diff --git a/src/Controller/PermissionController.php b/src/Controller/PermissionController.php
index 2df52cc7..ba7f4711 100644
--- a/src/Controller/PermissionController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/PermissionController.php
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ namespace App\Controller;
 
 use App\Entity\Role;
 use App\Entity\RolePermission;
+use App\Event\PermissionSectionsEvent;
 use App\Form\RoleType;
+use App\Model\PermissionSection;
 use App\Repository\RolePermissionRepository;
 use App\Repository\RoleRepository;
 use App\Security\RolePermissionManager;
 use App\Security\RoleService;
 use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Security;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ final class PermissionController extends AbstractController
      * @Route(path="", name="admin_user_permissions", methods={"GET", "POST"})
      * @Security("is_granted('role_permissions')")
      */
-    public function permissions()
+    public function permissions(EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher)
     {
         $all = $this->roleRepository->findAll();
         $existing = [];
@@ -75,9 +78,75 @@ final class PermissionController extends AbstractController
             }
         }
 
+        // be careful, the order of the search keys is important!
+        $permissionOrder = [
+            new PermissionSection('User', '_user'),
+            new PermissionSection('User profile (own)', '_own_profile'),
+            new PermissionSection('User profile (other)', '_other_profile'),
+            new PermissionSection('Customer (Teamlead)', '_teamlead_customer'),
+            new PermissionSection('Customer (Team member)', '_team_customer'),
+            new PermissionSection('Customer (Admin)', '_customer'),
+            new PermissionSection('Project (Teamlead)', '_teamlead_project'),
+            new PermissionSection('Project (Team member)', '_team_project'),
+            new PermissionSection('Project (Admin)', '_project'),
+            new PermissionSection('Activity', '_activity'),
+            new PermissionSection('Timesheet (own)', '_own_timesheet'),
+            new PermissionSection('Timesheet (other)', '_other_timesheet'),
+            new PermissionSection('Timesheet', '_timesheet'),
+            new PermissionSection('Export', '_export'),
+            new PermissionSection('Invoice', '_invoice'),
+            new PermissionSection('Teams', '_team'),
+            new PermissionSection('Tags', '_tag'),
+        ];
+
+        $event = new PermissionSectionsEvent();
+        foreach ($permissionOrder as $section) {
+            $event->addSection($section);
+        }
+        $dispatcher->dispatch($event);
+
+        $permissionSorted = [];
+        $other = [];
+
+        foreach ($event->getSections() as $section) {
+            $permissionSorted[$section->getTitle()] = [];
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->manager->getPermissions() as $permission) {
+            $found = false;
+
+            foreach ($event->getSections() as $section) {
+                if ($section->filter($permission)) {
+                    $permissionSorted[$section->getTitle()][] = $permission;
+                    $found = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!$found) {
+                $other[] = $permission;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ksort($permissionSorted);
+
+        $permissionSorted['Other'] = $other;
+
+        // order the roles from most powerful to least powerful, custom roles at the end
+        $roles = [
+            'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN' => null,
+            'ROLE_ADMIN' => null,
+            'ROLE_TEAMLEAD' => null,
+            'ROLE_USER' => null,
+        ];
+        foreach ($this->roleRepository->findAll() as $role) {
+            $roles[$role->getName()] = $role;
+        }
+
         return $this->render('user/permissions.html.twig', [
-            'roles' => $this->roleRepository->findAll(),
+            'roles' => array_values($roles),
             'permissions' => $this->manager->getPermissions(),
+            'sorted' => $permissionSorted,
             'manager' => $this->manager,
             'system_roles' => $this->roleService->getSystemRoles(),
         ]);
diff --git a/src/Event/PermissionSectionsEvent.php b/src/Event/PermissionSectionsEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..115ca8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Event/PermissionSectionsEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Kimai time-tracking app.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Event;
+
+use App\Model\PermissionSectionInterface;
+use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event;
+
+/**
+ * This event can be used, to dynamically add sections to the permission screen.
+ */
+final class PermissionSectionsEvent extends Event
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $sections;
+
+    public function addSection(PermissionSectionInterface $section): PermissionSectionsEvent
+    {
+        $this->sections[] = $section;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return PermissionSectionInterface[]
+     */
+    public function getSections(): array
+    {
+        return $this->sections;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Model/PermissionSection.php b/src/Model/PermissionSection.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6de6a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/PermissionSection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Kimai time-tracking app.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Model;
+
+class PermissionSection implements PermissionSectionInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $title;
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $filter;
+
+    public function __construct(string $title, string $strposFilter)
+    {
+        $this->title = $title;
+        $this->filter = $strposFilter;
+    }
+
+    public function getTitle(): string
+    {
+        return $this->title;
+    }
+
+    public function filter(string $permission): bool
+    {
+        return strpos($permission, $this->filter) !== false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Model/PermissionSectionInterface.php b/src/Model/PermissionSectionInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..189117ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/PermissionSectionInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Kimai time-tracking app.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Model;
+
+interface PermissionSectionInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the section title (which will be translated).
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getTitle(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the given permission is part of this section
+     *
+     * @param string $permission
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function filter(string $permission): bool;
+}
diff --git a/templates/user/permissions.html.twig b/templates/user/permissions.html.twig
index e281b702..916b9553 100644
--- a/templates/user/permissions.html.twig
+++ b/templates/user/permissions.html.twig
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 {% set columns = {
     'label.name': 'alwaysVisible',
 } %}
-{% set canEditPedrmissions = is_granted('role_permissions') %}
+{% set canEditPermissions = is_granted('role_permissions') %}
 {% for role in roles %}
     {% set options = {'class': 'alwaysVisible text-center'} %}
-    {% if canEditPedrmissions and role.name not in system_roles|keys %}
+    {% if canEditPermissions and role.name not in system_roles|keys %}
         {% set widget %}
         &nbsp;<a href="{{ path('admin_user_role_delete', {'id': role.id}) }}" class="confirmation-link" data-question="confirm.delete" data-msg-error="action.delete.error" data-msg-success="action.delete.success">{{ widgets.icon('trash') }}</a>
         {% endset %}
@@ -28,22 +28,31 @@
 
