diff --git a/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php b/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
index 0301e453a4..cfe468a546 100644
--- a/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ final class PhabricatorUser extends PhabricatorUserDAO implements PhutilPerson {
   protected $isDisabled = 0;
 
   private $preferences = null;
+  private $omnipotent = false;
 
   protected function readField($field) {
     switch ($field) {
@@ -661,4 +662,35 @@ EOBODY;
       $email->getUserPHID());
   }
 
+
+/* -(  Omnipotence  )-------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this user is omnipotent. Omnipotent users bypass all policy
+   * checks.
+   *
+   * @return bool True if the user bypasses policy checks.
+   */
+  public function isOmnipotent() {
+    return $this->omnipotent;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Get an omnipotent user object for use in contexts where there is no acting
+   * user, notably daemons.
+   *
+   * @return PhabricatorUser An omnipotent user.
+   */
+  public static function getOmnipotentUser() {
+    static $user = null;
+    if (!$user) {
+      $user = new PhabricatorUser();
+      $user->omnipotent = true;
+      $user->makeEphemeral();
+    }
+    return $user;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/policy/__tests__/PhabricatorPolicyTestCase.php b/src/applications/policy/__tests__/PhabricatorPolicyTestCase.php
index 13bb00efbd..aff5ee7d6e 100644
--- a/src/applications/policy/__tests__/PhabricatorPolicyTestCase.php
+++ b/src/applications/policy/__tests__/PhabricatorPolicyTestCase.php
@@ -154,6 +154,24 @@ final class PhabricatorPolicyTestCase extends PhabricatorTestCase {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Test that omnipotent users bypass policies.
+   */
+  public function testOmnipotence() {
+    $results = array(
+      $this->buildObject(PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_NOONE),
+    );
+
+    $query = new PhabricatorPolicyAwareTestQuery();
+    $query->setResults($results);
+    $query->setViewer(PhabricatorUser::getOmnipotentUser());
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      1,
+      count($query->execute()));
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Test an object for visibility across multiple user specifications.
    */
diff --git a/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php b/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php
index 1ce618b8b4..765583b638 100644
--- a/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php
+++ b/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ final class PhabricatorPolicyFilter {
 
     $viewer = $this->viewer;
 
+    if ($viewer->isOmnipotent()) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     if ($object->hasAutomaticCapability($capability, $viewer)) {
       return true;
     }