diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index 548f4b9b9..13003c6f2 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
 
             queries.delete(thing)
 
+    @require_oauth2_scope("modposts")
     @noresponse(VUser(),
                 VModhash(),
                 VSrCanAlter('id'),
@@ -859,6 +860,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
         # flag search indexer that something has changed
         changed(thing)
 
+    @require_oauth2_scope("modposts")
     @noresponse(VUser(),
                 VModhash(),
                 VSrCanAlter('id'),
@@ -1631,6 +1633,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
         d['approval'] = approval
         g.hardcache.set(key, d, time=86400 * 7)
 
+    @require_oauth2_scope("modposts")
     @noresponse(VUser(), VModhash(),
                 why = VSrCanBan('id'),
                 thing = VByName('id'),
@@ -1671,6 +1674,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
             action = 'remove' + thing.__class__.__name__.lower()
             ModAction.create(sr, c.user, action, **kw)
 
+    @require_oauth2_scope("modposts")
     @noresponse(VUser(), VModhash(),
                 why = VSrCanBan('id'),
                 thing = VByName('id'))
@@ -1697,6 +1701,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
             action = 'approve' + thing.__class__.__name__.lower()
             ModAction.create(sr, c.user, action, **kw)
 
+    @require_oauth2_scope("modposts")
     @validatedForm(VUser(), VModhash(),
                    VCanDistinguish(('id', 'how')),
                    thing = VByName('id'),
diff --git a/r2/r2/models/token.py b/r2/r2/models/token.py
index 6eb1ee55b..31db6cd1d 100644
--- a/r2/r2/models/token.py
+++ b/r2/r2/models/token.py
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ class OAuth2Scope:
             "description": _(
                 "Manage and assign flair in subreddits I moderate."),
         },
+        "modposts": {
+            "id": "modposts",
+            "name": _("Moderate Posts"),
+            "description": _(
+                "Approve, remove, mark nsfw, and distinguish content"
+                " in subreddits I moderate."),
+        },
         "modtraffic": {
             "id": "modtraffic",
             "name": _("Subreddit Traffic"),