diff --git a/main/document/document.php b/main/document/document.php
index 2d88ceddc5..b9a9c5862c 100755
--- a/main/document/document.php
+++ b/main/document/document.php
@@ -1759,11 +1759,15 @@ if ($isAllowedToEdit ||
         );
     }
 }
+
 if (!isset($_GET['keyword']) && !$is_certificate_mode) {
-    $actionsLeft .= Display::url(
-        Display::return_icon('slideshow.png', get_lang('ViewSlideshow'), '', ICON_SIZE_MEDIUM),
-        api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'document/slideshow.php?'.api_get_cidreq().'&curdirpath='.$curdirpathurl.'&id='.$document_id
-    );
+    $disable = api_get_configuration_value('disable_slideshow_documents');
+    if (false === $disable) {
+        $actionsLeft .= Display::url(
+            Display::return_icon('slideshow.png', get_lang('ViewSlideshow'), '', ICON_SIZE_MEDIUM),
+            api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'document/slideshow.php?'.api_get_cidreq().'&curdirpath='.$curdirpathurl.'&id='.$document_id
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 if ($isAllowedToEdit && !$is_certificate_mode) {
diff --git a/main/document/slideshow.php b/main/document/slideshow.php
index ab2094ee86..fa8f5c060c 100755
--- a/main/document/slideshow.php
+++ b/main/document/slideshow.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /* For licensing terms, see /license.txt */
 
 use ChamiloSession as Session;
@@ -7,13 +8,15 @@ use ChamiloSession as Session;
  * @author Patrick Cool patrick.cool@UGent.be Ghent University Mai 2004
  * @author Julio Montoya Lots of improvements, cleaning, adding security
  * @author Juan Carlos Raña Trabado herodoto@telefonica.net	January 2008
- *
- * @package chamilo.document
  */
 require_once __DIR__.'/../inc/global.inc.php';
 
 api_protect_course_script();
 
+if (api_get_configuration_value('disable_slideshow_documents')) {
+    api_not_allowed(true);
+}
+
 $curdirpath = $path = isset($_GET['curdirpath']) ? Security::remove_XSS($_GET['curdirpath']) : null;
 $courseInfo = api_get_course_info();
 $pathurl = urlencode($path);
@@ -342,9 +345,9 @@ if ($slide_id == 'all') {
                     }
 
                     $doc_url = ($path && $path !== '/') ? $path.'/'.$one_image_file : $path.$one_image_file;
-                    $image_tag[] = '<img 
+                    $image_tag[] = '<img
                             src="download.php?doc_url='.$doc_url.'"
-                            border="0" 
+                            border="0"
                             width="'.$image_width.'" height="'.$image_height.'" title="'.$one_image_file.'">';
                 }
             }
@@ -404,8 +407,8 @@ if ($slide_id != 'all' && !empty($image_files_only)) {
             $pathpart = $path.'/';
         }
         $sql = "SELECT * FROM $tbl_documents
-                WHERE 
-                  c_id = $course_id AND 
+                WHERE
+                  c_id = $course_id AND
                   path = '".Database::escape_string($pathpart.$image_files_only[$slide])."'";
         $result = Database::query($sql);
         $row = Database::fetch_array($result);
@@ -472,9 +475,9 @@ if ($slide_id != 'all' && !empty($image_files_only)) {
             </script>
     <?php
         } else {
-            echo "<img 
-                class=\"img-responsive\" 
-                src='download.php?doc_url=$path/".$image_files_only[$slide]."' alt='".$image_files_only[$slide]."' 
+            echo "<img
+                class=\"img-responsive\"
+                src='download.php?doc_url=$path/".$image_files_only[$slide]."' alt='".$image_files_only[$slide]."'
                 border='0'".$height_width_tags.'>';
         }
 
diff --git a/main/document/slideshowoptions.php b/main/document/slideshowoptions.php
index b8c5eb1517..4606d8346f 100755
--- a/main/document/slideshowoptions.php
+++ b/main/document/slideshowoptions.php
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 <?php
+
 /* For licensing terms, see /license.txt */
 
 use ChamiloSession as Session;
 
 /**
- * @author Patrick Cool
- *
- * @package chamilo.document
- *
  * @author Patrick Cool, patrick.cool@UGent.be, Ghent University, May 2004, http://icto.UGent.be
  * Please bear in mind that this is only an beta release.
  * I wrote this quite quick and didn't think too much about it in advance.
@@ -27,6 +24,10 @@ use ChamiloSession as Session;
 require_once __DIR__.'/../inc/global.inc.php';
 api_protect_course_script();
 
+if (api_get_configuration_value('disable_slideshow_documents')) {
+    api_not_allowed(true);
+}
+
 $path = Security::remove_XSS($_GET['curdirpath']);
 $pathurl = urlencode($path);
 
diff --git a/main/install/configuration.dist.php b/main/install/configuration.dist.php
index 4c9dbbb7fb..a22f47571c 100755
--- a/main/install/configuration.dist.php
+++ b/main/install/configuration.dist.php
@@ -1554,6 +1554,9 @@ $_configuration['auth_password_links'] = [
 // Allows prevent to the user before leaving a learning path
 //$_configuration['lp_prevents_beforeunload'] = false;
 
+// Disable slideshow documents
+//$_configuration['disable_slideshow_documents'] = false;
+
 // KEEP THIS AT THE END
 // -------- Custom DB changes
 // Add user activation by confirmation email