diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 035d5e5..347b960 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "dashboard/unifi",
     "description": "UniFi network management, WiFi stats, and captive portal authentication for the Dashboard platform",
-    "version": "1.12.1",
+    "version": "1.13.0",
     "type": "library",
     "license": "MIT",
     "autoload": {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_06_12_000001_add_role_and_default_to_unifi_page_grants.php b/database/migrations/2026_06_12_000001_add_role_and_default_to_unifi_page_grants.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddab1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_06_12_000001_add_role_and_default_to_unifi_page_grants.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * Brings unifi_page_grants to parity with adm_access_grants /
+ * directory_access_grants: widens grantee_type to include 'default' and
+ * 'role', allows a NULL grantee_id (used by the per-page default row),
+ * and adds a can_view column. The default row's can_view carries the
+ * deny/allow fallback for users not matched by a more specific grant
+ * (deny by default — no row means deny).
+ *
+ * Existing user/group rows keep working: adding can_view with a default
+ * of true backfills them as explicit allow grants.
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        if (! Schema::hasTable('unifi_page_grants')) return;
+
+        // Widen the enum and allow NULL grantee_id (default rows). MySQL
+        // enum changes require raw DDL.
+        DB::statement("ALTER TABLE unifi_page_grants MODIFY grantee_type ENUM('default','user','group','role') NOT NULL");
+        DB::statement("ALTER TABLE unifi_page_grants MODIFY grantee_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NULL");
+
+        if (! Schema::hasColumn('unifi_page_grants', 'can_view')) {
+            Schema::table('unifi_page_grants', function (Blueprint $table) {
+                $table->boolean('can_view')->default(true)->after('grantee_id');
+            });
+
+            // Belt and braces: make sure every pre-existing user/group row
+            // is an explicit allow grant.
+            DB::table('unifi_page_grants')->update(['can_view' => true]);
+        }
+
+        // The unique index on (nav_item_id, grantee_type, grantee_id)
+        // already exists from the create migration
+        // ('unifi_page_grants_unique') and still applies — grantee_id is
+        // NULL for default rows, and MySQL treats NULLs as distinct, so
+        // app code enforces one default row per nav_item.
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        if (! Schema::hasTable('unifi_page_grants')) return;
+
+        if (Schema::hasColumn('unifi_page_grants', 'can_view')) {
+            Schema::table('unifi_page_grants', function (Blueprint $table) {
+                $table->dropColumn('can_view');
+            });
+        }
+
+        DB::table('unifi_page_grants')->whereIn('grantee_type', ['default', 'role'])->delete();
+
+        DB::statement("ALTER TABLE unifi_page_grants MODIFY grantee_type ENUM('user','group') NOT NULL");
+        DB::statement("ALTER TABLE unifi_page_grants MODIFY grantee_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL");
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/UnifiPagesAccessController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/UnifiPagesAccessController.php
index 4ab1dbc..27b8128 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/UnifiPagesAccessController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/UnifiPagesAccessController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Dashboard\Unifi\Http\Controllers;
 use App\Models\DashboardApp;
 use App\Models\Group;
 use App\Models\NavItem;
+use App\Models\Role;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Dashboard\Unifi\Models\UnifiPageGrant;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class UnifiPagesAccessController extends Controller
     {
         $app = DashboardApp::where('slug', 'unifi')->first();
         if (! $app) {
-            return response()->json(['pages' => [], 'users' => [], 'groups' => []]);
+            return response()->json(['pages' => [], 'users' => [], 'groups' => [], 'roles' => []]);
         }
 
         $pages = NavItem::where('app_id', $app->id)
@@ -49,16 +50,27 @@ class UnifiPagesAccessController extends Controller
               ->orWhereIn('id', $grantedGroupIds);
         })->orderBy('name')->get(['id', 'name', 'is_super']);
 
