diff --git a/conjurapi/client.go b/conjurapi/client.go
index adbfdc0..3e62419 100644
--- a/conjurapi/client.go
+++ b/conjurapi/client.go
@@ -324,26 +324,41 @@ func (c *Client) ChangeUserPasswordRequest(username string, password string, new
 	return req, nil
 }
 
-// CheckPermissionRequest crafts an HTTP request to Conjur's /resource endpoint
-// to check if a certain user has the given privilege on the given resourceID.
-// If the roleID parameter is provided, the check is made on behalf of the
-// specified role - otherwise, the check is made of behalf of the authenticated user.
-func (c *Client) CheckPermissionRequest(resourceID string, roleID string, privilege string) (*http.Request, error) {
+// CheckPermissionForRoleRequest crafts an HTTP request to Conjur's /resource endpoint
+// to check if the authenticated user has the given privilege on the given resourceID.
+func (c *Client) CheckPermissionRequest(resourceID, privilege string) (*http.Request, error) {
 	account, kind, id, err := c.parseID(resourceID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("check=true&privilege=%s", url.QueryEscape(privilege))
-	if len(roleID) != 0 {
-		roleAccount, roleKind, roleIdentifier, err := c.parseID(roleID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
 
-		fullyQualifiedRoleID := strings.Join([]string{roleAccount, roleKind, roleIdentifier}, ":")
-		query = fmt.Sprintf("%s&role=%s", query, url.QueryEscape(fullyQualifiedRoleID))
+	checkURL := makeRouterURL(c.resourcesURL(account), kind, url.QueryEscape(id)).withQuery(query).String()
+
+	return http.NewRequest(
+		"GET",
+		checkURL,
+		nil,
+	)
+}
+
+// CheckPermissionForRoleRequest crafts an HTTP request to Conjur's /resource endpoint
+// to check if a given role has the given privilege on the given resourceID.
+func (c *Client) CheckPermissionForRoleRequest(resourceID, roleID, privilege string) (*http.Request, error) {
+	account, kind, id, err := c.parseID(resourceID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	roleAccount, roleKind, roleIdentifier, err := c.parseID(roleID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	fullyQualifiedRoleID := strings.Join([]string{roleAccount, roleKind, roleIdentifier}, ":")
+
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("check=true&privilege=%s&role=%s", url.QueryEscape(privilege), url.QueryEscape(fullyQualifiedRoleID))
+
 	checkURL := makeRouterURL(c.resourcesURL(account), kind, url.QueryEscape(id)).withQuery(query).String()
 
 	return http.NewRequest(
@@ -679,24 +694,19 @@ func makeFullId(account, kind, id string) string {
 	return strings.Join(tokens, ":")
 }
 
-// parseID accepts as argument a resource ID, and returns its components - account,
+// parseID accepts as argument a resource ID and returns its components - account,
 // resource kind, and identifier. The provided ID can either be fully- or
-// partially-qualified. If the ID is fully-qualified, the account must match the
-// configured account. If the ID is partially-qualified, the configured account
-// will be used.
-//
-// Returns the resource's account, kind, identifier, and fully-qualified ID.
+// partially-qualified. If the ID is only partially-qualified, the configured
+// account will be returned.
 //
 // Examples:
-// parseID("dev:user:alice") => "dev", "user", "alice", "dev:user:alice", nil
-// parseID("user:alice") => "dev", "user", "alice", "dev:user:alice", nil
-// parseID("prod:user:alice") => "", "", "", "", error
+// c.parseID("dev:user:alice")  =>  "dev", "user", "alice", nil
+// c.parseID("user:alice")      =>  "dev", "user", "alice", nil
+// c.parseID("prod:user:alice") => "prod", "user", "alice", nil
+// c.parseID("malformed")       =>     "",     "",      "". error
 func (c *Client) parseID(id string) (account, kind, identifier string, err error) {
 	tokens := strings.SplitN(id, ":", 3)
 	if len(tokens) == 3 {
-		if tokens[0] != c.config.Account {
-			return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("Account of '%s' must match the configured account '%s'", id, c.config.Account)
-		}
 		return tokens[0], tokens[1], tokens[2], nil
 	} else if len(tokens) == 2 {
 		return c.config.Account, tokens[0], tokens[1], nil
diff --git a/conjurapi/resource.go b/conjurapi/resource.go
index d1a5e47..8de7d0e 100644
--- a/conjurapi/resource.go
+++ b/conjurapi/resource.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package conjurapi
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/cyberark/conjur-api-go/conjurapi/response"
 )
@@ -16,12 +17,27 @@ type ResourceFilter struct {
 
