diff --git a/acl/acl_test.go b/acl/acl_test.go
index cf0c4bda3f45..24ccf2b41035 100644
--- a/acl/acl_test.go
+++ b/acl/acl_test.go
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ func TestACLManagement(t *testing.T) {
 	// Check default namespace rights
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("default", NamespaceCapabilityListJobs))
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("default", NamespaceCapabilitySubmitJob))
+	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("default", NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate))
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespace("default"))
 
 	// Check non-specified namespace
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("foo", NamespaceCapabilityListJobs))
+	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("foo", NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate))
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespace("foo"))
 
 	// Check node pool rights.
@@ -155,9 +157,11 @@ func TestACLMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	// Check default namespace rights
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("default", NamespaceCapabilityListJobs))
 	must.False(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("default", NamespaceCapabilitySubmitJob))
+	must.False(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("default", NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister))
 
 	// Check non-specified namespace
 	must.False(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("foo", NamespaceCapabilityListJobs))
+	must.False(t, acl.AllowNamespaceOperation("foo", NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate))
 
 	// Check rights in the node pool specified in policies.
 	must.True(t, acl.AllowNodePoolOperation("my-pool", NodePoolCapabilityRead))
diff --git a/acl/policy.go b/acl/policy.go
index c4fe9e4d673c..17a7aed2170d 100644
--- a/acl/policy.go
+++ b/acl/policy.go
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ const (
 	NamespaceCapabilityCSIReadVolume        = "csi-read-volume"
 	NamespaceCapabilityCSIListVolume        = "csi-list-volume"
 	NamespaceCapabilityCSIMountVolume       = "csi-mount-volume"
+	NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate     = "host-volume-create"
+	NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister   = "host-volume-register"
+	NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead       = "host-volume-read"
+	NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeWrite      = "host-volume-write"
+	NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeDelete     = "host-volume-delete"
 	NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies  = "list-scaling-policies"
 	NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy    = "read-scaling-policy"
 	NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling       = "read-job-scaling"
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ func isNamespaceCapabilityValid(cap string) bool {
 		NamespaceCapabilityReadFS, NamespaceCapabilityAllocLifecycle,
 		NamespaceCapabilityAllocExec, NamespaceCapabilityAllocNodeExec,
 		NamespaceCapabilityCSIReadVolume, NamespaceCapabilityCSIWriteVolume, NamespaceCapabilityCSIListVolume, NamespaceCapabilityCSIMountVolume, NamespaceCapabilityCSIRegisterPlugin,
-		NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies, NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy, NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling, NamespaceCapabilityScaleJob:
+		NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies, NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy, NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling, NamespaceCapabilityScaleJob, NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate, NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister, NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeWrite, NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead:
 		return true
 	// Separate the enterprise-only capabilities
 	case NamespaceCapabilitySentinelOverride, NamespaceCapabilitySubmitRecommendation:
@@ -241,6 +246,7 @@ func expandNamespacePolicy(policy string) []string {
 		NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling,
 		NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies,
 		NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy,
+		NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 	}
 
 	write := make([]string, len(read))
@@ -257,6 +263,7 @@ func expandNamespacePolicy(policy string) []string {
 		NamespaceCapabilityCSIMountVolume,
 		NamespaceCapabilityCSIWriteVolume,
 		NamespaceCapabilitySubmitRecommendation,
+		NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
 	}...)
 
 	switch policy {
@@ -278,6 +285,32 @@ func expandNamespacePolicy(policy string) []string {
 	}
 }
 