+        // Roles: only ones with at least one grant — more added via searchRoles.
+        $grantedRoleIds = $grants->flatten(1)->where('grantee_type', 'role')->pluck('grantee_id')->unique();
+        $roles = Role::whereIn('id', $grantedRoleIds)->orderBy('label')->get(['id', 'slug', 'label']);
+
         return response()->json([
-            'pages' => $pages->map(fn ($p) => [
-                'id'         => $p->id,
-                'label'      => $p->label,
-                'route_name' => $p->route_name,
-                'user_ids'   => $grants->get($p->id, collect())->where('grantee_type', 'user')->pluck('grantee_id')->all(),
-                'group_ids'  => $grants->get($p->id, collect())->where('grantee_type', 'group')->pluck('grantee_id')->all(),
-            ])->values(),
+            'pages' => $pages->map(function ($p) use ($grants) {
+                $pageGrants = $grants->get($p->id, collect());
+                $defaultRow = $pageGrants->firstWhere('grantee_type', 'default');
+                return [
+                    'id'            => $p->id,
+                    'label'         => $p->label,
+                    'route_name'    => $p->route_name,
+                    'default_allow' => (bool) ($defaultRow?->can_view ?? false),
+                    'user_ids'      => $pageGrants->where('grantee_type', 'user')->where('can_view', true)->pluck('grantee_id')->values()->all(),
+                    'group_ids'     => $pageGrants->where('grantee_type', 'group')->where('can_view', true)->pluck('grantee_id')->values()->all(),
+                    'role_ids'      => $pageGrants->where('grantee_type', 'role')->where('can_view', true)->pluck('grantee_id')->values()->all(),
+                ];
+            })->values(),
             'users'  => $users,
             'groups' => $groups,
+            'roles'  => $roles,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -106,6 +118,26 @@ class UnifiPagesAccessController extends Controller
         return response()->json(['groups' => $groups]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Typeahead-style search for roles to add to the access matrix.
+     * An empty query returns every role (the role list is small).
+     */
+    public function searchRoles(Request $request)
+    {
+        $q = trim((string) $request->query('q', ''));
+        if (strlen($q) < 1) {
+            return response()->json(['roles' => Role::orderBy('label')->get(['id', 'slug', 'label'])]);
+        }
+
+        $roles = Role::where('label', 'like', '%' . $q . '%')
+            ->orWhere('slug', 'like', '%' . $q . '%')
+            ->orderBy('label')
+            ->limit(20)
+            ->get(['id', 'slug', 'label']);
+
+        return response()->json(['roles' => $roles]);
+    }
+
     public function update(Request $request, NavItem $navItem)
     {
         $app = DashboardApp::where('slug', 'unifi')->first();
@@ -114,28 +146,62 @@ class UnifiPagesAccessController extends Controller
         }
 
         $data = $request->validate([
-            'user_ids'    => 'present|array',
-            'user_ids.*'  => 'integer|exists:users,id',
-            'group_ids'   => 'present|array',
-            'group_ids.*' => 'integer|exists:groups,id',
+            'default_allow' => 'boolean',
+            'user_ids'      => 'present|array',
+            'user_ids.*'    => 'integer|exists:users,id',
+            'group_ids'     => 'present|array',
+            'group_ids.*'   => 'integer|exists:groups,id',
+            'role_ids'      => 'array',
+            'role_ids.*'    => 'integer|exists:roles,id',
         ]);
 
         $grantedBy = $request->user()?->id;
 
         DB::transaction(function () use ($navItem, $data, $grantedBy) {
-            UnifiPageGrant::where('nav_item_id', $navItem->id)->delete();
+            // Upsert the default row (one per nav_item). firstOrCreate can't
+            // match on grantee_id=NULL reliably in MySQL, so look it up first.
+            $default = UnifiPageGrant::where('nav_item_id', $navItem->id)
+                ->where('grantee_type', 'default')
+                ->first();
+            if ($default) {
+                $default->update(['can_view' => (bool) ($data['default_allow'] ?? false)]);
+            } else {
+                UnifiPageGrant::create([
+                    'nav_item_id'        => $navItem->id,
+                    'grantee_type'       => 'default',
+                    'grantee_id'         => null,
+                    'can_view'           => (bool) ($data['default_allow'] ?? false),
+                    'granted_by_user_id' => $grantedBy,
+                ]);
+            }
 
-            $rows = [];
-            $now  = now();
-            foreach ($data['user_ids']  as $uid) {
-                $rows[] = ['nav_item_id' => $navItem->id, 'grantee_type' => 'user',  'grantee_id' => $uid, 'granted_by_user_id' => $grantedBy, 'created_at' => $now, 'updated_at' => $now];
-            }
-            foreach ($data['group_ids'] as $gid) {
-                $rows[] = ['nav_item_id' => $navItem->id, 'grantee_type' => 'group', 'grantee_id' => $gid, 'granted_by_user_id' => $grantedBy, 'created_at' => $now, 'updated_at' => $now];
-            }
-            if ($rows) UnifiPageGrant::insert($rows);
+            $this->syncGrantsOfType($navItem->id, 'user',  $data['user_ids']  ?? [], $grantedBy);
+            $this->syncGrantsOfType($navItem->id, 'group', $data['group_ids'] ?? [], $grantedBy);
+            $this->syncGrantsOfType($navItem->id, 'role',  $data['role_ids']  ?? [], $grantedBy);
         });
 
