diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 0cd0392b..05f277ac 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ $tmpl->assign('useUnstable', $unstable);
 $tmpl->assign('uploadMaxFilesize', $maxUploadFilesize);
 $tmpl->assign('uploadMaxHumanFilesize', \OCP\Util::humanFileSize($maxUploadFilesize));
 $tmpl->assign('savePath', $savePath);
+$tmpl->assign("allowShareWithLink", \OC_Appconfig::getValue('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes'));
 
 $tmpl->printPage();
diff --git a/templates/documents.php b/templates/documents.php
index 536ea0f4..34192d6a 100755
--- a/templates/documents.php
+++ b/templates/documents.php
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@
 	</ul>
 </div>
 <input type="hidden" id="webodf-unstable" value="<?php p($_['useUnstable']) ?>" />
+<input type="hidden" name="allowShareWithLink" id="allowShareWithLink" value="<?php p($_['allowShareWithLink']) ?>" />