diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/generic.spec.js b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/generic.spec.js
index 9485f32e5..d5a20b633 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/generic.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/generic.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 const expect = require('chai').expect
 
 const { beforeEachContext } = require('@/test/hooks')
+const { createStream } = require('@/modules/core/services/streams')
+const { createUser } = require('@/modules/core/services/users')
 
 const {
   validateServerRole,
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ const {
   authorizeResolver
 } = require('@/modules/shared')
 const { buildContext } = require('@/modules/shared/middleware')
+const { ForbiddenError } = require('apollo-server-express')
 
 describe('Generic AuthN & AuthZ controller tests', () => {
   before(async () => {
@@ -90,4 +93,102 @@ describe('Generic AuthN & AuthZ controller tests', () => {
       })
       .catch((err) => expect('Unknown role: streams:read').to.equal(err.message))
   })
+
+  describe('Authorize resolver ', () => {
+    const myStream = {
+      name: 'My Stream 2',
+      isPublic: true
+    }
+    const notMyStream = {
+      name: 'Not My Stream 1',
+      isPublic: false
+    }
+    const serverOwner = {
+      name: 'Itsa Me',
+      email: 'me@gmail.com',
+      password: 'sn3aky-1337-b1m'
+    }
+    const otherGuy = {
+      name: 'Some Other DUde',
+      email: 'otherguy@gmail.com',
+      password: 'sn3aky-1337-b1m'
+    }
+
+    before(async function () {
+      // Seeding
+      await Promise.all([
+        createUser(serverOwner).then((id) => (serverOwner.id = id)),
+        createUser(otherGuy).then((id) => (otherGuy.id = id))
+      ])
+
+      await Promise.all([
+        createStream({ ...myStream, ownerId: serverOwner.id }).then(
+          (id) => (myStream.id = id)
+        ),
+        createStream({ ...notMyStream, ownerId: otherGuy.id }).then(
+          (id) => (notMyStream.id = id)
+        )
+      ])
+    })
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      process.env.ADMIN_OVERRIDE_ENABLED = 'false'
+    })
+    it('should allow stream:owners to be stream:owners', async () => {
+      const role = await authorizeResolver(
+        serverOwner.id,
+        myStream.id,
+        'stream:contributor'
+      )
+      expect(role).to.equal('stream:owner')
+    })
+
+    it('should get the passed in role for server:admins if override enabled', async () => {
+      process.env.ADMIN_OVERRIDE_ENABLED = 'true'
+      const role = await authorizeResolver(
+        serverOwner.id,
+        myStream.id,
+        'stream:contributor'
+      )
+      expect(role).to.equal('stream:contributor')
+    })
+
+    it('should not allow server:admins to be anything if adminOverride is disabled', async () => {
+      try {
+        await authorizeResolver(serverOwner.id, notMyStream.id, 'stream:contributor')
+        throw 'This should have thrown'
+      } catch (e) {
+        expect(e instanceof ForbiddenError)
+      }
+    })
+
+    it('should allow server:admins to be anything if adminOverride is enabled', async () => {
+      process.env.ADMIN_OVERRIDE_ENABLED = 'true'
+      const role = await authorizeResolver(
+        serverOwner.id,
+        notMyStream.id,
+        'stream:contributor'
+      )
+      expect(role).to.equal('stream:contributor')
+    })
+
+    it('should not allow server:users to be anything if adminOverride is disabled', async () => {
+      try {
+        await authorizeResolver(otherGuy.id, myStream.id, 'stream:contributor')
+        throw 'This should have thrown'
+      } catch (e) {
+        expect(e instanceof ForbiddenError)
+      }
+    })
+
+    it('should not allow server:users to be anything if adminOverride is enabled', async () => {
+      process.env.ADMIN_OVERRIDE_ENABLED = 'true'
+      try {
+        await authorizeResolver(otherGuy.id, myStream.id, 'stream:contributor')
+        throw 'This should have thrown'
+      } catch (e) {
+        expect(e instanceof ForbiddenError)
+      }
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/shared/authz.ts b/packages/server/modules/shared/authz.ts
index 25b9eb8a4..c7e8c74e4 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/shared/authz.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/shared/authz.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   ContextError,
   BadRequestError
 } from '@/modules/shared/errors'
-// import { getbAllRoles } from '../core/services/generic'
+import { adminOverrideEnabled } from '@/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper'
 
 interface AuthResult {
   authorized: boolean
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ export const contextRequiresStream =
     }
   }
 
+export const allowForServerAdmins: AuthPipelineFunction = async ({
+  context,
+  authResult
+}) =>
+  context.role === Roles.Server.Admin ? authSuccess(context) : { context, authResult }
+
 export const allowForRegisteredUsersOnPublicStreamsEvenWithoutRole: AuthPipelineFunction =
   async ({ context, authResult }) =>
     context.auth && context.stream?.isPublic
@@ -269,3 +275,5 @@ export const streamReadPermissions = [
   contextRequiresStream(getStream as StreamGetter),
   validateStreamRole({ requiredRole: Roles.Stream.Contributor })
 ]
+
+if (adminOverrideEnabled()) streamReadPermissions.push(allowForServerAdmins)
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper.ts b/packages/server/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper.ts
index 098c64f74..5a62627f8 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper.ts
@@ -99,3 +99,7 @@ export function shouldDisableNotificationsConsumption() {
 export function isSSLServer() {
   return /^https:\/\//.test(getBaseUrl())
 }
+
+export function adminOverrideEnabled() {
+  return process.env.ADMIN_OVERRIDE_ENABLED === 'true'
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/shared/index.js b/packages/server/modules/shared/index.js
index b1295bea4..81cda75db 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/shared/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/shared/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ const Redis = require('ioredis')
 const knex = require(`@/db/knex`)
 const { ForbiddenError, ApolloError } = require('apollo-server-express')
 const { RedisPubSub } = require('graphql-redis-subscriptions')
+const { ServerAcl: ServerAclSchema } = require('@/modules/core/dbSchema')
+const ServerAcl = () => ServerAclSchema.knex()
+
+const { Roles } = require('@speckle/shared')
+const { adminOverrideEnabled } = require('@/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper')
 
