diff --git a/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html b/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html
index 6e8b7d595755fcc739af7db3adea583628303ec5..ea13549569525f6a1eac94c049290893b08ee0e9 100644
--- a/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html
+++ b/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <div class="mb4" hx-target="this" hx-swap="outerHTML">
   <div class="mb2">
     <strong>{% if comment.attribute_to %}{{ comment.attribute_to }}{% else %}{{ comment.user }}{% endif %} — {{ comment.time }}</strong>
-    {% if user.is_staff %}
+    {% if request.user == comment.user or perms.usethesource.change_comment %}
       <a href="#" class="f7 white bg-light-silver ph2" hx-get="{% url 'usethesource:edit_comment' comment_id=comment.id %}">edit</a>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if request.user == comment.user or perms.usethesource.delete_comment %}
       <a href="#" class="f7 white bg-light-red ph2" hx-delete="{% url 'usethesource:delete_comment' comment_id=comment.id show_add='false' %}" hx-confirm="Are you sure you want to delete this comment?">delete</a>
     {% endif %}
   </div>