diff --git a/app/models/deploy_token.rb b/app/models/deploy_token.rb
index 7ab647abe93..fdbe95059e5 100644
--- a/app/models/deploy_token.rb
+++ b/app/models/deploy_token.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class DeployToken < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Expirable
   include TokenAuthenticatable
+  include PolicyActor
   add_authentication_token_field :token
 
   AVAILABLE_SCOPES = %i(read_repository read_registry).freeze
@@ -58,10 +59,6 @@ class DeployToken < ActiveRecord::Base
     write_attribute(:expires_at, value.presence || Forever.date)
   end
 
-  def admin?
-    false
-  end
-
   private
 
   def ensure_at_least_one_scope
diff --git a/app/policies/concerns/policy_actor.rb b/app/policies/concerns/policy_actor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..069d065280e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/policies/concerns/policy_actor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Include this module if we want to pass something else than the user to
+# check policies. This defines several methods which the policy checker
+# would call and check.
+module PolicyActor
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  def blocked?
+    false
+  end
+
+  def admin?
+    false
+  end
+
+  def external?
+    false
+  end
+
+  def internal?
+    false
+  end
+
+  def access_locked?
+    false
+  end
+
+  def required_terms_not_accepted?
+    false
+  end
+
+  def can_create_group
+    false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index b4b9deee8fd..b9d4f6765e3 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module Gitlab
                                      #{config.root}/app/models/members
                                      #{config.root}/app/models/project_services
                                      #{config.root}/app/workers/concerns
+                                     #{config.root}/app/policies/concerns
                                      #{config.root}/app/services/concerns
                                      #{config.root}/app/serializers/concerns
                                      #{config.root}/app/finders/concerns
diff --git a/spec/policies/concerns/policy_actor_spec.rb b/spec/policies/concerns/policy_actor_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27db9710a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/policies/concerns/policy_actor_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe PolicyActor do
+  it 'implements all the methods from user' do
+    methods = subject.instance_methods
+
+    # User.instance_methods do not return all methods until an instance is
+    # initialized. So here we just use an instance
+    expect(build(:user).methods).to include(*methods)
+  end
+end