+// expandNamespaceCapabilities adds extra capabilities implied by fine-grained
+// capabilities.
+func expandNamespaceCapabilities(ns *NamespacePolicy) {
+	extraCaps := []string{}
+	for _, cap := range ns.Capabilities {
+		switch cap {
+		case NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeWrite:
+			extraCaps = append(extraCaps,
+				NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister,
+				NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+				NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeDelete,
+				NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead)
+		case NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister:
+			extraCaps = append(extraCaps,
+				NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+				NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead)
+		case NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate:
+			extraCaps = append(extraCaps, NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// These may end up being duplicated, but they'll get deduplicated in NewACL
+	// when inserted into the radix tree.
+	ns.Capabilities = append(ns.Capabilities, extraCaps...)
+}
+
 func isNodePoolCapabilityValid(cap string) bool {
 	switch cap {
 	case NodePoolCapabilityDelete, NodePoolCapabilityRead, NodePoolCapabilityWrite,
@@ -388,6 +421,9 @@ func Parse(rules string) (*Policy, error) {
 			ns.Capabilities = append(ns.Capabilities, extraCap...)
 		}
 
+		// Expand implicit capabilities
+		expandNamespaceCapabilities(ns)
+
 		if ns.Variables != nil {
 			if len(ns.Variables.Paths) == 0 {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid variable policy: no variable paths in namespace %s", ns.Name)
diff --git a/acl/policy_test.go b/acl/policy_test.go
index 117b82ba3d68..938557aa08ad 100644
--- a/acl/policy_test.go
+++ b/acl/policy_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package acl
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/ci"
@@ -17,9 +16,9 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	type tcase struct {
-		Raw    string
-		ErrStr string
-		Expect *Policy
+		Raw       string
+		ExpectErr string
+		Expect    *Policy
 	}
 	tcases := []tcase{
 		{
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling,
 							NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies,
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling,
 							NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies,
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 						},
 					},
 					{
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling,
 							NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies,
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 							NamespaceCapabilityScaleJob,
 							NamespaceCapabilitySubmitJob,
 							NamespaceCapabilityDispatchJob,
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityCSIMountVolume,
 							NamespaceCapabilityCSIWriteVolume,
 							NamespaceCapabilitySubmitRecommendation,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 						},
 					},
 					{
@@ -338,6 +342,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling,
 							NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies,
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 						},
 					},
 					{
@@ -352,6 +357,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadJobScaling,
 							NamespaceCapabilityListScalingPolicies,
 							NamespaceCapabilityReadScalingPolicy,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 							NamespaceCapabilityScaleJob,
 							NamespaceCapabilitySubmitJob,
 							NamespaceCapabilityDispatchJob,
@@ -362,6 +368,8 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 							NamespaceCapabilityCSIMountVolume,
 							NamespaceCapabilityCSIWriteVolume,
 							NamespaceCapabilitySubmitRecommendation,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
 						},
 					},
 					{
@@ -638,6 +646,54 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			`
+			namespace "default" {
+				capabilities = ["host-volume-register"]
+			}
+
+			namespace "other" {
+				capabilities = ["host-volume-create"]
+			}
+
+			namespace "foo" {
+				capabilities = ["host-volume-write"]
+			}
+			`,
+			"",
+			&Policy{
+				Namespaces: []*NamespacePolicy{
+					{
+						Name:   "default",
+						Policy: "",
+						Capabilities: []string{
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Name:   "other",
+						Policy: "",
+						Capabilities: []string{
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Name:   "foo",
+						Policy: "",
+						Capabilities: []string{
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeWrite,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRegister,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeCreate,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeDelete,
+							NamespaceCapabilityHostVolumeRead,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			`
 			node_pool "pool-read-only" {
@@ -878,22 +934,18 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for idx, tc := range tcases {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", idx), func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%02d", idx), func(t *testing.T) {
 			p, err := Parse(tc.Raw)
-			if err != nil {
-				if tc.ErrStr == "" {
-					t.Fatalf("Unexpected err: %v", err)
-				}
-				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.ErrStr) {
-					t.Fatalf("Unexpected err: %v", err)
-				}
-				return
+			if tc.ExpectErr == "" {
+				must.NoError(t, err)
+			} else {
+				must.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.ExpectErr)
 			}
-			if err == nil && tc.ErrStr != "" {
-				t.Fatalf("Missing expected err")
+
+			if tc.Expect != nil {
+				tc.Expect.Raw = tc.Raw
+				must.Eq(t, tc.Expect, p)
 			}
-			tc.Expect.Raw = tc.Raw
-			assert.EqualValues(t, tc.Expect, p)
 		})
 	}
 }