         return response()->json(['ok' => true]);
     }
+
+    private function syncGrantsOfType(int $navItemId, string $type, array $ids, ?int $actorId): void
+    {
+        UnifiPageGrant::where('nav_item_id', $navItemId)
+            ->where('grantee_type', $type)
+            ->whereNotIn('grantee_id', $ids ?: [0])
+            ->delete();
+
+        foreach ($ids as $id) {
+            UnifiPageGrant::updateOrCreate(
+                [
+                    'nav_item_id'  => $navItemId,
+                    'grantee_type' => $type,
+                    'grantee_id'   => $id,
+                ],
+                [
+                    'can_view'           => true,
+                    'granted_by_user_id' => $actorId,
+                ],
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Http/Middleware/EnforceUnifiPageGrant.php b/src/Http/Middleware/EnforceUnifiPageGrant.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce6297c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Http/Middleware/EnforceUnifiPageGrant.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Dashboard\Unifi\Http\Middleware;
+
+use App\Models\NavItem;
+use Closure;
+use Dashboard\Unifi\Models\UnifiPageGrant;
+use Dashboard\Unifi\UnifiServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+/**
+ * Per-page access for unifi pages. Attached dynamically by the
+ * RouteMatched listener in UnifiServiceProvider — the check cannot
+ * live in the listener because RouteMatched fires before session/auth
+ * middleware, when request->user() is still null.
+ */
+class EnforceUnifiPageGrant
+{
+    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
+    {
+        $user = $request->user();
+        $routeName = $request->route()?->getName();
+
+        if (! $routeName || ! $user || $user->is_super_admin) {
+            return $next($request);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $item = NavItem::where('route_name', $routeName)->first();
+            if ($item) {
+                // Permission holders keep access — grants extend, never revoke.
+                $holdsPermission = $item->required_permission
+                    && UnifiServiceProvider::realPermissionKeysFor($user)->contains($item->required_permission);
+
+                if (! $holdsPermission && ! UnifiPageGrant::userCanAccess($user, $item)) {
+                    // 404 instead of 403 — don't leak that the page exists.
+                    abort(404);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (\Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException $e) {
+            throw $e;
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            // unifi_page_grants may not exist yet on first install — fail
+            // open in that narrow window (permission middleware still
+            // guards the route).
+        }
+
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Models/UnifiPageGrant.php b/src/Models/UnifiPageGrant.php
index bd11110..d911ba5 100644
--- a/src/Models/UnifiPageGrant.php
+++ b/src/Models/UnifiPageGrant.php
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ class UnifiPageGrant extends Model
 
     protected $fillable = [
         'nav_item_id',
-        'grantee_type',
-        'grantee_id',
+        'grantee_type',  // default | user | group | role
+        'grantee_id',    // null for grantee_type=default
+        'can_view',
         'granted_by_user_id',
     ];
 
+    protected $casts = [
+        'can_view' => 'boolean',
+    ];
+
     public function navItem(): BelongsTo
     {
         return $this->belongsTo(NavItem::class);
@@ -29,30 +34,32 @@ class UnifiPageGrant extends Model
     }
 
     /**
-     * True iff $user is allowed to access $navItem under strict allowlist
-     * semantics:
-     *  * super-admins (the model-level flag) always pass
-     *  * otherwise the user must be a direct grantee, OR be in a group
-     *    that is a grantee
-     *
-     * A page with NO grants saved is only visible to super-admins —
-     * the admin must explicitly authorize everyone else via the
-     * Access tab.
+     * Grant check with a per-page default fallback. Passes if the user
+     * matches an explicit user/group/role grant; otherwise falls back
+     * to the page's `default` row (deny by default — no row or
+     * can_view=false denies). Permission-based access is checked
+     * separately by the caller — grants extend, never revoke.
      */
     public static function userCanAccess(User $user, NavItem $navItem): bool
     {
         if ($user->is_super_admin) return true;
 
         $groupIds = $user->groups()->pluck('groups.id');
+        $roleIds  = $user->roles()->pluck('roles.id');
 