 const StreamPubsubEvents = Object.freeze({
   UserStreamAdded: 'USER_STREAM_ADDED',
@@ -85,6 +90,11 @@ async function authorizeResolver(userId, resourceId, requiredRole) {
 
   if (!role) throw new ApolloError('Unknown role: ' + requiredRole)
 
+  if (adminOverrideEnabled()) {
+    const serverRoles = await ServerAcl().select('role').where({ userId })
+    if (serverRoles.map((r) => r.role).includes(Roles.Server.Admin)) return requiredRole
+  }
+
   try {
     const { isPublic } = await knex(role.resourceTarget)
       .select('isPublic')
@@ -107,7 +117,7 @@ async function authorizeResolver(userId, resourceId, requiredRole) {
   userAclEntry.role = roles.find((r) => r.name === userAclEntry.role)
 
   if (userAclEntry.role.weight >= role.weight) return userAclEntry.role.name
-  else throw new ForbiddenError('You are not authorized.')
+  throw new ForbiddenError('You are not authorized.')
 }
 
 const Scopes = () => knex('scopes')
@@ -122,10 +132,10 @@ async function registerOrUpdateScope(scope) {
   return
 }
 
-const Roles = () => knex('user_roles')
+const UserRoles = () => knex('user_roles')
 async function registerOrUpdateRole(role) {
   await knex.raw(
-    `${Roles()
+    `${UserRoles()
       .insert(role)
       .toString()} on conflict (name) do update set weight = ?, description = ?, "resourceTarget" = ? `,
     [role.weight, role.description, role.resourceTarget]
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/shared/test/authz.spec.js b/packages/server/modules/shared/test/authz.spec.js
index 3f755f76a..8b1d06e83 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/shared/test/authz.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/shared/test/authz.spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const {
   validateScope,
   contextRequiresStream,
   allowForAllRegisteredUsersOnPublicStreamsWithPublicComments,
-  allowForRegisteredUsersOnPublicStreamsEvenWithoutRole
+  allowForRegisteredUsersOnPublicStreamsEvenWithoutRole,
+  allowForServerAdmins
 } = require('@/modules/shared/authz')
 const {
   ForbiddenError: SFE,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ const {
   UnauthorizedError,
   ContextError
 } = require('@/modules/shared/errors')
+const { Roles } = require('@speckle/shared')
 
 describe('AuthZ @shared', () => {
   describe('Auth pipeline', () => {
@@ -267,6 +269,18 @@ describe('AuthZ @shared', () => {
     })
   })
   describe('Escape hatches', () => {
+    describe('Admin override', () => {
+      it('server:admins get authSuccess', async () => {
+        const input = { context: { role: Roles.Server.Admin }, authResult: 'fake' }
+        const result = await allowForServerAdmins(input)
+        expect(result).to.deep.equal(authSuccess(input.context))
+      })
+      it('server:users get the previous authResult', async () => {
+        const input = { context: { role: Roles.Server.User }, authResult: 'fake' }
+        const result = await allowForServerAdmins(input)
+        expect(result).to.deep.equal(input)
+      })
+    })
     describe('Allow for public stream no role', () => {
       it('not public stream, no auth returns same context ', async () => {
         const input = { context: 'dummy', authResult: 'fake' }
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml
index 00354e874..095ca87eb 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ spec:
           - name: DISABLE_FILE_UPLOADS 
             value: "true"
           {{ end }}
+
+          {{- if .Values.server.adminOverrideEnabled }}
+          - name: ADMIN_OVERRIDE_ENABLED
+            value: "true"
+          {{- end }}
             
 
           # *** S3 Object Storage ***
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json
index bb53a2a35..5b453febd 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json
@@ -438,6 +438,14 @@
           "description": "The number of instances of the Server pod to be deployed within the cluster.",
           "default": 1
         },
+        "logLevel": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output"
+        },
+        "adminOverrideEnabled": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Enables the server side admin authz override"
+        },
         "sessionSecret": {
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
index 6fb001488..0a49860dd 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ server:
   ## @param server.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+
+  ## @param server.adminOverrideEnabled Enables the server side admin authz override
+  adminOverrideEnabled: false
   sessionSecret:
     ## @param server.sessionSecret.secretName The name of the Kubernetes Secret containing the Session secret.  This is a unique value (can be generated randomly). This is expected to be provided within the Kubernetes cluster as an opaque Kubernetes Secret. Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#opaque-secrets
     ##
diff --git a/utils/helm/test-values.yml b/utils/helm/test-values.yml
index a9f06b013..7f2c3d401 100644
--- a/utils/helm/test-values.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/test-values.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ s3:
   access_key: 'minioadmin'
   create_bucket: 'true'
 
+server:
+  adminOverrideEnabled: true
+
 cert_manager_issuer: ~
 enable_prometheus_monitoring: true
 file_size_limit_mb: 300