diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.permissions.yml b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.permissions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..18bcddd1993bd1ac3f2c31bf7ad102757972b590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.permissions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+permission_callbacks:
+  - \Drupal\block_content\BlockContentPermissions::blockTypePermissions
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentAccessControlHandler.php b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentAccessControlHandler.php
index 5ea6cfce1f65508450b677a901a890907acc3197..1a6a31abd08e5d7a8cd0dbac49b4b7050926cfad 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentAccessControlHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentAccessControlHandler.php
@@ -54,13 +54,22 @@ public static function createInstance(ContainerInterface $container, EntityTypeI
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function checkAccess(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, AccountInterface $account) {
+    // Allow view and update access to user with the 'edit any (type) block
+    // content' permission or the 'administer blocks' permission.
+    $edit_any_permission = 'edit any ' . $entity->bundle() . ' block content';
     if ($operation === 'view') {
       $access = AccessResult::allowedIf($entity->isPublished())
-        ->orIf(AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, 'administer blocks'));
+        ->orIf(AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, 'administer blocks'))
+        ->orIf(AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, $edit_any_permission));
+    }
+    elseif ($operation === 'update') {
+      $access = AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, 'administer blocks')
+        ->orIf(AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, $edit_any_permission));
     }
     else {
       $access = parent::checkAccess($entity, $operation, $account);
     }
+
     // Add the entity as a cacheable dependency because access will at least be
     // determined by whether the block is reusable.
     $access->addCacheableDependency($entity);
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentPermissions.php b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentPermissions.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e6be17d0aad4a76e3b9849a932c326578c4e301d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentPermissions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\block_content;
+
+use Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContentType;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\BundlePermissionHandlerTrait;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
+
+/**
+ * Provide dynamic permissions for blocks of different types.
+ */
+class BlockContentPermissions {
+
+  use StringTranslationTrait;
+  use BundlePermissionHandlerTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * Build permissions for each block type.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   The block type permissions.
+   */
+  public function blockTypePermissions() {
+    return $this->generatePermissions(BlockContentType::loadMultiple(), [$this, 'buildPermissions']);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return all the permissions available for a custom block type.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContentType $type
+   *   The block type.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   Permissions available for the given block type.
+   */
+  protected function buildPermissions(BlockContentType $type) {
+    $type_id = $type->id();
+    $type_params = ['%type_name' => $type->label()];
+    return [
+      "edit any $type_id block content" => [
+        'title' => $this->t('%type_name: Edit any block content', $type_params),
+      ],
+    ];
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentAccessHandlerTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentAccessHandlerTest.php
index d8a1f9a53f5b15d7c374d8fdbfa5f0f2cf3bead6..62f63b5f7ad4777a9cfdfe8894492667923dedd2 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentAccessHandlerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentAccessHandlerTest.php
@@ -61,7 +61,15 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
     $this->installEntitySchema('user');
     $this->installEntitySchema('block_content');
 
