diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/models/dc.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/models/dc.js
index 1d8f321d05..5707de0cf8 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/models/dc.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/models/dc.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default class Datacenter extends Model {
   @attr('string') uid;
   @attr('string') Name;
   @attr('boolean') Local;
+  @attr('string') DefaultACLPolicy;
 
   @attr('boolean', { defaultValue: () => true }) MeshEnabled;
 }
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/serializers/dc.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/serializers/dc.js
index 23780b5ad2..e942d50d01 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/serializers/dc.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/serializers/dc.js
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ export default class DcSerializer extends Serializer {
 
   respondForQuery(respond, query) {
     return respond(function(headers, body) {
-      return body;
+      return {
+        body,
+        headers,
+      };
     });
   }
 
   normalizePayload(payload, id, requestType) {
     switch (requestType) {
       case 'query':
-        return payload.map(item => {
+        return payload.body.map(item => {
           return {
             Local: this.env.var('CONSUL_DATACENTER_LOCAL') === item,
             [this.primaryKey]: item,
+            DefaultACLPolicy: payload.headers['x-consul-default-acl-policy'],
           };
         });
     }
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/mock-api/v1/catalog/.config b/ui/packages/consul-ui/mock-api/v1/catalog/.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10929c4ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/mock-api/v1/catalog/.config
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"*":
+  GET:
+    "*":
+      headers:
+        response:
+          X-Consul-Default-Acl-Policy: ${fake.helpers.randomize(['allow', 'deny'])}
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/tests/integration/serializers/dc-test.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/tests/integration/serializers/dc-test.js
index 891c9d8c23..aa4e6bea5a 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/tests/integration/serializers/dc-test.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/tests/integration/serializers/dc-test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ module('Integration | Serializer | dc', function(hooks) {
       url: `/v1/catalog/datacenters`,
     };
     return get(request.url).then(function(payload) {
-      const expected = payload;
+      const expected = {
+        body: payload,
+        headers: {},
+      };
       const actual = serializer.respondForQuery(function(cb) {
         const headers = {};
         const body = payload;