diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
index 9e3bcc88c0..10c4dd5bfc 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import {
   DynamicInputModel
 } from '@ng-dynamic-forms/core';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { Subscription, combineLatest, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { Subscription, combineLatest, of, interval } from 'rxjs';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
-import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { flatMap, map, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { RestResponse } from '../../../../core/cache/response.models';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { FormBuilderService } from '../../../../shared/form/builder/form-builder
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { AuthService } from '../../../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/internal/BehaviorSubject';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-eperson-form',
@@ -120,9 +122,8 @@ export class EPersonFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   /**
    * Observable whether or not the admin is allowed to impersonate the EPerson
-   * TODO: Initialize the observable once the REST API supports this (currently hardcoded to return true)
    */
-  canImpersonate$: Observable<boolean> = of(true);
+  canImpersonate$: Observable<boolean>;
 
   /**
    * List of subscriptions
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ export class EPersonFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
               private formBuilderService: FormBuilderService,
               private translateService: TranslateService,
               private notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              private authService: AuthService) {
+              private authService: AuthService,
+              private authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService) {
     this.subs.push(this.epersonService.getActiveEPerson().subscribe((eperson: EPerson) => {
       this.epersonInitial = eperson;
       if (hasValue(eperson)) {
@@ -242,6 +244,9 @@ export class EPersonFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           requireCertificate: eperson != null ? eperson.requireCertificate : false
         });
       }));
+      this.canImpersonate$ = this.epersonService.getActiveEPerson().pipe(
+        switchMap((eperson) => this.authorizationService.isAuthenticated(eperson.self, undefined, 'loginOnBehalfOf'))
+      );
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
index 57a02435dc..1a827c413e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
 import { RemoteData } from '../remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../paginated-list';
-import { find, skipWhile, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { find, map, skipWhile, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { RequestParam } from '../../cache/models/request-param.model';
 import { AuthorizationSearchParams } from './authorization-search-params';
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ export class AuthorizationDataService extends DataService<Authorization> {
     super();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if an {@link EPerson} (or anonymous) has access to a specific object within a {@link Feature}
+   * @param objectUrl     URL to the object to search {@link Authorization}s for.
+   *                      If not provided, the repository's {@link Site} will be used.
+   * @param ePersonUuid   UUID of the {@link EPerson} to search {@link Authorization}s for.
+   *                      If not provided, the UUID of the currently authenticated {@link EPerson} will be used.
+   * @param featureId     ID of the {@link Feature} to check {@link Authorization} for
+   */
+  isAuthenticated(objectUrl?: string, ePersonUuid?: string, featureId?: string): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.searchByObject(objectUrl, ePersonUuid, featureId).pipe(
+      map((authorizationRD) => (authorizationRD.statusCode !== 401 && hasValue(authorizationRD.payload) && isNotEmpty(authorizationRD.payload.page)))
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Search for a list of {@link Authorization}s using the "object" search endpoint and providing optional object url,
    * {@link EPerson} uuid and/or {@link Feature} id