diff --git a/admin/settings/development.php b/admin/settings/development.php
index 29d72fff2c7..7de0346ead7 100644
--- a/admin/settings/development.php
+++ b/admin/settings/development.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ if ($hassiteconfig) { // speedup for non-admins, add all caps used on this page
     $ADMIN->add('experimental', $temp);
 
     // DB transfer related pages
-    $ADMIN->add('experimental', new admin_externalpage('dbtransfer', get_string('dbtransfer', 'dbtransfer'), $CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/dbtransfer/index.php', 'moodle/site:config'));
-    $ADMIN->add('experimental', new admin_externalpage('dbexport', get_string('dbexport', 'dbtransfer'), $CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/dbtransfer/dbexport.php', 'moodle/site:config'));
+    $ADMIN->add('experimental', new admin_externalpage('dbtransfer', get_string('dbtransfer', 'dbtransfer'), $CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/dbtransfer/index.php', 'moodle/site:config', true));
+    $ADMIN->add('experimental', new admin_externalpage('dbexport', get_string('dbexport', 'dbtransfer'), $CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/dbtransfer/dbexport.php', 'moodle/site:config', true));
 
     // "debugging" settingpage
     $temp = new admin_settingpage('debugging', get_string('debugging', 'admin'));