diff --git a/client/permission.go b/client/permission.go
index 2e04cd6e..b0cafbac 100644
--- a/client/permission.go
+++ b/client/permission.go
@@ -2,15 +2,23 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
 	clientv1 "github.com/spectrocloud/palette-sdk-go/api/client/v1"
 	"github.com/spectrocloud/palette-sdk-go/api/models"
 )
 
+type PermissionScope string
+
+const (
+	PermissionScopeProject  PermissionScope = "project"
+	PermissionScopeTenant   PermissionScope = "tenant"
+	PermissionScopeResource PermissionScope = "resource"
+)
+
 // GetPermissionByName retrieves an existing permission by name and permissionScope(project, tenant & resource).
-func (h *V1Client) GetPermissionByName(permissionName string, permissionScope string) (*models.V1Permission, error) {
+func (h *V1Client) GetPermissionByName(permissionName string, permissionScope PermissionScope) (*models.V1Permission, error) {
 	// ACL scoped to tenant only
-	params := clientv1.NewV1PermissionsListParams().WithScope(&permissionScope)
+	permScope := string(permissionScope)
+	params := clientv1.NewV1PermissionsListParams().WithScope(&permScope)
 	resp, err := h.Client.V1PermissionsList(params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err