diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
index 136dc669cfb..b80238daff4 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
@@ -5199,7 +5199,7 @@ public class ManagementServerImpl implements ManagementServer {
         
         VMTemplateVO template = ApiDBUtils.findTemplateById(volume.getTemplateId());    	
     	boolean isExtractable = template != null && template.isExtractable() && !(template.getTemplateType()== Storage.TemplateType.SYSTEM || template.getTemplateType()== Storage.TemplateType.BUILTIN);
-        if( !isExtractable ){
+        if( !isExtractable && account!=null && account.getType() != Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_ADMIN){ // Global admins are allowed to extract
         	throw new PermissionDeniedException("The volume:" +volumeId+ " is not allowed to be extracted");
         }
         
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
index edf9ac0f31d..55af2930360 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl implements TemplateManager, Manager, TemplateSe
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unsupported format, could not extract the template");
             }
         }
-        if(!template.isExtractable()){
+        if(!template.isExtractable() && account!=null && account.getType() != Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_ADMIN){ // Global admins are always allowed to extract
         	throw new PermissionDeniedException("The "+ desc + " is not allowed to be extracted" );
         }
         if (_dcDao.findById(zoneId) == null) {