-    // Create a block content type.
+    // Create a basic block content type.
+    $block_content_type = BlockContentType::create([
+      'id' => 'basic',
+      'label' => 'A basic block type',
+      'description' => "Provides a block type that is basic.",
+    ]);
+    $block_content_type->save();
+
+    // Create a square block content type.
     $block_content_type = BlockContentType::create([
       'id' => 'square',
       'label' => 'A square block type',
@@ -184,6 +192,22 @@ public function providerTestAccess() {
         NULL,
         'allowed',
       ],
+      'view:unpublished:reusable:per-block-editor:basic' => [
+        'view',
+        FALSE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any basic block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'neutral',
+      ],
+      'view:unpublished:reusable:per-block-editor:square' => [
+        'view',
+        FALSE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any square block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'allowed',
+      ],
       'view:published:reusable:admin' => [
         'view',
         TRUE,
@@ -192,6 +216,22 @@ public function providerTestAccess() {
         NULL,
         'allowed',
       ],
+      'view:published:reusable:per-block-editor:basic' => [
+        'view',
+        TRUE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any basic block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'allowed',
+      ],
+      'view:published:reusable:per-block-editor:square' => [
+        'view',
+        TRUE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any square block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'allowed',
+      ],
       'view:published:non_reusable' => [
         'view',
         TRUE,
@@ -291,8 +331,62 @@ public function providerTestAccess() {
           'forbidden',
           'forbidden',
         ],
+        $operation . ':unpublished:reusable:per-block-editor:basic' => [
+          $operation,
+          FALSE,
+          TRUE,
+          ['edit any basic block content'],
+          NULL,
+          'neutral',
+        ],
+        $operation . ':published:reusable:per-block-editor:basic' => [
+          $operation,
+          TRUE,
+          TRUE,
+          ['edit any basic block content'],
+          NULL,
+          'neutral',
+        ],
       ];
     }
+
+    $cases += [
+      'update:unpublished:reusable:per-block-editor:square' => [
+        'update',
+        FALSE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any square block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'allowed',
+      ],
+      'update:published:reusable:per-block-editor:square' => [
+        'update',
+        TRUE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any square block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'allowed',
+      ],
+    ];
+
+    $cases += [
+      'delete:unpublished:reusable:per-block-editor:square' => [
+        'delete',
+        FALSE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any square block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'neutral',
+      ],
+      'delete:published:reusable:per-block-editor:square' => [
+        'delete',
+        TRUE,
+        TRUE,
+        ['edit any square block content'],
+        NULL,
+        'neutral',
+      ],
+    ];
     return $cases;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentPermissionsTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentPermissionsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eba2cf4d1c1c25f24e0e096794ab6435517a4972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Kernel/BlockContentPermissionsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\block_content\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContentType;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the permissions of content blocks.
+ *
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\block_content\BlockContentPermissions
+ *
+ * @group block_content
+ */
+class BlockContentPermissionsTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = [
+    'block',
+    'block_content',
+    'block_content_test',
+    'system',
+    'user',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * The permission handler.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\PermissionHandlerInterface
+   */
+  protected $permissionHandler;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp(): void {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->installSchema('system', ['sequences']);
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('block_content');
+
+    $this->permissionHandler = $this->container->get('user.permissions');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::blockTypePermissions
+   */
+  public function testDynamicPermissions() {
+    $permissions = $this->permissionHandler->getPermissions();
+    $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('edit any basic block content', $permissions, 'The per-block-type permission does not exist.');
+    $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('edit any square block content', $permissions, 'The per-block-type permission does not exist.');
+
+    // Create a basic block content type.
+    BlockContentType::create([
+      'id'          => 'basic',
+      'label'       => 'A basic block type',
+      'description' => 'Provides a basic block type',
+    ])->save();
+
+    // Create a square block content type.
+    BlockContentType::create([
+      'id'          => 'square',
+      'label'       => 'A square block type',
+      'description' => 'Provides a block type that is square',
+    ])->save();
+
+    $permissions = $this->permissionHandler->getPermissions();
+
+    // Assert the basic permission has been created.
+    $this->assertArrayHasKey('edit any basic block content', $permissions, 'The per-block-type permission exists.');
+    $this->assertEquals(
+      '<em class="placeholder">A basic block type</em>: Edit any block content',
+      $permissions['edit any basic block content']['title']->render()
+    );
+
+    // Assert the square permission has been created.
+    $this->assertArrayHasKey('edit any square block content', $permissions, 'The per-block-type permission exists.');
+    $this->assertEquals(
+      '<em class="placeholder">A square block type</em>: Edit any block content',
+      $permissions['edit any square block content']['title']->render()
+    );
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/user/tests/src/Functional/UserPermissionsTest.php b/core/modules/user/tests/src/Functional/UserPermissionsTest.php
index a52f654584971c24f0c1d6f252c125fa2dd7c086..1c5be8689d07fd6d5013ea0cff7cf70334de4ef8 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/tests/src/Functional/UserPermissionsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/tests/src/Functional/UserPermissionsTest.php
@@ -256,16 +256,18 @@ public function testAccessModulePermission() {
   public function testAccessBundlePermission() {
     $this->drupalLogin($this->adminUser);
 
-    \Drupal::service('module_installer')->install(['block_content', 'taxonomy']);
-    $this->grantPermissions(Role::load($this->rid), ['administer blocks', 'administer taxonomy']);
+    \Drupal::service('module_installer')->install(['contact', 'taxonomy']);
+    $this->grantPermissions(Role::load($this->rid), ['administer contact forms', 'administer taxonomy']);
 
     // Bundles that do not have permissions have no permissions pages.
     $edit = [];
-    $edit['label'] = 'Test block type';
-    $edit['id'] = 'test_block_type';
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/block/block-content/types/add');
+    $edit['label'] = 'Test contact type';
+    $edit['id'] = 'test_contact_type';
+    $edit['recipients'] = 'webmaster@example.com';
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/contact/add');
     $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/block/block-content/manage/test_block_type/permissions');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Contact form ' . $edit['label'] . ' has been added.');
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/contact/manage/test_contact_type/permissions');
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(403);
 
     // Permissions can be changed using the bundle-specific pages.
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ public function testAccessBundlePermission() {
     $this->drupalLogout();
     $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/test_vocabulary/overview/permissions');
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(403);
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/block/block-content/manage/test_block_type/permissions');
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/contact/manage/test_contact_type/permissions');
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(403);
   }