-        return static::where('nav_item_id', $navItem->id)
-            ->where(function ($q) use ($user, $groupIds) {
-                $q->where(function ($u) use ($user) {
-                    $u->where('grantee_type', 'user')->where('grantee_id', $user->id);
-                })->orWhere(function ($g) use ($groupIds) {
-                    $g->where('grantee_type', 'group')->whereIn('grantee_id', $groupIds);
-                });
+        $hasExplicit = static::where('nav_item_id', $navItem->id)
+            ->where('can_view', true)
+            ->where(function ($q) use ($user, $groupIds, $roleIds) {
+                $q->where(fn ($u) => $u->where('grantee_type', 'user')->where('grantee_id', $user->id))
+                  ->orWhere(fn ($g) => $g->where('grantee_type', 'group')->whereIn('grantee_id', $groupIds))
+                  ->orWhere(fn ($r) => $r->where('grantee_type', 'role')->whereIn('grantee_id', $roleIds));
             })
             ->exists();
+
+        if ($hasExplicit) return true;
+
+        return (bool) static::where('nav_item_id', $navItem->id)
+            ->where('grantee_type', 'default')
+            ->value('can_view');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UnifiServiceProvider.php b/src/UnifiServiceProvider.php
index 2bbefc6..18cd102 100644
--- a/src/UnifiServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/UnifiServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Dashboard\Unifi;
 
-use App\Models\DashboardApp;
 use App\Models\NavItem;
 use Dashboard\Unifi\Models\UnifiPageGrant;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Events\RouteMatched;
@@ -25,59 +24,34 @@ class UnifiServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         $this->loadRoutesFrom(__DIR__ . '/routes/unifi.php');
         $this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__ . '/../database/migrations');
 
-        // Tell the shell's NavVisibilityRegistry which unifi nav items
-        // the user can see in the sidebar. Without this the sidebar
-        // would only follow legacy required_permission, hiding pages
-        // the user has been explicitly granted via the Access tab.
+        // Tell the shell's nav sidebar which unifi nav items the user
+        // can see: pages whose required_permission the user holds through
+        // groups, plus pages granted via the Settings → Access tab. The
+        // shell also folds these grants back into User::can()/allPermissions
+        // so the route-level permission middleware passes for grantees.
         try {
             app(\App\Support\NavVisibilityRegistry::class)->register(
                 'unifi.',
-                function (\App\Models\User $user) {
-                    if (! \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::hasTable('unifi_page_grants')) {
-                        return collect();
-                    }
-                    $groupIds = $user->groups()->pluck('groups.id');
-                    return UnifiPageGrant::query()
-                        ->where(function ($q) use ($user, $groupIds) {
-                            $q->where(fn ($u) => $u->where('grantee_type', 'user')->where('grantee_id', $user->id))
-                              ->orWhere(fn ($g) => $g->where('grantee_type', 'group')->whereIn('grantee_id', $groupIds));
-                        })
-                        ->pluck('nav_item_id');
-                }
+                fn (\App\Models\User $user) => $this->visibleUnifiNavItemIdsFor($user),
             );
         } catch (\Throwable) {
             // Shell may not have the registry yet (older shell version).
             // Sidebar will fall back to legacy permission filter.
         }
 
-        // Per-page access enforcement for unifi routes. If a unifi page has
-        // any UnifiPageGrant rows, only super-admins and granted users/
-        // groups can hit it; otherwise (no grants) it's open per the existing
-        // permission middleware. Super-admins always bypass.
+        // Per-page enforcement for unifi pages. Settings stays on its
+        // permission:unifi.settings route middleware (the Access tab
+        // itself lives there and must not be able to lock itself out).
+        // The user-dependent check lives in middleware appended to the
+        // matched route: RouteMatched fires before the session/auth
+        // middleware run, so request->user() is null here and any check
+        // at this point silently fails open.
         Event::listen(RouteMatched::class, function (RouteMatched $event) {
             $routeName = $event->route->getName();
             if (! $routeName || ! str_starts_with($routeName, 'unifi.')) return;
+            if (str_starts_with($routeName, 'unifi.settings')) return;
 
