diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/services/users/get.py b/src/plone/restapi/services/users/get.py
index 75fdf453be..38ad2fcade 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/services/users/get.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/services/users/get.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from plone.namedfile.utils import stream_data
 from plone.restapi.interfaces import ISerializeToJson
 from plone.restapi.services import Service
+from Products.CMFCore.permissions import ManagePortal
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
 from Products.CMFPlone.utils import normalizeString
 from Products.PlonePAS.tools.memberdata import MemberData
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ def __init__(self, context, request):
         self.query = parse_qs(self.request["QUERY_STRING"])
         self.search_term = self.query.get("search", [""])[0]
 
+    @property
+    def is_zope_manager(self):
+        return getSecurityManager().checkPermission(ManagePortal, self.context)
+
     def publishTraverse(self, request, name):
         # Consume any path segments after /@users as parameters
         self.params.append(name)
@@ -165,7 +170,13 @@ def has_permission_to_access_user_info(self):
             "plone.restapi: Access Plone user information", self.context
         )
 
+    def can_delete(self, is_zope_manager, roles):
+        if is_zope_manager:
+            return True
+        return "Manager" not in roles
+
     def reply(self):
+        is_zope_manager = self.is_zope_manager
         if len(self.query) > 0 and len(self.params) == 0:
             query = self.query.get("query", "")
             groups_filter = self.query.get("groups-filter:list", [])
@@ -180,7 +191,11 @@ def reply(self):
                         serializer = queryMultiAdapter(
                             (user, self.request), ISerializeToJson
                         )
-                        result.append(serializer())
+                        user_serializer = serializer()
+                        user_serializer["can_delete"] = self.can_delete(
+                            is_zope_manager, user_serializer["roles"]
+                        )
+                        result.append(user_serializer)
                     return result
                 else:
                     self.request.response.setStatus(401)
@@ -196,7 +211,11 @@ def reply(self):
                     serializer = queryMultiAdapter(
                         (user, self.request), ISerializeToJson
                     )
-                    result.append(serializer())
+                    user_serializer = serializer()
+                    user_serializer["can_delete"] = self.can_delete(
+                        is_zope_manager, user_serializer["roles"]
+                    )
+                    result.append(user_serializer)
                 return result
             else:
                 self.request.response.setStatus(401)
@@ -216,7 +235,11 @@ def reply(self):
                 self.request.response.setStatus(404)
                 return
             serializer = queryMultiAdapter((user, self.request), ISerializeToJson)
-            return serializer()
+            user_serializer = serializer()
+            user_serializer["can_delete"] = self.can_delete(
+                is_zope_manager, user_serializer["roles"]
+            )
+            return user_serializer
         else:
             self.request.response.setStatus(401)
             return
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_services_users.py b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_services_users.py
index 2db6701e3e..626f85f2e9 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_services_users.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_services_users.py
@@ -122,6 +122,22 @@ def test_list_users(self):
         self.assertEqual("web.mit.edu/chomsky", noam.get("home_page"))  # noqa
         self.assertEqual("Professor of Linguistics", noam.get("description"))  # noqa
         self.assertEqual("Cambridge, MA", noam.get("location"))
+        self.assertTrue(noam.get("can_delete"))
+
+    def test_siteadm_can_delete(self):
+        self.set_siteadm()
+        api.user.create(
+            email="manager@example.com",
+            roles=["Manager"],
+            username="manager",
+            password="managerpassword",
+        )
+        transaction.commit()
+
+        response = self.api_session.get("/@users")
+
+        manager = [x for x in response.json() if x.get("username") == "manager"][0]
+        self.assertFalse(manager.get("can_delete"))
 
     def test_list_users_without_being_manager(self):
         noam_api_session = RelativeSession(self.portal_url, test=self)