diff --git a/conf/defaults.ini b/conf/defaults.ini
index 3bce7dc511b..7ae0c5ebfd9 100644
--- a/conf/defaults.ini
+++ b/conf/defaults.ini
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ global_session = -1
 [alerting]
 # Makes it possible to turn off alert rule execution.
 execute_alerts = true
+show_alerting_ui = true
 
 #################################### Internal Grafana Metrics ############
 # Metrics available at HTTP API Url /api/metrics
diff --git a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
index 1fd4cd347e7..c4b15ac54b6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
+++ b/pkg/api/frontendsettings.go
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func getFrontendSettingsMap(c *middleware.Context) (map[string]interface{}, erro
 		"allowOrgCreate":    (setting.AllowUserOrgCreate && c.IsSignedIn) || c.IsGrafanaAdmin,
 		"authProxyEnabled":  setting.AuthProxyEnabled,
 		"ldapEnabled":       setting.LdapEnabled,
+		"showAlertingUI":    setting.ShowAlertingUI,
 		"buildInfo": map[string]interface{}{
 			"version":       setting.BuildVersion,
 			"commit":        setting.BuildCommit,
diff --git a/pkg/api/index.go b/pkg/api/index.go
index 715baefae78..172f98d4fb2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/index.go
+++ b/pkg/api/index.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func setIndexViewData(c *middleware.Context) (*dtos.IndexViewData, error) {
 		Children: dashboardChildNavs,
 	})
 
-	if c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_ADMIN || c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_EDITOR {
+	if setting.ShowAlertingUI && (c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_ADMIN || c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_EDITOR) {
 		alertChildNavs := []*dtos.NavLink{
 			{Text: "Alert List", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/alerting/list"},
 			{Text: "Notification channels", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/alerting/notifications"},
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index 9a302b10996..f84bdd88f48 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ var (
 	Quota QuotaSettings
 
 	// Alerting
-	ExecuteAlerts bool
+	ExecuteAlerts   bool
+	ShowAlertingUI  bool
 
 	// logger
 	logger log.Logger
@@ -579,6 +580,7 @@ func NewConfigContext(args *CommandLineArgs) error {
 
 	alerting := Cfg.Section("alerting")
 	ExecuteAlerts = alerting.Key("execute_alerts").MustBool(true)
+	ShowAlertingUI = alerting.Key("show_alerting_ui").MustBool(true)
 
 	readSessionConfig()
 	readSmtpSettings()
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/module.ts
index d86212d33e6..99476598bf4 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/module.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ class GraphCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
     this.addEditorTab('Axes', axesEditorComponent, 2);
     this.addEditorTab('Legend', 'public/app/plugins/panel/graph/tab_legend.html', 3);
     this.addEditorTab('Display', 'public/app/plugins/panel/graph/tab_display.html', 4);
-    this.addEditorTab('Alert', alertTab, 5);
+    if (config.showAlertingUI) {
+      this.addEditorTab('Alert', alertTab, 5);
+    }
 
     this.subTabIndex = 0;
   }