-            $user = $event->request->user();
-            if (! $user || $user->is_super_admin) return;
-
-            try {
-                $appId = DashboardApp::where('slug', 'unifi')->value('id');
-                $item  = NavItem::where('route_name', $routeName)
-                    ->where('app_id', $appId)
-                    ->first();
-                if (! $item) return;
-
-                if (! UnifiPageGrant::userCanAccess($user, $item)) {
-                    // 404 instead of 403 — don't leak that the page
-                    // exists. The Access tab is the only way in.
-                    abort(404);
-                }
-            } catch (\Throwable) {
-                // unifi_page_grants table may not exist yet on a fresh
-                // install before this snap-in's migrations have run —
-                // fail open in that narrow window.
-            }
+            $event->route->middleware(\Dashboard\Unifi\Http\Middleware\EnforceUnifiPageGrant::class);
         });
 
         if ($this->app->runningInConsole()) {
@@ -94,4 +68,58 @@ class UnifiServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             ], 'unifi-config');
         }
     }
+
+    /** Collect every unifi nav_item_id this user is allowed to see. */
+    protected function visibleUnifiNavItemIdsFor(\App\Models\User $user): \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+    {
+        $ids = collect();
+
+        // Pages whose required_permission the user already holds through
+        // groups keep showing, independent of the access-grant matrix.
+        $permittedIds = NavItem::where('route_name', 'like', 'unifi.%')
+            ->whereIn('required_permission', static::realPermissionKeysFor($user))
+            ->pluck('id');
+        $ids = $ids->merge($permittedIds);
+
+        if (\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::hasTable('unifi_page_grants')) {
+            $groupIds = $user->groups()->pluck('groups.id');
+            $roleIds  = $user->roles()->pluck('roles.id');
+
+            $grantedIds = UnifiPageGrant::query()
+                ->where('can_view', true)
+                ->where(function ($q) use ($user, $groupIds, $roleIds) {
+                    $q->where(fn ($u) => $u->where('grantee_type', 'user')->where('grantee_id', $user->id))
+                      ->orWhere(fn ($g) => $g->where('grantee_type', 'group')->whereIn('grantee_id', $groupIds))
+                      ->orWhere(fn ($r) => $r->where('grantee_type', 'role')->whereIn('grantee_id', $roleIds))
+                      // Default-allow row makes the page visible to everyone.
+                      ->orWhere('grantee_type', 'default');
+                })
+                ->pluck('nav_item_id');
+            $ids = $ids->merge($grantedIds);
+        }
+
+        return $ids->unique()->values();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Group + direct permissions only. Deliberately NOT allPermissions():
+     * the shell folds page-grant permissions back into allPermissions/can,
+     * so using it here would turn a single granted page into every page
+     * carrying the same permission.
+     */
+    public static function realPermissionKeysFor(\App\Models\User $user): \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+    {
+        if ($user->is_super_admin) {
+            return \App\Models\Permission::pluck('key');
+        }
+
+        $direct = $user->directPermissions()->get();
+
+        return \App\Models\Permission::whereHas('groups', fn ($q) => $q->whereIn('group_id', $user->groups()->pluck('groups.id')))
+            ->pluck('key')
+            ->merge($direct->where('granted', true)->pluck('permission_key'))
+            ->diff($direct->where('granted', false)->pluck('permission_key'))
+            ->unique()
+            ->values();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/unifi.php b/src/routes/unifi.php
index 0b29cc2..e08e181 100644
--- a/src/routes/unifi.php
+++ b/src/routes/unifi.php
@@ -74,11 +74,13 @@ Route::middleware(['web', 'auth', 'app.access:unifi'])
             Route::post('/settings/sites', [UnifiSettingsController::class, 'fetchSites'])    ->name('settings.sites');
 
             // Page Access — super-admin only. Lists unifi pages and lets
-            // operators assign per-page user/group grants.
+            // operators assign per-page user/group/role grants plus the
+            // per-page "everyone else" default row (deny by default).
             Route::middleware('super.admin')->group(function () {
                 Route::get('/settings/pages-access',                [UnifiPagesAccessController::class, 'index'])      ->name('settings.pages-access.index');
                 Route::get('/settings/pages-access/users/search',   [UnifiPagesAccessController::class, 'searchUsers'])->name('settings.pages-access.users.search');
                 Route::get('/settings/pages-access/groups/search',  [UnifiPagesAccessController::class, 'searchGroups'])->name('settings.pages-access.groups.search');
+                Route::get('/settings/pages-access/roles/search',   [UnifiPagesAccessController::class, 'searchRoles'])->name('settings.pages-access.roles.search');
                 Route::put('/settings/pages-access/{navItem}',      [UnifiPagesAccessController::class, 'update'])     ->name('settings.pages-access.update');
             });