diff --git a/docs/articles/security-multiple-roles.md b/docs/articles/security-multiple-roles.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19dbb9737b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/articles/security-multiple-roles.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Assign multiple roles to a user
+
+In a case when you have a slightly more complicated requirements, when the user have more than one role, you can configure the `NbRoleProvider` service to return an array of user roles.
+<hr>
+
+## Roles configuration
+
+In a simplest form you just need to modify the `getRole` method to return an array of roles:
+```ts
+// ...
+
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
+import { NbSecurityModule, NbRoleProvider } from '@nebular/security';
+
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+   // ...
+    
+   NbSecurityModule.forRoot({
+    // ...
+   }),
+
+ ],
+  providers: [
+    // ...
+    {
+      provide: NbRoleProvider,
+      useValue: {
+        getRole: () => {
+          // here we simply return a list of roles for current user
+          return observableOf(['guest', 'user', 'editor']);
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+``` 
+
+Thus, once a user is accessing some secured resource, `isGranted` method returns `true` if at least one of the roles can access the resource.
diff --git a/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.service.ts b/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.service.ts
index e8bd422e89..b160dd792e 100644
--- a/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.service.ts
+++ b/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.service.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ export class NbAccessChecker {
   isGranted(permission: string, resource: string): Observable<boolean> {
     return this.roleProvider.getRole()
       .pipe(
-        map((role: string) => {
-          return this.acl.can(role, permission, resource);
+        map((role: string|string[]) => Array.isArray(role) ? role : [role]),
+        map((roles: string[]) => {
+          return roles.some(role => this.acl.can(role, permission, resource));
         }),
       );
   }
diff --git a/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.spec.ts b/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.spec.ts
index 7dd2cd6813..5c61eb8db0 100644
--- a/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.spec.ts
+++ b/src/framework/security/services/access-checker.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { NbAccessChecker } from './access-checker.service';
 
 let accessChecker: NbAccessChecker;
 
-function setupAcl(can) {
+function setupAcl(can, roles: string|string[]) {
   beforeEach(() => {
     // Configure testbed to prepare services
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function setupAcl(can) {
           provide: NbRoleProvider,
           useValue: {
             getRole: () => {
-              return observableOf('admin');
+              return observableOf(roles);
             },
           },
         },
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function setupAcl(can) {
           provide: NbAclService,
           useValue: {
             can: (role, permission, resource) => {
-              return can; // this is a simple mocked ACL implementation
+              return can[role]; // this is a simple mocked ACL implementation
             },
           },
         },
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function setupAcl(can) {
 describe('authorization checker', () => {
 
   describe('acl returns true', () => {
-    setupAcl(true);
+    setupAcl({ admin: true }, 'admin');
 
     it(`checks against provided role`, (done) => {
       accessChecker.isGranted('delete', 'users').subscribe((result: boolean) => {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('authorization checker', () => {
   });
 
   describe('acl returns false', () => {
-    setupAcl(false);
+    setupAcl({ admin: false }, 'admin');
 
     it(`checks against provided role`, (done) => {
       accessChecker.isGranted('delete', 'users').subscribe((result: boolean) => {
@@ -70,4 +70,37 @@ describe('authorization checker', () => {
       })
     });
   });
+
+  describe('acl returns false (both roles return false)', () => {
+    setupAcl({ admin: false, user: false }, ['user', 'admin']);
+
+    it(`checks against provided roles`, (done) => {
+      accessChecker.isGranted('delete', 'users').subscribe((result: boolean) => {
+        expect(result).toBe(false);
+        done();
+      })
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('acl returns true (both roles return true)', () => {
+    setupAcl({ admin: true, user: true }, ['user', 'admin']);
+
+    it(`checks against provided roles`, (done) => {
+      accessChecker.isGranted('delete', 'users').subscribe((result: boolean) => {
+        expect(result).toBe(true);
+        done();
+      })
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('acl returns true (one of the roles return true)', () => {
+    setupAcl({ admin: true, user: false }, ['user', 'admin']);
+
+    it(`checks against provided roles`, (done) => {
+      accessChecker.isGranted('delete', 'users').subscribe((result: boolean) => {
+        expect(result).toBe(true);
+        done();
+      })
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/framework/security/services/role.provider.ts b/src/framework/security/services/role.provider.ts
index dbfca7cfcb..5648119213 100644
--- a/src/framework/security/services/role.provider.ts
+++ b/src/framework/security/services/role.provider.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
 export abstract class NbRoleProvider {
-  abstract getRole(): Observable<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns current user role
+   * @returns {Observable<string | string[]>}
+   */
+  abstract getRole(): Observable<string|string[]>;
 }