diff --git a/admin/settings/appearance.php b/admin/settings/appearance.php
index 4b2df3a9e20f6..6505c96c2fbfe 100644
--- a/admin/settings/appearance.php
+++ b/admin/settings/appearance.php
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 // This file defines settingpages and externalpages under the "appearance" category
 
-if ($hassiteconfig) { // speedup for non-admins, add all caps used on this page
+$capabilities = array(
+    'moodle/my:configsyspages',
+    'moodle/tag:manage'
+);
+
+if ($hassiteconfig or has_any_capability($capabilities, $systemcontext)) { // speedup for non-admins, add all caps used on this page
 
     $ADMIN->add('appearance', new admin_category('themes', new lang_string('themes')));
     // "themesettings" settingpage
diff --git a/my/indexsys.php b/my/indexsys.php
index bbc8640297fba..6c49d29bab2b3 100644
--- a/my/indexsys.php
+++ b/my/indexsys.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 $header = "$SITE->shortname: ".get_string('myhome')." (".get_string('mypage', 'admin').")";
 
+$PAGE->set_blocks_editing_capability('moodle/my:configsyspages');
 admin_externalpage_setup('mypage', '', null, '', array('pagelayout' => 'mydashboard'));
 
 // Override pagetype to show blocks properly.
diff --git a/user/profilesys.php b/user/profilesys.php
index 493d600432348..d07c6f598547b 100644
--- a/user/profilesys.php
+++ b/user/profilesys.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 $header = "$SITE->shortname: ".get_string('publicprofile')." (".get_string('myprofile', 'admin').")";
 
+$PAGE->set_blocks_editing_capability('moodle/my:configsyspages');
 admin_externalpage_setup('mypage', '', null, '', array('pagelayout' => 'mydashboard'));
 
 // Override pagetype to show blocks properly.