diff --git a/app/controllers/foodcoop/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/foodcoop/users_controller.rb
index 17da7ccf..5dfe0c6f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/foodcoop/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/foodcoop/users_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class Foodcoop::UsersController < ApplicationController
+  before_action -> { require_config_disabled :disable_members_overview }
+
   def index
     @users = User.undeleted.sort_by_param(params['sort'])
 
diff --git a/app/views/admin/configs/_tab_others.html.haml b/app/views/admin/configs/_tab_others.html.haml
index 907cf840..93e1be2d 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/configs/_tab_others.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/configs/_tab_others.html.haml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 = config_input form, :distribution_strategy, as: :select, collection: distribution_strategy_options,
   include_blank: false, input_html: {class: 'input-xxlarge'}, label_method: ->(s){ t("config.keys.distribution_strategy_options.#{s}") }
 = config_input form, :disable_invite, as: :boolean
+= config_input form, :disable_members_overview, as: :boolean
 = config_input form, :help_url, as: :url, input_html: {class: 'input-xlarge'}
 = config_input form, :webstats_tracking_code, as: :text, input_html: {class: 'input-xxlarge', rows: 3}
diff --git a/app/views/home/_start_nav.haml b/app/views/home/_start_nav.haml
index 708e4c85..96313861 100644
--- a/app/views/home/_start_nav.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/_start_nav.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   %h3= t '.title'
   %ul.nav.nav-list
     %li.nav-header= t '.foodcoop'
-    %li= link_to t('.members'), foodcoop_users_path
+    - unless FoodsoftConfig[:disable_members_overview]
+      %li= link_to t('.members'), foodcoop_users_path
     %li= link_to t('.tasks'), user_tasks_path
 
     - has_ordergroup = !@current_user.ordergroup.nil?
diff --git a/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE b/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE
index d6f0f8f9..33a6b356 100644
--- a/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE
+++ b/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ default: &defaults
   #use_wiki: true
   #use_messages: true
 
+  # When enabled only administrators can access the member list.
+  #disable_members_overview: true
+
   # Base font size for generated PDF documents
   #pdf_font_size: 12
   # Page size for generated PDF documents
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index 12033f57..7fe377ba 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ de:
       default_role_pickups: Abholtage
       default_role_suppliers: Lieferanten
       disable_invite: Einladungen deaktivieren
+      disable_members_overview: Mitgliederliste deaktivieren
       email_from: Absenderadresse
       email_replyto: Antwortadresse
       email_sender: Senderadresse
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 66323cad..bb00e997 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ en:
       default_role_pickups: Pickup days
       default_role_suppliers: Suppliers
       disable_invite: Disable invites
+      disable_members_overview: Disable members list
       email_from: From address
       email_replyto: Reply-to address
       email_sender: Sender address
diff --git a/config/locales/es.yml b/config/locales/es.yml
index 44812b83..2be287bf 100644
--- a/config/locales/es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/es.yml
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ es:
       custom_css: CSS adicional
       default_locale: Idioma por defecto
       disable_invite: Desactivar invitaciones
+      disable_members_overview: Desactivar la lista de miembros
       email_from: Dirección de email de origen
       email_replyto: Dirección reply-to
       email_sender: Dirección del remitente
diff --git a/config/locales/fr.yml b/config/locales/fr.yml
index 5b615b38..491408dc 100644
--- a/config/locales/fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/fr.yml
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ fr:
         zip_code: Code postal
       currency_unit: Monnaie
       name: Nom
+      disable_members_overview: Désactiver la liste des membres
       distribution_strategy: Stratégie de distribution
       distribution_strategy_options:
         first_order_first_serve: Distribuez d'abord à ceux qui ont commandé en premier
diff --git a/config/locales/nl.yml b/config/locales/nl.yml
index f34a8883..e2e8da98 100644
--- a/config/locales/nl.yml
+++ b/config/locales/nl.yml
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ nl:
       default_role_pickups: Ophaaldagen
       default_role_suppliers: Leveranciers
       disable_invite: Uitnodigingen deactiveren
+      disable_members_overview: Ledenlijst deactiveren
       email_from: From adres
       email_replyto: Reply-to adres
       email_sender: Sender adres
diff --git a/config/navigation.rb b/config/navigation.rb
index 857b931f..7f2b7b3a 100644
--- a/config/navigation.rb
+++ b/config/navigation.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SimpleNavigation::Configuration.run do |navigation|
     primary.item :dashboard_nav_item, I18n.t('navigation.dashboard'), root_path(anchor: '')
 
     primary.item :foodcoop, I18n.t('navigation.foodcoop'), '#' do |subnav|
-      subnav.item :members, I18n.t('navigation.members'), foodcoop_users_path
+      subnav.item :members, I18n.t('navigation.members'), foodcoop_users_path, unless: Proc.new { FoodsoftConfig[:disable_members_overview] }
       subnav.item :workgroups, I18n.t('navigation.workgroups'), foodcoop_workgroups_path
       subnav.item :ordergroups, I18n.t('navigation.ordergroups'), foodcoop_ordergroups_path
       subnav.item :tasks, I18n.t('navigation.tasks'), tasks_path