diff --git a/app/partials/includes/modules/kanban-table.jade b/app/partials/includes/modules/kanban-table.jade
index 8c624c10..0d3b70c9 100644
--- a/app/partials/includes/modules/kanban-table.jade
+++ b/app/partials/includes/modules/kanban-table.jade
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ div.kanban-table(tg-kanban-squish-column)
 
                 div.kanban-task(ng-repeat="us in usByStatus[s.id] track by us.id",
                                 tg-kanban-userstory, ng-model="us", tg-bind-scope,
+                                tg-class-permission="{'readonly': '!modify_task'}"
                                 ng-class="ctrl.getCardClass(s.id)")
 
                 div.kanban-column-intro(ng-if="s.is_archived", tg-kanban-archived-status-intro="s")
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss b/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss
index 16620a05..d4c0485e 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ $column-margin: 0 10px 0 0;
             display: none;
         }
     }
+    .readonly {
+        cursor: auto;
+    }
 }
 
 .kanban-table-header {