diff --git a/tailbone/templates/datasync/changes/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/datasync/changes/index.mako
index 1a746144..442bef22 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/datasync/changes/index.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/datasync/changes/index.mako
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       ${h.end_form()}
   % endif
 
-  % if request.has_perm('filemon.restart'):
+  % if allow_filemon_restart and request.has_perm('filemon.restart'):
       ${h.form(url('filemon.restart'), name='restart-filemon', class_='autodisable')}
       ${h.csrf_token(request)}
       ${h.submit('submit', "Restart FileMon", data_working_label="Restarting FileMon")}
diff --git a/tailbone/views/datasync.py b/tailbone/views/datasync.py
index 11a98599..1d47fb20 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/datasync.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/datasync.py
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ class DataSyncChangesView(MasterView):
         g.set_sort_defaults('obtained')
         g.set_type('obtained', 'datetime')
 
+    def template_kwargs_index(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['allow_filemon_restart'] = bool(self.rattail_config.get('tailbone', 'filemon.restart'))
+        return kwargs
+
     def restart(self):
         # TODO: Add better validation (e.g. CSRF) here?
         if self.request.method == 'POST':