diff --git a/LinkTitles.php b/LinkTitles.php
index 73ae8b1..31af399 100755
--- a/LinkTitles.php
+++ b/LinkTitles.php
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@
   $wgAutoloadClasses['LinkTitles'] = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/LinkTitles.body.php';
   $wgAutoloadClasses['SpecialLinkTitles'] = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/SpecialLinkTitles.php';
 	$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'LinkTitles::setup';
+
+	// Settings for the batch-processing special page
 	$wgSpecialPages['LinkTitles'] = 'SpecialLinkTitles';
 	$wgSpecialPageGroups['LinkTitles'] = 'other';
+	$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['linktitles-batch'] = true;
+	$wgAvailableRights[] = 'linktitles-batch';
 
 	// vim: ts=2:sw=2:noet
 
diff --git a/SpecialLinkTitles.php b/SpecialLinkTitles.php
index 6b73169..963c4a9 100644
--- a/SpecialLinkTitles.php
+++ b/SpecialLinkTitles.php
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@
 class SpecialLinkTitles extends SpecialPage {
 
 	function __construct() {
-		parent::__construct('LinkTitles');
+		// the second parameter in the following function call ensures that only 
+		// users who have the 'linktitles-batch' right get to see this page (by 
+		// default, this are all sysop users).
+		parent::__construct('LinkTitles', 'linktitles-batch');
 	}
 
 	function execute($par) {
+		// Prevent non-authorized users from executing the batch processing.
+		if (  !$this->userCanExecute( $this->getUser() )  ) {
+					$this->displayRestrictionError();
+							return;
+		}
+
 		$request = $this->getRequest();
 		$output = $this->getOutput();
 		$this->setHeaders();