index 5dcf1dd6..e6b219f4 100644
--- a/core/userclass.class.php
+++ b/core/userclass.class.php
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ new UserClass("base", null, array(
 	"edit_image_lock" => False,
 	"delete_image" => False,
 
+	"ban_image" => False,
+
+	"view_eventlog" => False,
+
 	"create_image_report" => False,
 	"view_image_report" => False,  # deal with reported images
 
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ new UserClass("base", null, array(
 
 	"manage_blocks" => False,
 
+	"manage_admintools" => False,
+
 	"protected" => False,          # only admins can modify protected users (stops a moderator changing an admin's password)
 ));
 
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ new UserClass("admin", "base", array(
 	"delete_user" => True,
 	"create_image" => True,
 	"delete_image" => True,
+	"ban_image" => True,
 	"create_comment" => True,
 	"delete_comment" => True,
 	"replace_image" => True,
@@ -113,7 +120,9 @@ new UserClass("admin", "base", array(
 	"view_image_report" => True,
 	"edit_wiki_page" => True,
 	"delete_wiki_page" => True,
+	"view_eventlog" => True,
 	"manage_blocks" => True,
+	"manage_admintools" => True,
 	"protected" => True,
 ));