diff --git a/protected/humhub/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/protected/humhub/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index d472e1d003..4345a5c770 100644
--- a/protected/humhub/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protected/humhub/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ HumHub Change Log
 - Enh: Add less options for mail font url/family (@rekollekt)
 - Fix: Fixed typo in space (un-)archived activities
 - Enh: Removed ErrorEvent which will be removed in yii-queue 3.0 (@acs-ferreira)
+- Enh: Added config option to remove "user profile posts" entry from directory navigation
 
 
 1.3.6  (October 11, 2018)
diff --git a/protected/humhub/modules/directory/Module.php b/protected/humhub/modules/directory/Module.php
index ad92fa1876..f9f89b1399 100644
--- a/protected/humhub/modules/directory/Module.php
+++ b/protected/humhub/modules/directory/Module.php
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ class Module extends \humhub\components\Module
      */
     public $guestAccess = true;
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool show menu entry for user profile posts on directory
+     */
+    public $showUserProfilePosts = true;
+
+
     /**
      * @return bool checks if the current user can access the directory
      */
diff --git a/protected/humhub/modules/directory/widgets/Menu.php b/protected/humhub/modules/directory/widgets/Menu.php
index de2af285ed..c03ba1d7ca 100644
--- a/protected/humhub/modules/directory/widgets/Menu.php
+++ b/protected/humhub/modules/directory/widgets/Menu.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace humhub\modules\directory\widgets;
 
+use humhub\modules\directory\Module;
 use Yii;
 use yii\helpers\Url;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ class Menu extends \humhub\widgets\BaseMenu
 
     public function init()
     {
+        /** @var Module $module */
+        $module = Yii::$app->getModule('directory');
+
         $this->addItemGroup([
             'id' => 'directory',
             'label' => Yii::t('DirectoryModule.base', '<strong>Directory</strong> menu'),
@@ -58,13 +62,15 @@ class Menu extends \humhub\widgets\BaseMenu
             'isActive' => (Yii::$app->controller->action->id == "spaces"),
         ]);
 
-        $this->addItem([
-            'label' => Yii::t('DirectoryModule.base', 'User profile posts'),
-            'group' => 'directory',
-            'url' => Url::to(['/directory/directory/user-posts']),
-            'sortOrder' => 400,
-            'isActive' => (Yii::$app->controller->action->id == "user-posts"),
-        ]);
+        if ($module->showUserProfilePosts) {
+            $this->addItem([
+                'label' => Yii::t('DirectoryModule.base', 'User profile posts'),
+                'group' => 'directory',
+                'url' => Url::to(['/directory/directory/user-posts']),
+                'sortOrder' => 400,
+                'isActive' => (Yii::$app->controller->action->id == "user-posts"),
+            ]);
+        }
 
         parent::init();
     }