diff --git a/wire/core/Role.php b/wire/core/Role.php
index 892081a3..298b7e7f 100644
--- a/wire/core/Role.php
+++ b/wire/core/Role.php
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ class Role extends Page {
 				if(!ctype_alnum(str_replace('-', '', $name))) {
 					$name = $this->wire()->sanitizer->pageName($name);
 				}
+				if($context) {
+					$method = $permissions->getDelegatedMethod($name, $context);
+					if($method) {
+						// non-installed permission delegates to a method call such as $page->editable()
+						return $context->$method();
+					}
+				}
 				$delegated = $permissions->getDelegatedPermissions();
 				if(isset($delegated[$name])) $name = $delegated[$name];
 			}
@@ -243,4 +250,3 @@ class Role extends Page {
 	}
 
 }
-
diff --git a/wire/core/User.php b/wire/core/User.php
index 84f29a01..2f8c2884 100644
--- a/wire/core/User.php
+++ b/wire/core/User.php
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ class User extends Page {
 				// code later on will make sure they exist in the template's addRoles/createRoles
 				$p = 'page-edit';
 			} else if(!$permissions->has($name)) {
+				if($page) {
+					$method = $permissions->getDelegatedMethod($name, $page);
+					if($method) return $page->$method(); // i.e. $page->editable()
+				}
 				$delegated = $permissions->getDelegatedPermissions();
 				$p = isset($delegated[$name]) ? $delegated[$name] : $name;
 			} else {