diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eca72c62050..2b5df60951b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 - [#5716](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/5716): models: improve handling of points with empty field names or with no fields.
 - [#5719](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/5719): Fix cache not deduplicating points
 - [#5754](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/5754): Adding a node as meta only results in a data node also being registered
+- [#5787](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/5787): HTTP: Add QueryAuthorizer instance to httpd service’s handler. @chris-ramon
 
 ## v0.10.1 [2016-02-18]
 
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/server.go b/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
index 8b5c641f460..10705c35877 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ func (s *Server) appendHTTPDService(c httpd.Config) {
 	}
 	srv := httpd.NewService(c)
 	srv.Handler.MetaClient = s.MetaClient
+	srv.Handler.QueryAuthorizer = meta.NewQueryAuthorizer(s.MetaClient)
 	srv.Handler.QueryExecutor = s.QueryExecutor
 	srv.Handler.PointsWriter = s.PointsWriter
 	srv.Handler.Version = s.buildInfo.Version
diff --git a/services/meta/query_authorizer.go b/services/meta/query_authorizer.go
index 6b1bc5c9836..a4687f05583 100644
--- a/services/meta/query_authorizer.go
+++ b/services/meta/query_authorizer.go
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ type QueryAuthorizer struct {
 	Client *Client
 }
 
+func NewQueryAuthorizer(c *Client) *QueryAuthorizer {
+	return &QueryAuthorizer{
+		Client: c,
+	}
+}
+
 // AuthorizeQuery authorizes u to execute q on database.
 // Database can be "" for queries that do not require a database.
 // If no user is provided it will return an error unless the query's first statement is to create