 // CheckPermission determines whether the authenticated user has a specified privilege
 // on a resource.
-func (c *Client) CheckPermission(resourceID string, roleID string, privilege string) (bool, error) {
-	req, err := c.CheckPermissionRequest(resourceID, roleID, privilege)
+func (c *Client) CheckPermission(resourceID string, privilege string) (bool, error) {
+	req, err := c.CheckPermissionRequest(resourceID, privilege)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
+	return c.processPermissionCheck(req)
+}
+
+// CheckPermissionForRole determines whether the provided role has a specific
+// privilege on a resource.
+func (c *Client) CheckPermissionForRole(resourceID string, roleID string, privilege string) (bool, error) {
+	req, err := c.CheckPermissionForRoleRequest(resourceID, roleID, privilege)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return c.processPermissionCheck(req)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) processPermissionCheck(req *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 	resp, err := c.SubmitRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
diff --git a/conjurapi/resource_test.go b/conjurapi/resource_test.go
index 3aabc08..8209cb9 100644
--- a/conjurapi/resource_test.go
+++ b/conjurapi/resource_test.go
@@ -6,35 +6,84 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestClient_CheckPermission(t *testing.T) {
-	checkSucceeds := func(conjur *Client, id string, role string) func(t *testing.T) {
-		return func(t *testing.T) {
-			allowed, err := conjur.CheckPermission(id, role, "execute")
+type checkAssertion func(t *testing.T, result bool, err error)
 
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.True(t, allowed)
-		}
-	}
+func assertSuccess(t *testing.T, result bool, err error) {
+	assert.True(t, result)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
 
-	checkFails := func(conjur *Client, id string, role string) func(t *testing.T) {
-		return func(t *testing.T) {
-			allowed, err := conjur.CheckPermission(id, role, "execute")
+func assertFailure(t *testing.T, result bool, err error) {
+	assert.False(t, result)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
 
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.False(t, allowed)
+func assertError(t *testing.T, result bool, err error) {
+	assert.False(t, result)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func checkAndAssert(
+	conjur *Client,
+	assertion checkAssertion,
+	args ...string,
+) func(t *testing.T) {
+	return func(t *testing.T) {
+		var result bool
+		var err error
+
+		if len(args) == 1 {
+			result, err = conjur.CheckPermission(args[0], "execute")
+		} else if len(args) == 2 {
+			result, err = conjur.CheckPermissionForRole(args[0], args[1], "execute")
 		}
+
+		assertion(t, result, err)
 	}
+}
 
+func TestClient_CheckPermission(t *testing.T) {
 	conjur, err := conjurSetup(&Config{}, defaultTestPolicy)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	t.Run("Check an allowed permission for default admin role", checkSucceeds(conjur, "cucumber:variable:db-password", ""))
-	t.Run("Check an allowed permission for a role", checkSucceeds(conjur, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "cucumber:user:alice"))
-	t.Run("Check a permission for an account-less role", checkSucceeds(conjur, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "user:alice"))
-	t.Run("Check a permission on account-less resource", checkSucceeds(conjur, "variable:db-password", ""))
+	t.Run(
+		"Check an allowed permission for default role",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertSuccess, "cucumber:variable:db-password"),
+	)
+	t.Run(
+		"Check a permission on account-less resource",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertSuccess, "variable:db-password"),
+	)
+	t.Run(
+		"Check a permission on a non-existent resource",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertFailure, "cucumber:variable:foobar"),
+	)
+}
+
+func TestClient_CheckPermissionForRole(t *testing.T) {
+	conjur, err := conjurSetup(&Config{}, defaultTestPolicy)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	t.Run("Check a permission on a non-existent resource", checkFails(conjur, "cucumber:variable:foobar", "cucumber:user:alice"))
-	t.Run("Check no permission for a role", checkFails(conjur, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "cucumber:host:bob"))
+	t.Run(
+		"Check an allowed permission for a role",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertSuccess, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "cucumber:user:alice"),
+	)
+	t.Run(
+		"Check a permission for an account-less role",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertSuccess, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "user:alice"),
+	)
+	t.Run(
+		"Check a permission on a non-existent resource",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertFailure, "cucumber:variable:foobar", "cucumber:user:alice"),
+	)
+	t.Run(
+		"Check no permission for a role",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertFailure, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "cucumber:host:bob"),
+	)
+	t.Run(
+		"Check a permission with empty role",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertError, "cucumber:variable:db-password", ""),
+	)
 }
 
 func TestClient_ResourceExists(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/conjurapi/variable_test.go b/conjurapi/variable_test.go
index 9ace95b..0c28a1b 100644
--- a/conjurapi/variable_test.go
+++ b/conjurapi/variable_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ func TestClient_RetrieveSecret(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Rejects an id from the wrong account", func(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := conjur.RetrieveSecret("foobar:variable:" + variableIdentifier)
 
-			assert.Equal(t, err.Error(), fmt.Sprintf("Account of 'foobar:variable:%s' must match the configured account 'cucumber'", variableIdentifier))
+			conjurError := err.(*response.ConjurError)
+			assert.Equal(t, 404, conjurError.Code)
 		})
 
 		t.Run("Rejects an id with the wrong kind", func(t *testing.T) {