diff --git a/tailbone/templates/customers/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/customers/view.mako
index 7ec2662e..6c9de1ce 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/customers/view.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/customers/view.mako
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 <%def name="object_helpers()">
   ${parent.object_helpers()}
-  % if instance.people:
+  % if show_profiles_helper and instance.people:
       ${view_profiles_helper(instance.people)}
   % endif
 </%def>
diff --git a/tailbone/views/customers.py b/tailbone/views/customers.py
index cc473531..e8ada107 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/customers.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/customers.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class CustomersView(MasterView):
     people_detachable = True
     touchable = True
 
+    # whether to show "view full profile" helper for customer view
+    show_profiles_helper = True
+
     labels = {
         'id': "ID",
         'default_phone': "Phone Number",
@@ -245,6 +248,10 @@ class CustomersView(MasterView):
             f.set_renderer('groups', self.render_groups)
             f.set_readonly('groups')
 
+    def template_kwargs_view(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['show_profiles_helper'] = self.show_profiles_helper
+        return kwargs
+
     def unique_id(self, node, value):
         query = self.Session.query(model.Customer)\
                             .filter(model.Customer.id == value)