diff --git a/datadog/api/__init__.py b/datadog/api/__init__.py
index 099fec26b..56e5bc95d 100644
--- a/datadog/api/__init__.py
+++ b/datadog/api/__init__.py
@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@
 from datadog.api.service_checks import ServiceCheck
 from datadog.api.tags import Tag
 from datadog.api.users import User
+from datadog.api.roles import Roles
+from datadog.api.permissions import Permissions
 from datadog.api.service_level_objectives import ServiceLevelObjective
 from datadog.api.synthetics import Synthetics
diff --git a/datadog/api/permissions.py b/datadog/api/permissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7310d769b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datadog/api/permissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from datadog.api.resources import ActionAPIResource, CreateableAPIResource, CustomUpdatableAPIResource, \
+    DeletableAPIResource, GetableAPIResource, ListableAPIResource
+
+
+class Permissions(ActionAPIResource, CreateableAPIResource, CustomUpdatableAPIResource, GetableAPIResource,
+                  ListableAPIResource, DeletableAPIResource):
+    """
+    A wrapper around Tag HTTP API.
+    """
+    _resource_name = 'permissions'
+    _api_version = 'v2'
diff --git a/datadog/api/resources.py b/datadog/api/resources.py
index 6b4df6818..16f96aa87 100644
--- a/datadog/api/resources.py
+++ b/datadog/api/resources.py
@@ -123,6 +123,44 @@ def update(cls, id, params=None, **body):
         return APIClient.submit('PUT', path, api_version, body, **params)
 
 
+class CustomUpdatableAPIResource(object):
+    """
+    Updatable API Resource with custom HTTP Verb
+    """
+    @classmethod
+    def update(cls, method=None, id=None, params=None, **body):
+        """
+        Update an API resource object
+
+        :param method: HTTP method, defaults to PUT
+        :type params: string
+
+        :param params: updatable resource id
+        :type params: string
+
+        :param params: updated resource object source
+        :type params: dictionary
+
+        :param body: updated resource object attributes
+        :type body: dictionary
+
+        :returns: Dictionary representing the API's JSON response
+        """
+
+        if method is None:
+            method = 'PUT'
+        if params is None:
+            params = {}
+
+        path = '{resource_name}/{resource_id}'.format(
+            resource_name=cls._resource_name,
+            resource_id=id
+        )
+        api_version = getattr(cls, '_api_version', None)
+
+        return APIClient.submit(method, path, api_version, body, **params)
+
+
 class DeletableAPIResource(object):
     """
     Deletable API Resource
diff --git a/datadog/api/roles.py b/datadog/api/roles.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98cc3446b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datadog/api/roles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+from datadog.api.resources import ActionAPIResource, CreateableAPIResource, CustomUpdatableAPIResource,\
+    DeletableAPIResource, GetableAPIResource, ListableAPIResource
+
+from datadog.api.api_client import APIClient
+
+
+class Roles(ActionAPIResource, CreateableAPIResource, CustomUpdatableAPIResource, GetableAPIResource,
+            ListableAPIResource, DeletableAPIResource):
+    """
+    A wrapper around Tag HTTP API.
+    """
+    _resource_name = 'roles'
+    _api_version = 'v2'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def update(cls, id, **body):
+        """
+        Update a role's attributes
+
+        :param id: uuid of the role
+        :param body: dict with type of the input and modified attributes
+        :returns: Dictionary representing the API's JSON response
+        """
+        params = {}
+        return super(Roles, cls).update("PATCH", id, params=params, **body)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def assign_permission(cls, id, **body):
+        """
+        Assign permission to a role
+
+        :param id: uuid of the role to assign permission to
+        :param body: dict with "type": "permissions" and uuid of permission to assign
+        :returns: Dictionary representing the API's JSON response
+        """
+        params = {}
+        path = '{resource_name}/{resource_id}/permissions'.format(
+            resource_name=cls._resource_name,
+            resource_id=id
+        )
+        api_version = getattr(cls, '_api_version', None)
+
+        return APIClient.submit("POST", path, api_version, body, **params)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def unassign_permission(cls, id, **body):
+        """
+        Unassign permission from a role
+
+        :param id: uuid of the role to unassign permission from
+        :param body: dict with "type": "permissions" and uuid of permission to unassign
+        :returns: Dictionary representing the API's JSON response
+        """
+        params = {}
+        path = '{resource_name}/{resource_id}/permissions'.format(
+            resource_name=cls._resource_name,
+            resource_id=id
+        )
+        api_version = getattr(cls, '_api_version', None)
+
+        return APIClient.submit("DELETE", path, api_version, body, **params)
diff --git a/tests/integration/api/test_api.py b/tests/integration/api/test_api.py
index c4d27780b..e39d89a73 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration/api/test_api.py
@@ -615,3 +615,69 @@ def test_user_crud(self):
         u = dog.User.get_all()
         assert "users" in u
         assert len(u["users"]) >= 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.admin_needed
+    def test_roles_crud(self):
+        role_name = "test_role"
+
+        data = {
+                "type": "roles",
+                "attributes": {
+                    "name": role_name
+                }
+            }
+
+        # test create role
+        role = dog.Roles.create(data=data)
+        assert "roles" in role["data"]["type"]
+        assert role["data"]["id"] is not None
+        assert role["data"]["attributes"]["name"] == role_name
+
+        role_uuid = role["data"]["id"]
+
+        # test update role
+        new_role_name = "test_role_2"
+        data = {
+                "type": "roles",
+                "attributes": {
+                    "name": new_role_name
+                }
+            }
+
+        role = dog.Roles.update(role_uuid, data=data)
+        assert "roles" in role["data"]["type"]
+        assert role["data"]["id"] is not None
+        assert role["data"]["attributes"]["name"] == new_role_name
+
+        # test assign permission
+
+        permissions = dog.Permissions.get_all()
+        assert "permissions" in permissions["data"][0]["type"]
+        assert len(permissions["data"]) > 0
+
+        permission_uuid = permissions["data"][0]["id"]
+        data = {
+                    "type": "permissions",
+                    "id": permission_uuid
+                }
+
+        role = dog.Roles.assign_permission(role_uuid, data=data)
+        assert "permissions" in role["data"][0]["type"]
+
+        # test unassign permission
+        data = {
+            "type": "permissions",
+            "id": permission_uuid
+        }
+
+        role = dog.Roles.unassign_permission(role_uuid, data=data)
+        assert "permissions" in role["data"][0]["type"]
+        assert len(permissions["data"]) > 0
+
+
+        # test delete role
+        dog.Roles.delete(role_uuid)
+
+        # check if new role is deleted successfully
+        res = dog.Roles.get(role_uuid)
+        assert "errors" in res