diff --git a/src/metabase/api/database.clj b/src/metabase/api/database.clj
index 9fd4b44ac26f761d44928641ee0153ed4f5dcedb..1c77dff6070605e851630852d36c88ebc2af6296 100644
--- a/src/metabase/api/database.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/api/database.clj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
                              [field :refer [Field]]
                              [hydrate :refer [hydrate]]
                              [interface :as models]
+                             [permissions :as perms]
                              [table :refer [Table]])
             (metabase [sample-data :as sample-data]
                       [util :as u])))
@@ -34,11 +35,19 @@
     (for [db dbs]
       (assoc db :tables (get db-id->tables (:id db) [])))))
 
+(defn- add-native-perms-info [dbs]
+  (for [db dbs]
+    (let [user-has-perms? (fn [f] (perms/set-has-full-permissions? @*current-user-permissions-set* (f (u/get-id db))))]
+      (assoc db :native_permissions (cond
+                                      (user-has-perms? perms/native-readwrite-path) :readwrite
+                                      (user-has-perms? perms/native-read-path)      :read
+                                      :else                                         :none)))))
+
 (defn- dbs-list [include-tables?]
   (when-let [dbs (seq (filter models/can-read? (db/select Database {:order-by [:%lower.name]})))]
-    (if-not include-tables?
-      dbs
-      (add-tables dbs))))
+    (add-native-perms-info (if-not include-tables?
+                             dbs
+                             (add-tables dbs)))))
 
 (defendpoint GET "/"
   "Fetch all `Databases`."
diff --git a/src/metabase/models/card.clj b/src/metabase/models/card.clj
index d08020efd4b83fc7f9e0ce2ed8485a889bfd7e1a..ffa4f0db257f12c8f7cd577fda62b2261b400db7 100644
--- a/src/metabase/models/card.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/models/card.clj
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     (db/select Label, :id [:in label-ids], {:order-by [:%lower.name]})
     []))
 
+
 ;;; ------------------------------------------------------------ Permissions Checking ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 (defn- permissions-path-set:mbql [{database-id :database, :as query}]
diff --git a/test/metabase/api/database_test.clj b/test/metabase/api/database_test.clj
index 1bf92fc37dda2996e78c48448f51902d72da8bd4..764ee504cca7b904973be31cf52b7cc9c7c3376d 100644
--- a/test/metabase/api/database_test.clj
+++ b/test/metabase/api/database_test.clj
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
                                      :id                 $
                                      :updated_at         $
                                      :name               "test-data"
+                                     :native_permissions "readwrite"
                                      :is_sample          false
                                      :is_full_sync       true
                                      :description        nil
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@
                                  :id                 $
                                  :updated_at         $
                                  :name               $
+                                 :native_permissions "readwrite"
                                  :is_sample          false
                                  :is_full_sync       true
                                  :description        nil
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@
                 :id                 $
                 :updated_at         $
                 :name               $
+                :native_permissions "readwrite"
                 :is_sample          false
                 :is_full_sync       true
                 :description        nil
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@
                                        :id                 $
                                        :updated_at         $
                                        :name               "test-data"
+                                       :native_permissions "readwrite"
                                        :is_sample          false
                                        :is_full_sync       true
                                        :description        nil