diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMRolesAndActionsAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMRolesAndActionsAPI.java
index 4757b508ad..af7f204e97 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMRolesAndActionsAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMRolesAndActionsAPI.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
  */
 package org.alfresco.rest.v0;
 
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet;
-
 import static org.alfresco.dataprep.AlfrescoHttpClient.MIME_TYPE_JSON;
 import static org.apache.http.HttpStatus.SC_OK;
 import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -99,16 +96,30 @@ public class RMRolesAndActionsAPI extends BaseAPI
      *
      * @param adminUser The RM admin user.
      * @param adminPassword The password of the user.
-     * @return The display labels of the RM roles in the system.
+     * @return The RM roles in the system (Note that this will be the internal names, not the display labels).
      */
     public Set<String> getConfiguredRoles(String adminUser, String adminPassword)
     {
-        JSONObject jsonObject = doGetRequest(adminUser, adminPassword, RM_ROLES);
-        Collection<Object> dataValues = jsonObject.getJSONObject("data").toMap().values();
-        return dataValues.stream().filter(v -> v instanceof Map).map(v -> (String) ((Map) v).get("displayLabel"))
-                    .collect(toSet());
+        JSONObject jsonObject = doGetRequest(adminUser, adminPassword, RM_ROLES).getJSONObject("data");
+        return jsonObject.toMap().keySet();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the capabilities for a given role.
+     *
+     * @param adminUser The RM admin user.
+     * @param adminPassword The password of the user.
+     * @param role The role to get capabilities for.
+     * @return The set of system names for the capabilities.
+     */
+    public Set<String> getCapabilitiesForRole(String adminUser, String adminPassword, String role)
+    {
+        JSONObject jsonObject = doGetRequest(adminUser, adminPassword, RM_ROLES).getJSONObject("data");
+        assertTrue("Could not find role '" + role + "' in " + jsonObject.keySet(), jsonObject.has(role));
+        return jsonObject.getJSONObject(role).getJSONObject("capabilities").keySet();
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * create user and assign to records management role
      */
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/rmroles/RMRolesTests.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/rmroles/RMRolesTests.java
index cc72c61a28..d064db90ee 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/rmroles/RMRolesTests.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/rmroles/RMRolesTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.rmroles;
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.newHashSet;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -46,10 +47,11 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
  */
 public class RMRolesTests extends BaseRMRestTest
 {
-    /** The display labels of the expected default RM roles. */
-    private static final Set<String> ROLES = newHashSet("Records Management Administrator",
-                "Records Management Manager", "Records Management Power User", "Records Management Security Officer",
-                "Records Management User");
+    /** The name of the RM user role. */
+    private static final String RM_USER = "User";
+    /** The names of the expected default RM roles. */
+    private static final Set<String> ROLES = newHashSet("Administrator", "RecordsManager", "PowerUser",
+                "SecurityOfficer", RM_USER);
     /** The API for managing RM roles and capabilities. */
     @Autowired
     private RMRolesAndActionsAPI rmRolesAndActionsAPI;
@@ -62,4 +64,14 @@ public class RMRolesTests extends BaseRMRestTest
                     .getConfiguredRoles(getAdminUser().getUsername(), getAdminUser().getPassword());
         ROLES.forEach(role -> assertTrue("Could not found role " + role, configuredRoles.contains(role)));
     }
+
+    /** Check that the RM user has the capability to view and declare records. */
+    @Test(description = "Check the capabilities for the RM user.")
+    public void checkCapabilitiesForUser()
+    {
+        Set<String> capabilities = rmRolesAndActionsAPI
+                    .getCapabilitiesForRole(getAdminUser().getUsername(), getAdminUser().getPassword(), RM_USER);
+        assertEquals("Unexpected capabilities found for RM User.", capabilities,
+                    newHashSet("ViewRecords", "DeclareRecords"));
+    }
 }