diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 9e5f9ace9d..222ad69b4d 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -1665,6 +1665,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorSetupIssue' => 'applications/config/issue/PhabricatorSetupIssue.php',
     'PhabricatorSetupIssueExample' => 'applications/uiexample/examples/PhabricatorSetupIssueExample.php',
     'PhabricatorSetupIssueView' => 'applications/config/view/PhabricatorSetupIssueView.php',
+    'PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView' => 'applications/slowvote/capability/PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView.php',
     'PhabricatorSlowvoteChoice' => 'applications/slowvote/storage/PhabricatorSlowvoteChoice.php',
     'PhabricatorSlowvoteComment' => 'applications/slowvote/storage/PhabricatorSlowvoteComment.php',
     'PhabricatorSlowvoteCommentController' => 'applications/slowvote/controller/PhabricatorSlowvoteCommentController.php',
@@ -3876,6 +3877,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorSetupCheckTimezone' => 'PhabricatorSetupCheck',
     'PhabricatorSetupIssueExample' => 'PhabricatorUIExample',
     'PhabricatorSetupIssueView' => 'AphrontView',
+    'PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView' => 'PhabricatorPolicyCapability',
     'PhabricatorSlowvoteChoice' => 'PhabricatorSlowvoteDAO',
     'PhabricatorSlowvoteComment' => 'PhabricatorSlowvoteDAO',
     'PhabricatorSlowvoteCommentController' => 'PhabricatorSlowvoteController',
diff --git a/src/applications/slowvote/application/PhabricatorApplicationSlowvote.php b/src/applications/slowvote/application/PhabricatorApplicationSlowvote.php
index 4256495c4a..a38519fdb9 100644
--- a/src/applications/slowvote/application/PhabricatorApplicationSlowvote.php
+++ b/src/applications/slowvote/application/PhabricatorApplicationSlowvote.php
@@ -50,4 +50,12 @@ final class PhabricatorApplicationSlowvote extends PhabricatorApplication {
     );
   }
 
+  public function getCustomCapabilities() {
+    return array(
+      PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView::CAPABILITY => array(
+        'caption' => pht('Default view policy for new polls.'),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/slowvote/capability/PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView.php b/src/applications/slowvote/capability/PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c5b1975df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/slowvote/capability/PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView
+  extends PhabricatorPolicyCapability {
+
+  const CAPABILITY = 'slowvote.default.view';
+
+  public function getCapabilityKey() {
+    return self::CAPABILITY;
+  }
+
+  public function getCapabilityName() {
+    return pht('Default View Policy');
+  }
+
+  public function shouldAllowPublicPolicySetting() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/slowvote/controller/PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController.php b/src/applications/slowvote/controller/PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController.php
index a30c647383..f4409e756f 100644
--- a/src/applications/slowvote/controller/PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/slowvote/controller/PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController.php
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController
       }
       $is_new = false;
     } else {
-      $poll = id(new PhabricatorSlowvotePoll())
-        ->setAuthorPHID($user->getPHID())
-        ->setViewPolicy(PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_USER);
+      $poll = PhabricatorSlowvotePoll::initializeNewPoll($user);
       $is_new = true;
     }
 
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController
       $v_description = $request->getStr('description');
       $v_responses = (int)$request->getInt('responses');
       $v_shuffle = (int)$request->getBool('shuffle');
+      $v_view_policy = $request->getStr('viewPolicy');
 
       if ($is_new) {
         $poll->setMethod($request->getInt('method'));
@@ -94,6 +93,10 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController
         ->setTransactionType(PhabricatorSlowvoteTransaction::TYPE_SHUFFLE)
         ->setNewValue($v_shuffle);
 
+      $xactions[] = id(clone $template)
+        ->setTransactionType(PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY)
+        ->setNewValue($v_view_policy);
+
       if (empty($errors)) {
         $editor = id(new PhabricatorSlowvoteEditor())
           ->setActor($user)
@@ -115,6 +118,8 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController
 
         return id(new AphrontRedirectResponse())
           ->setURI('/V'.$poll->getID());
+      } else {
+        $poll->setViewPolicy($v_view_policy);
       }
     }
 
@@ -206,6 +211,11 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController
       $cancel_uri = '/V'.$poll->getID();
     }
 
+    $policies = id(new PhabricatorPolicyQuery())
+      ->setViewer($user)
+      ->setObject($poll)
+      ->execute();
+
     $form
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormSelectControl())
@@ -221,6 +231,13 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvoteEditController
             1,
             pht('Show choices in random order.'),
             $v_shuffle))
+      ->appendChild(
+        id(new AphrontFormPolicyControl())
+          ->setUser($user)
+          ->setName('viewPolicy')
+          ->setPolicyObject($poll)
+          ->setPolicies($policies)
+          ->setCapability(PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_VIEW))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormSubmitControl())
           ->setValue($button)
diff --git a/src/applications/slowvote/storage/PhabricatorSlowvotePoll.php b/src/applications/slowvote/storage/PhabricatorSlowvotePoll.php
index 24700fd9c7..cd360de5e5 100644
--- a/src/applications/slowvote/storage/PhabricatorSlowvotePoll.php
+++ b/src/applications/slowvote/storage/PhabricatorSlowvotePoll.php
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ final class PhabricatorSlowvotePoll extends PhabricatorSlowvoteDAO
   private $choices = self::ATTACHABLE;
   private $viewerChoices = self::ATTACHABLE;
 
+  public static function initializeNewPoll(PhabricatorUser $actor) {
+    $app = id(new PhabricatorApplicationQuery())
+      ->setViewer($actor)
+      ->withClasses(array('PhabricatorApplicationSlowvote'))
+      ->executeOne();
+
+    $view_policy = $app->getPolicy(
+      PhabricatorSlowvoteCapabilityDefaultView::CAPABILITY);
+
+    return id(new PhabricatorSlowvotePoll())
+      ->setAuthorPHID($actor->getPHID())
+      ->setViewPolicy($view_policy);
+  }
+
   public function getConfiguration() {
     return array(
       self::CONFIG_AUX_PHID => true,