diff --git a/tools/copy-holidays.pl b/tools/copy-holidays.pl
index 309f488dd0..6e35451226 100755
--- a/tools/copy-holidays.pl
+++ b/tools/copy-holidays.pl
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ use C4::Calendar;
 my $input               = new CGI;
 my $dbh                 = C4::Context->dbh();
 
+checkauth($input, 0, {tools=> 'edit_calendar'}, 'intranet');
+
 my $branchcode          = $input->param('branchcode');
 my $from_branchcode     = $input->param('from_branchcode');