diff --git a/html/user/forum_rate.php b/html/user/forum_rate.php
index 5ab85727e9..4a6249fd23 100644
--- a/html/user/forum_rate.php
+++ b/html/user/forum_rate.php
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
  **/
 require_once('../inc/forum.inc');
 require_once('../inc/forum_std.inc');
+require_once('../inc/util.inc');
 
+$config = get_config();
+if (parse_element($config,"<no_forum_rating>")) {
+        page_head("Rating offline");
+        echo "This function is turned off by the project";
+        page_tail();
+        exit(0);
+        }
 
 db_init();