diff --git a/src/Api/Startup.cs b/src/Api/Startup.cs
index a642dcb10f..9d9506a2bf 100644
--- a/src/Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Api/Startup.cs
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public class Startup
         services.AddDefaultServices(globalSettings);
         services.AddOrganizationSubscriptionServices();
         services.AddCoreLocalizationServices();
+        services.AddCoreAuthorizationHandlers();
 
         //health check
         if (!globalSettings.SelfHosted)
diff --git a/src/Core/Utilities/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Core/Utilities/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ecdff1fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Utilities/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using Bit.Core.Vault.AuthorizationHandlers;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Bit.Core.Utilities;
+
+public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
+{
+    public static void AddCoreAuthorizationHandlers(this IServiceCollection services)
+    {
+        services.AddScoped<IAuthorizationHandler, CollectionAccessAuthorizationHandler>();
+    }
+}