diff --git a/conjurapi/client.go b/conjurapi/client.go
index 13b297c..87ea98b 100644
--- a/conjurapi/client.go
+++ b/conjurapi/client.go
@@ -342,19 +342,43 @@ func (c *Client) ChangeUserPasswordRequest(username string, password string, new
 	return req, nil
 }
 
-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 := parseID(resourceID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var checkURL string
-	if len(roleID) != 0 {
-		checkURL = makeRouterURL(c.resourcesURL(account), kind, url.QueryEscape(id)).withFormattedQuery("check=true&role=%s&privilege=%s", url.QueryEscape(roleID), url.QueryEscape(privilege)).String()
-	} else {
-		checkURL = makeRouterURL(c.resourcesURL(account), kind, url.QueryEscape(id)).withFormattedQuery("check=true&privilege=%s", url.QueryEscape(privilege)).String()
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("check=true&privilege=%s", url.QueryEscape(privilege))
+
+	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 := parseID(resourceID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	roleAccount, roleKind, roleIdentifier, err := 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(
 		"GET",
 		checkURL,
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 5be051d..c646917 100644
--- a/conjurapi/resource_test.go
+++ b/conjurapi/resource_test.go
@@ -6,36 +6,80 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestClient_CheckPermission(t *testing.T) {
-	checkAllowed := 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)
+}
 
-	checkNotAllowed := 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 role",
+		checkAndAssert(conjur, assertSuccess, "cucumber: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 an allowed permission for default admin role", checkAllowed(conjur, "cucumber:variable:db-password", ""))
-	t.Run("Check an allowed permission for a role", checkAllowed(conjur, "cucumber:variable:db-password", "cucumber:user:alice"))
-	t.Run("Check a permission on a non-existent resource", checkNotAllowed(conjur, "cucumber:variable:foobar", "cucumber:user:alice"))
-	t.Run("Check no permission for a role", checkNotAllowed(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 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) {
-	resourceExistent := func(conjur *Client, id string) func (t *testing.T) {
+	resourceExistent := func(conjur *Client, id string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		return func(t *testing.T) {
 			exists, err := conjur.ResourceExists(id)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -43,7 +87,7 @@ func TestClient_ResourceExists(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	resourceNonexistent := func(conjur *Client, id string) func (t *testing.T) {
+	resourceNonexistent := func(conjur *Client, id string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		return func(t *testing.T) {
 			exists, err := conjur.ResourceExists(id)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)