diff --git a/agent/consul/acl.go b/agent/consul/acl.go
index 6460f66fd5c6..ec08d09c876e 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl.go
@@ -1154,16 +1154,17 @@ func (r *ACLResolver) ACLsEnabled() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (r *ACLResolver) GetMergedPolicyForToken(token string) (*acl.Policy, error) {
-	policies, err := r.resolveTokenToPolicies(token)
+func (r *ACLResolver) GetMergedPolicyForToken(token string) (structs.ACLIdentity, *acl.Policy, error) {
+	ident, policies, err := r.resolveTokenToIdentityAndPolicies(token)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	if len(policies) == 0 {
-		return nil, acl.ErrNotFound
+		return nil, nil, acl.ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	return policies.Merge(r.cache, r.aclConf)
+	policy, err := policies.Merge(r.cache, r.aclConf)
+	return ident, policy, err
 }
 
 // aclFilter is used to filter results from our state store based on ACL rules
diff --git a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
index 4a0b44cb2f4a..aa865a9abd3e 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
@@ -1324,11 +1324,15 @@ func (a *ACL) GetPolicy(args *structs.ACLPolicyResolveLegacyRequest, reply *stru
 	// Get the policy via the cache
 	parent := a.srv.config.ACLDefaultPolicy
 
-	policy, err := a.srv.acls.GetMergedPolicyForToken(args.ACL)
+	ident, policy, err := a.srv.acls.GetMergedPolicyForToken(args.ACL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if token, ok := ident.(*structs.ACLToken); ok && token.Type == structs.ACLTokenTypeManagement {
+		parent = "manage"
+	}
+
 	// translates the structures internals to most closely match what could be expressed in the original rule language
 	policy = policy.ConvertToLegacy()
 
diff --git a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint_test.go b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint_test.go
index 48629ae702eb..a4652b99356f 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint_test.go
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ func TestACLEndpoint_GetPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		c.ACLDatacenter = "dc1"
 		c.ACLsEnabled = true
 		c.ACLMasterToken = "root"
+		c.ACLDefaultPolicy = "deny"
 	})
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir1)
 	defer s1.Shutdown()
@@ -471,9 +472,7 @@ func TestACLEndpoint_GetPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{Token: "root"},
 	}
 	var out string
-	if err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.Apply", &arg, &out); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.Apply", &arg, &out))
 
 	getR := structs.ACLPolicyResolveLegacyRequest{
 		Datacenter: "dc1",
@@ -482,32 +481,43 @@ func TestACLEndpoint_GetPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var acls structs.ACLPolicyResolveLegacyResponse
 	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-
-		if err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.GetPolicy", &getR, &acls); err != nil {
-			r.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		if acls.Policy == nil {
-			r.Fatalf("Bad: %v", acls)
-		}
-		if acls.TTL != 30*time.Second {
-			r.Fatalf("bad: %v", acls)
-		}
+		require.NoError(r, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.GetPolicy", &getR, &acls))
+		require.NotNil(t, acls.Policy)
+		require.Equal(t, "deny", acls.Parent)
+		require.Equal(t, 30*time.Second, acls.TTL)
 	})
 
 	// Do a conditional lookup with etag
 	getR.ETag = acls.ETag
 	var out2 structs.ACLPolicyResolveLegacyResponse
-	if err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.GetPolicy", &getR, &out2); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.GetPolicy", &getR, &out2))
 
-	if out2.Policy != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", out2)
-	}
-	if out2.TTL != 30*time.Second {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out2)
+	require.Nil(t, out2.Policy)
+	require.Equal(t, 30*time.Second, out2.TTL)
+}
+
+func TestACLEndpoint_GetPolicy_Management(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	dir1, s1 := testServerWithConfig(t, testServerACLConfig(nil))
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir1)
+	defer s1.Shutdown()
+	codec := rpcClient(t, s1)
+	defer codec.Close()
+
+	// wait for leader election and leader establishment to finish.
+	// after this the global management policy, master token and
+	// anonymous token will have been injected into the state store
+	// and we will be ready to resolve the master token
+	waitForLeaderEstablishment(t, s1)
+
+	req := structs.ACLPolicyResolveLegacyRequest{
+		Datacenter: s1.config.Datacenter,
+		ACL:        TestDefaultMasterToken,
 	}
+
+	var resp structs.ACLPolicyResolveLegacyResponse
+	require.NoError(t, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ACL.GetPolicy", &req, &resp))
+	require.Equal(t, "manage", resp.Parent)
 }
 
 func TestACLEndpoint_List(t *testing.T) {