diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index 92aab675c5..c1e8002c3b 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/mysql"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/coldef"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/privilege"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/table"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/table/tables"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util"
@@ -576,6 +577,15 @@ func (d *ddl) DropTable(ctx context.Context, ti table.Ident) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+	// Check Privilege
+	privChecker := privilege.GetPrivilegeChecker(ctx)
+	hasPriv, err := privChecker.Check(ctx, schema, tb.Meta(), mysql.DropPriv)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	if !hasPriv {
+		return errors.Errorf("You do not have the privilege to drop table %s.%s.", ti.Schema, ti.Name)
+	}
 
 	err = kv.RunInNewTxn(d.store, false, func(txn kv.Transaction) error {
 		t := meta.NewMeta(txn)
diff --git a/privilege/privileges/privileges.go b/privilege/privileges/privileges.go
index 499d7e9ac6..e387e9ac70 100644
--- a/privilege/privileges/privileges.go
+++ b/privilege/privileges/privileges.go
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ func (p *UserPrivileges) Check(ctx context.Context, db *model.DBInfo, tbl *model
 		if len(p.User) == 0 {
 			// User current user
 			p.User = variable.GetSessionVars(ctx).User
+			if len(p.User) == 0 {
+				// In embedded db mode, user does not need to login. So we do not have username.
+				// TODO: remove this check latter.
+				return true, nil
+			}
 		}
 		err := p.loadPrivileges(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/privilege/privileges/privileges_test.go b/privilege/privileges/privileges_test.go
index 37c74ddca5..23d8ff0912 100644
--- a/privilege/privileges/privileges_test.go
+++ b/privilege/privileges/privileges_test.go
@@ -233,6 +233,29 @@ func (t *testPrivilegeSuite) TestShowGrants(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(testutil.CompareUnorderedStringSlice(gs, expected), IsTrue)
 }
 
+func (t *testPrivilegeSuite) TestDropTablePriv(c *C) {
+	se := newSession(c, t.store, t.dbName)
+	ctx, _ := se.(context.Context)
+	mustExec(c, se, `CREATE TABLE todrop(c int);`)
+	variable.GetSessionVars(ctx).User = "root@localhost"
+	mustExec(c, se, `CREATE USER 'drop'@'localhost' identified by '123';`)
+	mustExec(c, se, `GRANT Select ON test.todrop TO  'drop'@'localhost';`)
+
+	variable.GetSessionVars(ctx).User = "drop@localhost"
+	mustExec(c, se, `SELECT * FROM todrop;`)
+
+	_, err := se.Execute("DROP TABLE todrop;")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+
+	variable.GetSessionVars(ctx).User = "root@localhost"
+	mustExec(c, se, `GRANT Drop ON test.todrop TO  'drop'@'localhost';`)
+
+	se1 := newSession(c, t.store, t.dbName)
+	ctx1, _ := se1.(context.Context)
+	variable.GetSessionVars(ctx1).User = "drop@localhost"
+	mustExec(c, se1, `DROP TABLE todrop;`)
+}
+
 func mustExec(c *C, se tidb.Session, sql string) {
 	_, err := se.Execute(sql)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)