diff --git a/admin/settings/appearance.php b/admin/settings/appearance.php
index 7ea34542648..99a5eea25ab 100644
--- a/admin/settings/appearance.php
+++ b/admin/settings/appearance.php
@@ -71,23 +71,21 @@ if ($hassiteconfig) { // speedup for non-admins, add all caps used on this page
     $ADMIN->add('appearance', $temp);
 
     // blog
-    if (!empty($CFG->enableblogs)) {
-        $temp = new admin_settingpage('blog', new lang_string('blog','blog'));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('useblogassociations', new lang_string('useblogassociations', 'blog'), new lang_string('configuseblogassociations','blog'), 1));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_bloglevel('bloglevel', new lang_string('bloglevel', 'admin'), new lang_string('configbloglevel', 'admin'), 4, array(BLOG_GLOBAL_LEVEL => new lang_string('worldblogs','blog'),
-                                                                                                                                               BLOG_SITE_LEVEL => new lang_string('siteblogs','blog'),
-                                                                                                                                               BLOG_USER_LEVEL => new lang_string('personalblogs','blog'))));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('useexternalblogs', new lang_string('useexternalblogs', 'blog'), new lang_string('configuseexternalblogs','blog'), 1));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_configselect('externalblogcrontime', new lang_string('externalblogcrontime', 'blog'), new lang_string('configexternalblogcrontime', 'blog'), 86400,
-            array(43200 => new lang_string('numhours', '', 12),
-                  86400 => new lang_string('numhours', '', 24),
-                  172800 => new lang_string('numdays', '', 2),
-                  604800 => new lang_string('numdays', '', 7))));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_configtext('maxexternalblogsperuser', new lang_string('maxexternalblogsperuser','blog'), new lang_string('configmaxexternalblogsperuser', 'blog'), 1));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('blogusecomments', new lang_string('enablecomments', 'admin'), new lang_string('configenablecomments', 'admin'), 1));
-        $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('blogshowcommentscount', new lang_string('showcommentscount', 'admin'), new lang_string('configshowcommentscount', 'admin'), 1));
-        $ADMIN->add('appearance', $temp);
-    }
+    $temp = new admin_settingpage('blog', new lang_string('blog','blog'), 'moodle/site:config', empty($CFG->enableblogs));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('useblogassociations', new lang_string('useblogassociations', 'blog'), new lang_string('configuseblogassociations','blog'), 1));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_bloglevel('bloglevel', new lang_string('bloglevel', 'admin'), new lang_string('configbloglevel', 'admin'), 4, array(BLOG_GLOBAL_LEVEL => new lang_string('worldblogs','blog'),
+                                                                                                                                           BLOG_SITE_LEVEL => new lang_string('siteblogs','blog'),
+                                                                                                                                           BLOG_USER_LEVEL => new lang_string('personalblogs','blog'))));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('useexternalblogs', new lang_string('useexternalblogs', 'blog'), new lang_string('configuseexternalblogs','blog'), 1));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configselect('externalblogcrontime', new lang_string('externalblogcrontime', 'blog'), new lang_string('configexternalblogcrontime', 'blog'), 86400,
+        array(43200 => new lang_string('numhours', '', 12),
+              86400 => new lang_string('numhours', '', 24),
+              172800 => new lang_string('numdays', '', 2),
+              604800 => new lang_string('numdays', '', 7))));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configtext('maxexternalblogsperuser', new lang_string('maxexternalblogsperuser','blog'), new lang_string('configmaxexternalblogsperuser', 'blog'), 1));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('blogusecomments', new lang_string('enablecomments', 'admin'), new lang_string('configenablecomments', 'admin'), 1));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('blogshowcommentscount', new lang_string('showcommentscount', 'admin'), new lang_string('configshowcommentscount', 'admin'), 1));
+    $ADMIN->add('appearance', $temp);
 
     // Navigation settings
     $temp = new admin_settingpage('navigation', new lang_string('navigation'));