diff --git a/tailbone/views/inventory.py b/tailbone/views/inventory.py
index b10ade6f..f3252d57 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/inventory.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/inventory.py
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class InventoryBatchView(BatchMasterView):
     mobile_creatable = True
     mobile_rows_creatable = True
 
+    # set to False to disable "zero all" batch count mode
+    allow_zero_all = True
+
     labels = {
         'mode': "Count Mode",
     }
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ class InventoryBatchView(BatchMasterView):
                 modes.pop(self.enum.INVENTORY_MODE_REPLACE, None)
             if hasattr(self.enum, 'INVENTORY_MODE_REPLACE_ADJUST'):
                 modes.pop(self.enum.INVENTORY_MODE_REPLACE_ADJUST, None)
-        if not self.request.has_perm('{}.create.zero'.format(permission_prefix)):
+        if not self.allow_zero_all or not self.request.has_perm('{}.create.zero'.format(permission_prefix)):
             if hasattr(self.enum, 'INVENTORY_MODE_ZERO_ALL'):
                 modes.pop(self.enum.INVENTORY_MODE_ZERO_ALL, None)
         return modes
@@ -584,8 +587,9 @@ class InventoryBatchView(BatchMasterView):
         # extra perms for creating batches per "mode"
         config.add_tailbone_permission(permission_prefix, '{}.create.replace'.format(permission_prefix),
                                        "Create new {} with 'replace' mode".format(model_title))
-        config.add_tailbone_permission(permission_prefix, '{}.create.zero'.format(permission_prefix),
-                                       "Create new {} with 'zero' mode".format(model_title))
+        if cls.allow_zero_all:
+            config.add_tailbone_permission(permission_prefix, '{}.create.zero'.format(permission_prefix),
+                                           "Create new {} with 'zero' mode".format(model_title))
 
         # row UPC lookup, for desktop
         config.add_route('{}.desktop_lookup'.format(route_prefix), '{}/{{{}}}/desktop-form/lookup'.format(url_prefix, model_key))