diff --git a/lib/settingsaction.php b/lib/settingsaction.php
index cbdfcf10c6..705ccf3eb6 100644
--- a/lib/settingsaction.php
+++ b/lib/settingsaction.php
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ class SettingsAction extends Action {
         $action = $this->trimmed('action');
         common_element_start('ul', array('id' => 'nav_views'));
         foreach ($menu as $menuaction => $menudesc) {
+			if ($menuaction == 'imsettings' &&
+				!common_config('xmpp', 'enabled')) {
+				continue;
+			}
             common_menu_item(common_local_url($menuaction),
                     $menudesc[0],
                     $menudesc[1],