diff --git a/main/inc/banner.inc.php b/main/inc/banner.inc.php
index c1d9401826..5ff2bc5d8c 100644
--- a/main/inc/banner.inc.php
+++ b/main/inc/banner.inc.php
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@ $session_name   = api_get_session_name($my_session_id);
 echo '<div id="wrapper">';
 
 echo '<ul id="navigation">';
-if (!empty($help)) { 
-    $help = Security::remove_XSS($help);
-?>
-    <li class="help">                   
-        <a href="<?php echo api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH); ?>help/help.php?open=<?php echo $help; ?>&height=400&width=600" class="thickbox" title="<?php echo get_lang('Help'); ?>">
-        <img src="<?php echo api_get_path(WEB_IMG_PATH);?>help.large.png" alt="<?php echo get_lang('Help');?>" title="<?php echo get_lang('Help');?>" />
-        </a>
-    </li>
-<?php } ?>
-<?php 
+
+if (api_get_setting('enable_help_link') == 'true') { 
+    if (!empty($help)) { 
+        $help = Security::remove_XSS($help);
+    ?>
+        <li class="help">                   
+            <a href="<?php echo api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH); ?>help/help.php?open=<?php echo $help; ?>&height=400&width=600" class="thickbox" title="<?php echo get_lang('Help'); ?>">
+            <img src="<?php echo api_get_path(WEB_IMG_PATH);?>help.large.png" alt="<?php echo get_lang('Help');?>" title="<?php echo get_lang('Help');?>" />
+            </a>
+        </li>
+    <?php } 
+}
 if (api_get_setting('show_link_bug_notification') == 'true') { 
 ?>
     <li class="report">
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ if (api_get_setting('show_link_bug_notification') == 'true') {
     </li>
 <?php
 }
+
 echo'</ul>';
 echo '<div id="header">';
 
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/template.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/template.lib.php
index a2747b778d..79d7d40911 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/template.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/template.lib.php
@@ -275,15 +275,18 @@ class Template extends Smarty {
 		$session_name   = api_get_session_name($my_session_id);
 		
 		$help_content = '';
-		if (!empty($help)) {
-			$help = Security::remove_XSS($help);			
-		    $help_content  = '<li class="help">';                   
-		    $help_content .= '<a href="'.api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'help/help.php?open='.$help.'&height=400&width=600" class="thickbox" title="'.get_lang('Help').'">';
-		    $help_content .= '<img src="'.api_get_path(WEB_IMG_PATH).'help.large.png" alt="'.get_lang('Help').'" title="'.get_lang('Help').'" />';
-		    $help_content .= '</a></li>';		
-		}
+        if (api_get_setting('enable_help_link') == 'true') { 
+    		if (!empty($help)) {
+    			$help = Security::remove_XSS($help);			
+    		    $help_content  = '<li class="help">';                   
+    		    $help_content .= '<a href="'.api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'help/help.php?open='.$help.'&height=400&width=600" class="thickbox" title="'.get_lang('Help').'">';
+    		    $help_content .= '<img src="'.api_get_path(WEB_IMG_PATH).'help.large.png" alt="'.get_lang('Help').'" title="'.get_lang('Help').'" />';
+    		    $help_content .= '</a></li>';		
+		  }
+        }
 
 		$this->assign('help_content', $help_content);
+        
 		$bug_notification_link = '';
 		if (api_get_setting('show_link_bug_notification') == 'true') {
 			$bug_notification_link = '<li class="report">
diff --git a/main/install/db_main.sql b/main/install/db_main.sql
index 409ed04940..13a2a320eb 100644
--- a/main/install/db_main.sql
+++ b/main/install/db_main.sql
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ VALUES
 ('sessionadmin_autosubscribe', NULL, 'textfield', 'Platform', '', 'SessionadminAutosubscribeTitle', 'SessionadminAutosubscribeComment', NULL, NULL, 0),
 ('scorm_cumulative_session_time', NULL, 'radio', 'Course', 'true', 'ScormCumulativeSessionTimeTitle', 'ScormCumulativeSessionTimeComment', NULL, NULL, 0),
 ('allow_hr_skills_management', NULL, 'radio', 'Gradebook', 'true', 'AllowHRSkillsManagementTitle', 'AllowHRSkillsManagementComment', NULL, NULL, 1),
+('enable_help_link', NULL, 'radio', 'Platform', 'true', 'EnableHelpLinkTitle', 'EnableHelpLinkTitle', NULL, NULL, 0),
 ('chamilo_database_version',NULL,'textfield',NULL, '1.9.0.15858','DokeosDatabaseVersion','', NULL, NULL, 0);
 
 /*
@@ -1149,7 +1150,9 @@ VALUES
 ('scorm_cumulative_session_time','true','Yes'),
 ('scorm_cumulative_session_time','false','No'),
 ('allow_hr_skills_management', 'true', 'Yes'),
-('allow_hr_skills_management', 'false', 'No');
+('allow_hr_skills_management', 'false', 'No'),
+('enable_help_link', 'true', 'Yes'),
+('enable_help_link', 'false', 'No');
 
 /*
 ('use_custom_pages','true','Yes'),
diff --git a/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.8-1.9.0-pre.sql b/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.8-1.9.0-pre.sql
index 32d4fb6476..5f0779aab1 100755
--- a/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.8-1.9.0-pre.sql
+++ b/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.8-1.9.0-pre.sql
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ ALTER TABLE session_rel_course_rel_user ADD COLUMN legal_agreement INTEGER DEFAU
 ALTER TABLE course ADD COLUMN legal TEXT NOT NULL;
 ALTER TABLE course ADD COLUMN activate_legal INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
 
+
+INSERT INTO settings_current (variable, subkey, type, category, selected_value, title, comment, scope, subkeytext, access_url_changeable) VALUES ('enable_help_link', NULL, 'radio', 'Platform', 'true', 'EnableHelpLinkTitle', 'EnableHelpLinkTitle', NULL, NULL, 0);
+INSERT INTO settings_options (variable, value, display_text) VALUES ('enable_help_link', 'true', 'Yes');
+INSERT INTO settings_options (variable, value, display_text) VALUES ('enable_help_link', 'false', 'No');
+
+
+
 -- xxSTATSxx
 ALTER TABLE track_e_exercices ADD COLUMN questions_to_check TEXT  NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
 --CREATE TABLE track_filtered_terms (id int, user_id int, course_id int, session_id int, tool_id char(12), filtered_term varchar(255), created_at datetime);