diff --git a/src/applications/differential/controller/revisionview/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php b/src/applications/differential/controller/revisionview/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php
index aa6b215d1e..d52dc85f26 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/controller/revisionview/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/controller/revisionview/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php
@@ -378,7 +378,9 @@ class DifferentialRevisionViewController extends DifferentialController {
       DifferentialAction::ACTION_COMMENT => true,
     );
 
-    $viewer_phid = $this->getRequest()->getUser()->getPHID();
+    $viewer = $this->getRequest()->getUser();
+    $viewer_phid = $viewer->getPHID();
+    $viewer_is_admin =  $viewer->getIsAdmin();
     $viewer_is_owner = ($viewer_phid == $revision->getAuthorPHID());
     $viewer_is_reviewer = in_array($viewer_phid, $revision->getReviewers());
     $viewer_did_accept = ($viewer_phid === $revision->loadReviewedBy());
@@ -407,15 +409,18 @@ class DifferentialRevisionViewController extends DifferentialController {
     } else {
       switch ($revision->getStatus()) {
         case DifferentialRevisionStatus::NEEDS_REVIEW:
+          $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_ABANDON] = $viewer_is_admin;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_ACCEPT] = true;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_REJECT] = true;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_RESIGN] = $viewer_is_reviewer;
           break;
         case DifferentialRevisionStatus::NEEDS_REVISION:
+          $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_ABANDON] = $viewer_is_admin;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_ACCEPT] = true;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_RESIGN] = $viewer_is_reviewer;
           break;
         case DifferentialRevisionStatus::ACCEPTED:
+          $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_ABANDON] = $viewer_is_admin;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_REJECT] = true;
           $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_RESIGN] =
             $viewer_is_reviewer && !$viewer_did_accept;
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/DifferentialCommentEditor.php b/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/DifferentialCommentEditor.php
index 61e7ca55b5..2610f05f27 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/DifferentialCommentEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/DifferentialCommentEditor.php
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ class DifferentialCommentEditor {
     $revision = $this->revision;
     $action = $this->action;
     $actor_phid = $this->actorPHID;
+    $actor = id(new PhabricatorUser())->loadOneWhere('PHID = %s', $actor_phid);
     $actor_is_author = ($actor_phid == $revision->getAuthorPHID());
+    $actor_is_admin = $actor->getIsAdmin();
     $revision_status = $revision->getStatus();
 
     $revision->loadRelationships();
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ class DifferentialCommentEditor {
         break;
 
       case DifferentialAction::ACTION_ABANDON:
-        if (!$actor_is_author) {
+        if (!($actor_is_author || $actor_is_admin)) {
           throw new Exception('You can only abandon your revisions.');
         }
         if ($revision_status == DifferentialRevisionStatus::COMMITTED) {
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/__init__.php b/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/__init__.php
index c60ff05e83..a93e72f8f9 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/__init__.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/editor/comment/__init__.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/feed/constants/story');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/feed/publisher');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/herald/storage/transcript/base');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/markup/engine');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/people/storage/user');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/phid/handle/data');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/search/index/indexer/differential');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'infrastructure/daemon/timeline/storage/event');