diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index dfe309f97..01cb79a4c 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ class Ability
         can(:read, Product, read_relations_for('products', 'platforms')) {|product| product.platform.main?}
         can([:create, :update, :destroy, :clone], Product) {|product| local_admin? product.platform and product.platform.main?}
 
+        can([:create, :cancel], ProductBuildList) {|pbl| can?(:write, pbl.project)}
         can([:create, :cancel, :update], ProductBuildList) {|pbl| can?(:update, pbl.product)}
         can(:destroy, ProductBuildList) {|pbl| can?(:destroy, pbl.product)}
 
diff --git a/app/models/product_build_list.rb b/app/models/product_build_list.rb
index f4a55a066..ff77f2681 100644
--- a/app/models/product_build_list.rb
+++ b/app/models/product_build_list.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class ProductBuildList < ActiveRecord::Base
           Time.now - LIVE_TIME, Time.now - MAX_LIVE_TIME)
   }
 
+  after_initialize :init_project, if: :new_record?
+
   after_create :add_job_to_abf_worker_queue
   before_destroy :can_destroy?
 
@@ -153,6 +155,10 @@ class ProductBuildList < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   protected
 
+  def init_project
+    self.project ||= product.try(:project)
+  end
+
   def abf_worker_priority
     ''
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/product_build_lists_controller.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/product_build_lists_controller.rb
index 35ee395a3..38810b276 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/product_build_lists_controller.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/product_build_lists_controller.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ end
 describe Api::V1::ProductBuildListsController do
   before(:each) do
     stub_symlink_methods
+    FactoryGirl.create(:arch, name: 'x86_64')
 
     @product_build_list = FactoryGirl.create(:product_build_list)
     @another_user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
diff --git a/spec/models/cancan_spec.rb b/spec/models/cancan_spec.rb
index 867010e1f..4aa674e98 100644
--- a/spec/models/cancan_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/cancan_spec.rb
@@ -318,5 +318,43 @@ describe CanCan do
         end
       end
     end # 'repository relations'
+
+    context 'product build list relations' do
+      let(:product_build_list) { FactoryGirl.create(:product_build_list) }
+
+      before { FactoryGirl.create(:arch, name: 'x86_64') }
+
+      context 'with platform admin rights' do
+        before do
+          product_build_list.product.platform.owner = @user
+          product_build_list.product.platform.save
+        end
+
+        [:read, :create, :update, :destroy, :log, :cancel].each do |action|
+          it "should be able to #{action} product build list" do
+            @ability.should be_able_to(action, product_build_list)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with project writer rights' do
+        before do
+          create_relation(product_build_list.project, @user, 'writer')
+        end
+
+        [:read, :create, :log, :cancel].each do |action|
+          it "should be able to #{action} product build list" do
+            @ability.should be_able_to(action, product_build_list)
+          end
+        end
+
+        [:update, :destroy].each do |action|
+          it "should not be able to #{action} product build list" do
+            @ability.should_not be_able_to(action, product_build_list)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end # 'product build list relations'
+
   end # 'Site user'
 end