Using email templates requires administer CiviCRM permission

If the administer CiviCRM permission is not granted, trying to select a message template when starting a new mailing results in the following ajax request result:

{"error_code":"unauthorized","entity":"MessageTemplate","action":"getsingle","is_error":1,"error_message" :"API permission check failed for MessageTemplate\/getsingle call; insufficient permission: require administer CiviCRM"}