 {% block main %}
     {{ tables.datatable_header(tableName, columns, null, {'translationPrefix': ''}) }}
+    
+    {% set colspan = 1 + (roles|length) %}
 
-    {% for permission in permissions|sort %}
-        <tr>
-            <td>{{ permission }}</td>
-            {% for role in roles %}
-                {% set value = manager.permission(role.name, permission) %}
-                <td class="text-center">
-                    {# see RolePermissionManager for this special case #}
-                    {% if (permission != 'role_permissions' and permission != 'view_user') or role.name != 'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN' %}
-                        <a href="{{ path('admin_user_permission_save', {'id': role.id, 'name': permission, 'value': (value ? '0' : '1')}) }}">{{ widgets.label_boolean(value) }}</a>
-                    {% else %}
-                        {{ widgets.label_boolean(value) }}
-                    {% endif %}
-                </td>
+    {% for title, perms in sorted %}
+        {% if perms|length > 0 %}
+            <tr class="summary info">
+                <td colspan="{{ colspan }}">{{ title }}</td>
+            </tr>
+            {% for permission in perms|sort %}
+                <tr>
+                    <td>{{ permission }}</td>
+                    {% for role in roles %}
+                        {% set value = manager.permission(role.name, permission) %}
+                        <td class="text-center">
+                            {# see RolePermissionManager for this special case #}
+                            {% if (permission != 'role_permissions' and permission != 'view_user') or role.name != 'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN' %}
+                                <a href="{{ path('admin_user_permission_save', {'id': role.id, 'name': permission, 'value': (value ? '0' : '1')}) }}">{{ widgets.label_boolean(value) }}</a>
+                            {% else %}
+                                {{ widgets.label_boolean(value) }}
+                            {% endif %}
+                        </td>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </tr>
             {% endfor %}
-        </tr>
+        {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
 
     {{ tables.data_table_footer(permissions) }}
@@ -53,6 +62,8 @@
 {% block javascripts %}
     {{ parent() }}
     <script type="text/javascript">
-        KimaiReloadPageWidget.create('kimai.userRoleUpdate');
+        document.addEventListener('kimai.initialized', function() {
+            KimaiReloadPageWidget.create('kimai.userRoleUpdate');
+        });
     </script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/tests/Controller/ControllerBaseTest.php b/tests/Controller/ControllerBaseTest.php
index 4812ac57..81aedeb6 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/ControllerBaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/ControllerBaseTest.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ abstract class ControllerBaseTest extends WebTestCase
      */
     protected function assertDataTableRowCount(Client $client, string $id, int $count)
     {
-        $node = $client->getCrawler()->filter('section.content div#' . $id . ' table.table-striped tbody tr');
+        $node = $client->getCrawler()->filter('section.content div#' . $id . ' table.table-striped tbody tr:not(.summary)');
         self::assertEquals($count, $node->count());
     }