diff --git a/app/models/block.rb b/app/models/block.rb
index 7a5dcc8..8538743 100644
--- a/app/models/block.rb
+++ b/app/models/block.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ class Block < ApplicationRecord
     true
   end
 
+  def visible_to_user?(user)
+    visible = self.display_to_user?(user)
+    if self.owner.kind_of?(Profile)
+      visible &= self.owner.display_info_to?(user)
+      visible &= (self.visible? || user && user.has_permission?(:edit_profile_design, self.owner))
+    elsif self.owner.kind_of?(Environment)
+      visible &= (self.visible? || user && user.has_permission?(:edit_environment_design, self.owner))
+    end
+    visible
+  end
+
   def display_to_user?(user)
     display_user == 'all' || (user.nil? && display_user == 'not_logged') || (user && display_user == 'logged') || (user && display_user == 'followers' && user.follows?(owner))
   end
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/blocks.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/blocks.rb
index a32ed9e..42b7bb0 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/blocks.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/blocks.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ module Noosfero
         resource :blocks do
           get ':id' do
             block = Block.find(params["id"])
-            if block.owner.kind_of?(Profile)
-              return forbidden! unless block.owner.display_info_to?(current_person)
-            end
+            return forbidden! unless block.visible_to_user?(current_person)
             present block, :with => Entities::Block, display_api_content: true
           end
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/block_test.rb b/test/unit/block_test.rb
index e3b9f10..8fc5b8d 100644
--- a/test/unit/block_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/block_test.rb
@@ -365,4 +365,64 @@ class BlockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert block.get_limit.is_a?(Fixnum)
   end
 
+  should 'return true at visible_to_user? when block is visible' do
+    block = Block.new
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    assert block.visible_to_user?(person)
+  end
+
+  should 'return false at visible_to_user? when block is not visible and user is nil' do
+    block = Block.new
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    block.stubs(:owner).returns(person)
+    block.expects(:visible?).returns(false)
+    assert !block.visible_to_user?(nil)
+  end
+
+  should 'return false at visible_to_user? when block is not visible and user does not has permission' do
+    block = Block.new
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    community = fast_create(Community)
+    block.stubs(:owner).returns(community)
+    block.expects(:visible?).returns(false)
+    assert !block.visible_to_user?(person)
+  end
+
+  should 'return true at visible_to_user? when block is not visible and user has permission' do
+    block = Block.new
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    community = fast_create(Community)
+    give_permission(person, 'edit_profile_design', community)
+    block.stubs(:owner).returns(community)
+    block.expects(:visible?).returns(false)
+    assert block.visible_to_user?(person)
+  end
+
+  should 'return false at visible_to_user? when block is not visible and user does not has permission in environment' do
+    block = Block.new
+    environment = Environment.default
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    block.stubs(:owner).returns(environment)
+    block.expects(:visible?).returns(false)
+    assert !block.visible_to_user?(person)
+  end
+
+  should 'return true at visible_to_user? when block is not visible and user has permission in environment' do
+    block = Block.new
+    environment = Environment.default
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    give_permission(person, 'edit_environment_design', environment)
+    block.stubs(:owner).returns(environment)
+    block.expects(:visible?).returns(false)
+    assert block.visible_to_user?(person)
+  end
+
+  should 'return false at visible_to_user? when block is not visible to user' do
+    block = Block.new
+    person = create_user('person_one').person
+    block.stubs(:owner).returns(person)
+    block.expects(:visible?).returns(true)
+    block.expects(:display_to_user?).returns(false)
+    assert !block.visible_to_user?(nil)
+  end
 end
--
libgit2 0.21.2