diff --git a/pkg/infoschema/test/clustertablestest/cluster_tables_test.go b/pkg/infoschema/test/clustertablestest/cluster_tables_test.go
index b571f805fd6c2..ba1f140fed718 100644
--- a/pkg/infoschema/test/clustertablestest/cluster_tables_test.go
+++ b/pkg/infoschema/test/clustertablestest/cluster_tables_test.go
@@ -908,6 +908,24 @@ func TestMDLView(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMDLViewPrivilege(t *testing.T) {
+	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	require.NoError(t, tk.Session().Auth(&auth.UserIdentity{Username: "root", Hostname: "%"}, nil, nil, nil))
+	tk.MustQuery("select * from mysql.tidb_mdl_view;").Check(testkit.Rows())
+	tk.MustExec("create user 'test'@'%' identified by '';")
+	require.NoError(t, tk.Session().Auth(&auth.UserIdentity{Username: "test", Hostname: "%"}, nil, nil, nil))
+	_, err := tk.Exec("select * from mysql.tidb_mdl_view;")
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "view lack rights")
+
+	// grant all privileges to test user.
+	require.NoError(t, tk.Session().Auth(&auth.UserIdentity{Username: "root", Hostname: "%"}, nil, nil, nil))
+	tk.MustExec("grant all privileges on *.* to 'test'@'%';")
+	tk.MustExec("flush privileges;")
+	require.NoError(t, tk.Session().Auth(&auth.UserIdentity{Username: "test", Hostname: "%"}, nil, nil, nil))
+	tk.MustQuery("select * from mysql.tidb_mdl_view;").Check(testkit.Rows())
+}
+
 func TestQuickBinding(t *testing.T) {
 	s := new(clusterTablesSuite)
 	s.store, s.dom = testkit.CreateMockStoreAndDomain(t)
diff --git a/pkg/session/bootstrap.go b/pkg/session/bootstrap.go
index eec9e8ae46a19..22af88ed5d3a2 100644
--- a/pkg/session/bootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/session/bootstrap.go
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ const (
 		lock_name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
 	);`
 	// CreateMDLView is a view about metadata locks.
-	CreateMDLView = `CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW mysql.tidb_mdl_view as (
+	CreateMDLView = `CREATE OR REPLACE SQL SECURITY INVOKER VIEW mysql.tidb_mdl_view as (
 		SELECT tidb_mdl_info.job_id,
 			JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(cast(cast(job_meta as char) as json), "$.schema_name")) as db_name,
 			JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(cast(cast(job_meta as char) as json), "$.table_name")) as table_name,