diff --git a/config/roles.yml b/config/roles.yml
index d03b47ab28..4603093834 100644
--- a/config/roles.yml
+++ b/config/roles.yml
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ ml_read_access:
   reserved: true
   cluster_permissions:
     - 'cluster:admin/opensearch/ml/stats/nodes'
+    - 'cluster:admin/opensearch/ml/model_groups/search'
     - 'cluster:admin/opensearch/ml/models/get'
     - 'cluster:admin/opensearch/ml/models/search'
     - 'cluster:admin/opensearch/ml/tasks/get'