diff --git a/database_cleanup/README.rst b/database_cleanup/README.rst
index 2adbf2b4a..42222ae54 100644
--- a/database_cleanup/README.rst
+++ b/database_cleanup/README.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Usage
 =====
 
 After installation of this module, go to the Settings menu -> Technical ->
-Database cleanup. Go through the modules, models, columns and tables
+Database cleanup. This menu is only available to members of the *Access Rights*
+group. Go through the modules, models, columns and tables
 entries under this menu (in that order) and find out if there is orphaned data
 in your database. You can either delete entries by line, or sweep all entries
 in one big step (if you are *really* confident).
diff --git a/database_cleanup/models/purge_wizard.py b/database_cleanup/models/purge_wizard.py
index aa44ffe84..0e1645adc 100644
--- a/database_cleanup/models/purge_wizard.py
+++ b/database_cleanup/models/purge_wizard.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class CleanupPurgeLine(models.AbstractModel):
     @api.model
     def create(self, values):
         # make sure the user trying this is actually supposed to do it
-        if not self.env.ref('database_cleanup.menu_database_cleanup')\
-           .parent_id._filter_visible_menus():
+        if self.env.ref(
+                'base.group_erp_manager') not in self.env.user.groups_id:
             raise AccessDenied
         return super(CleanupPurgeLine, self).create(values)
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ class PurgeWizard(models.AbstractModel):
     @api.model
     def create(self, values):
         # make sure the user trying this is actually supposed to do it
-        if not self.env.ref('database_cleanup.menu_database_cleanup')\
-           .parent_id._filter_visible_menus():
+        if self.env.ref(
+                'base.group_erp_manager') not in self.env.user.groups_id:
             raise AccessDenied
         return super(PurgeWizard, self).create(values)
 
diff --git a/database_cleanup/views/menu.xml b/database_cleanup/views/menu.xml
index 82577bdc9..0796f907b 100644
--- a/database_cleanup/views/menu.xml
+++ b/database_cleanup/views/menu.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
             <field name="sequence" eval="10" />
             <!-- attach to Settings -> Technical -->
             <field name="parent_id" ref="base.menu_custom"/>
+            <field name="groups_id" eval="[(6,0, [ref('base.group_erp_manager')])]"/>
         </record>
 
         <record model="ir.ui.menu" id="menu_purge_modules">