diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java
index 4750361d15..9ecec82463 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import sonia.scm.SCMContextProvider;
+import sonia.scm.config.ScmConfiguration;
 import sonia.scm.resources.ResourceManager;
 import sonia.scm.resources.ResourceType;
 import sonia.scm.util.IOUtil;
@@ -97,17 +100,18 @@ public class TemplateServlet extends HttpServlet
    *
    *
    * @param context
-   * @param templateHandler
    * @param templateEngineFactory
+   * @param configuration
    * @param resourceManager
    */
   @Inject
   public TemplateServlet(SCMContextProvider context,
     TemplateEngineFactory templateEngineFactory,
-    ResourceManager resourceManager)
+    ResourceManager resourceManager, ScmConfiguration configuration)
   {
     this.templateEngineFactory = templateEngineFactory;
     this.resourceManager = resourceManager;
+    this.configuration = configuration;
     this.version = context.getVersion();
   }
 
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ public class TemplateServlet extends HttpServlet
     String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
 
     params.put("contextPath", contextPath);
+    params.put("configuration", configuration);
     params.put("version", version);
 
     params.put("scripts", resourceManager.getResources(ResourceType.SCRIPT));
@@ -237,11 +242,14 @@ public class TemplateServlet extends HttpServlet
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /** Field description */
-  private ResourceManager resourceManager;
+  private final ScmConfiguration configuration;
 
   /** Field description */
-  private TemplateEngineFactory templateEngineFactory;
+  private final ResourceManager resourceManager;
 
   /** Field description */
-  private String version;
+  private final TemplateEngineFactory templateEngineFactory;
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private final String version;
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache
index 32929592a7..b67ec3f457 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
         locale: '{{locale}}',
         country: '{{country}}'
       };
+      var scmGlobalConfiguration = {
+        anonymousAccessEnabled: {{configuration.anonymousAccessEnabled}}
+      };
     </script>
 
     <!--compress-->
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/login/sonia.login.form.js b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/login/sonia.login.form.js
index d3451da121..b27f2484b4 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/login/sonia.login.form.js
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/login/sonia.login.form.js
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ Sonia.login.Form = Ext.extend(Ext.FormPanel,{
   rememberMeText: 'Remember me',
 
   initComponent: function(){
+    var buttons = [];
+    if (scmGlobalConfiguration.anonymousAccessEnabled){
+      buttons.push({
+        text: this.cancelText,
+        scope: this,
+        handler: this.cancel
+      });
+    }
+    buttons.push({
+      id: 'loginButton',
+      text: this.loginText,
+      formBind: true,
+      scope: this,
+      handler: this.authenticate
+    });
 
     var config = {
       labelWidth: 120,
@@ -85,17 +100,7 @@ Sonia.login.Form = Ext.extend(Ext.FormPanel,{
         name: 'rememberMe',
         inputValue: 'true'
       }],
-      buttons:[{
-          text: this.cancelText,
-          scope: this,
-          handler: this.cancel
-        },{
-          id: 'loginButton',
-          text: this.loginText,
-          formBind: true,
-          scope: this,
-          handler: this.authenticate
-      }]
+      buttons: buttons
     };
 
     this.addEvents('cancel', 'failure');