diff --git a/django/conf/admin_templates/index.html b/django/conf/admin_templates/index.html
index 5149f25580..7610b3a023 100644
--- a/django/conf/admin_templates/index.html
+++ b/django/conf/admin_templates/index.html
@@ -9,21 +9,38 @@
 {% load adminapplist %}
 
 {% get_admin_app_list as app_list %}
-{% for app in app_list %}
-    <div class="module">
-    <h2>{{ app.name }}</h2>
-    <table>
-    {% for model in app.models %}
-        <tr>
-            <th><a href="{{ model.admin_url }}">{{ model.name }}</a></th>
-            <td class="x50"><a href="{{ model.admin_url }}add/" class="addlink">Add</a></td>
-            <td class="x75"><a href="{{ model.admin_url }}" class="changelink">Change</a></td>
-        </tr>
-    {% endfor %}
-    </table>
-    </div>
-{% endfor %}
+{% if app_list %}
+    {% for app in app_list %}
+        <div class="module">
+        <h2>{{ app.name }}</h2>
+        <table>
+        {% for model in app.models %}
+            <tr>
+            {% if model.perms.change %}
+                <th><a href="{{ model.admin_url }}">{{ model.name }}</a></th>
+            {% else %}
+                <th>{{ model.name }}</th>
+            {% endif %}
 
+            {% if model.perms.add %}
+                <td class="x50"><a href="{{ model.admin_url }}add/" class="addlink">Add</a></td>
+            {% else %}
+                <td class="x50">&nbsp;</td>
+            {% endif %}
+
+            {% if model.perms.change %}
+                <td class="x75"><a href="{{ model.admin_url }}" class="changelink">Change</a></td>
+            {% else %}
+                <td class="x75">&nbsp;</td>
+            {% endif %}
+            </tr>
+        {% endfor %}
+        </table>
+        </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+    <p>You don't have permission to edit anything.</p>
+{% endif %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/django/templatetags/adminapplist.py b/django/templatetags/adminapplist.py
index 1f5e3db125..92e1bd3ccb 100644
--- a/django/templatetags/adminapplist.py
+++ b/django/templatetags/adminapplist.py
@@ -8,16 +8,38 @@ class AdminApplistNode(template.Node):
         from django.core import meta
         from django.utils.text import capfirst
         app_list = []
+        user = context['user']
+
         for app in meta.get_installed_model_modules():
             app_label = app.__name__[app.__name__.rindex('.')+1:]
-            model_list = [{'name': capfirst(m._meta.verbose_name_plural),
-                            'admin_url': '%s/%s/' % (app_label, m._meta.module_name)} \
-                            for m in app._MODELS if m._meta.admin]
-            if model_list:
-                app_list.append({
-                    'name': app_label.title(),
-                    'models': model_list,
-                })
+            has_module_perms = user.has_module_perms(app_label)
+
+            if has_module_perms:
+                model_list = []
+                for m in app._MODELS:
+                    if m._meta.admin:
+                        module_name = m._meta.module_name
+                        perms = {
+                            'add': user.has_perm("%s.%s" % (app_label, m._meta.get_add_permission())),
+                            'change': user.has_perm("%s.%s" % (app_label, m._meta.get_change_permission())),
+                            'delete': user.has_perm("%s.%s" % (app_label, m._meta.get_delete_permission())),
+                        }
+
+                        # Check whether user has any perm for this module.
+                        # If so, add the module to the model_list.
+                        if True in perms.values():
+                            model_list.append({
+                                'name': capfirst(m._meta.verbose_name_plural),
+                                'admin_url': '%s/%s/' % (app_label, m._meta.module_name),
+                                'perms': perms,
+                            })
+
+                if model_list:
+                    app_list.append({
+                        'name': app_label.title(),
+                        'has_module_perms': has_module_perms,
+                        'models': model_list,
+                    })
         context[self.varname] = app_list
         return ''