diff --git a/seahub/settings.py b/seahub/settings.py
index 93326ac3d3..266ab806f0 100644
--- a/seahub/settings.py
+++ b/seahub/settings.py
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/profile/'
 
 ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 7
 
+# show traffic on the UI
+SHOW_TRAFFIC = True
+
 # Enable or disable make group public
 ENABLE_MAKE_GROUP_PUBLIC = False
 
diff --git a/seahub/templates/snippets/space_and_traffic.html b/seahub/templates/snippets/space_and_traffic.html
index a739b474ac..0d0a6d949f 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/snippets/space_and_traffic.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/snippets/space_and_traffic.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     {% endif %}
 </div>
 
-{% if TRAFFIC_STATS_ENABLED %}
+{% if SHOW_TRAFFIC and TRAFFIC_STATS_ENABLED %}
 <a class="item" href="http://www.seafile.com/{% if LANGUAGE_CODE != 'zh-cn' %}en/{% endif %}help/traffic/" target="_blank" id="traffic-stat">{% trans "Traffic this month:" %} {{ traffic_stat|filesizeformat }}</a>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/seahub/views/ajax.py b/seahub/views/ajax.py
index e827a37c94..179ed4ccf2 100644
--- a/seahub/views/ajax.py
+++ b/seahub/views/ajax.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ from seahub.group.views import is_group_staff
 import seahub.settings as settings
 from seahub.settings import ENABLE_THUMBNAIL, THUMBNAIL_ROOT, \
     THUMBNAIL_DEFAULT_SIZE, ENABLE_SUB_LIBRARY, ENABLE_REPO_HISTORY_SETTING, \
-    ENABLE_FOLDER_PERM
+    ENABLE_FOLDER_PERM, SHOW_TRAFFIC
 from seahub.utils import check_filename_with_rename, EMPTY_SHA1, \
     gen_block_get_url, TRAFFIC_STATS_ENABLED, get_user_traffic_stat,\
     new_merge_with_no_conflict, get_commit_before_new_merge, \
@@ -1684,6 +1684,7 @@ def space_and_traffic(request):
         "CALC_SHARE_USAGE": CALC_SHARE_USAGE,
         "show_quota_help": not CALC_SHARE_USAGE,
         "rates": rates,
+        "SHOW_TRAFFIC": SHOW_TRAFFIC,
         "TRAFFIC_STATS_ENABLED": TRAFFIC_STATS_ENABLED,
         "traffic_stat": traffic_stat,
         "ENABLE_PAYMENT": ENABLE_PAYMENT,