diff --git a/components/DateInput.vue b/components/DateInput.vue
index c9330406..9166e2c7 100644
--- a/components/DateInput.vue
+++ b/components/DateInput.vue
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ v-col(cols=12)
   .text-center
     v-btn-toggle.v-col-6.flex-column.flex-sm-row(v-model='type' color='primary' @change='type => change("type", type)')
       v-btn(value='normal' label="normal") {{ $t('event.normal') }}
-      v-btn(value='multidate' label='multidate') {{ $t('event.multidate') }}
+      v-btn(v-if='settings.allow_multidate_event' value='multidate' label='multidate') {{ $t('event.multidate') }}
       v-btn(v-if='settings.allow_recurrent_event' value='recurrent' label="recurrent") {{ $t('event.recurrent') }}
 
     p {{ $t(`event.${type}_description`) }}
 
-
     v-btn-toggle.v-col-6.flex-column.flex-sm-row(v-if='type === "recurrent"' color='primary' :value='value.recurrent.frequency' @change='fq => change("frequency", fq)')
       v-btn(v-for='f in frequencies' :key='f.value' :value='f.value') {{ f.text }}
 
diff --git a/components/admin/Settings.vue b/components/admin/Settings.vue
index 938609b4..cfc12c52 100644
--- a/components/admin/Settings.vue
+++ b/components/admin/Settings.vue
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ v-container
       inset
       :label="$t('admin.allow_anon_event')")
 
+    v-switch.mt-1(v-model='allow_multidate_event'
+      inset
+      :label="$t('admin.allow_multidate_event')")
+
     v-switch.mt-1(v-model='allow_recurrent_event'
       inset
       :label="$t('admin.allow_recurrent_event')")
@@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ export default {
       get () { return this.settings.allow_recurrent_event },
       set (value) { this.setSetting({ key: 'allow_recurrent_event', value }) }
     },
+    allow_multidate_event: {
+      get () { return this.settings.allow_multidate_event },
+      set (value) { this.setSetting({ key: 'allow_multidate_event', value }) }
+    },
     recurrent_event_visible: {
       get () { return this.settings.recurrent_event_visible },
       set (value) { this.setSetting({ key: 'recurrent_event_visible', value }) }
diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index 4b68e27c..d89eae51 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
     "event_remove_ok": "Event removed",
     "allow_registration_description": "Allow open registrations?",
     "allow_anon_event": "Allow anonymous events (has to be confirmed)?",
+    "allow_multidate_event": "Allow multi-day events",
     "allow_recurrent_event": "Allow recurring events",
     "allow_geolocation": "Allow events geolocation",
     "recurrent_event_visible": "Show recurring events by default",
diff --git a/server/api/controller/settings.js b/server/api/controller/settings.js
index b2f96bcc..03d775f7 100644
--- a/server/api/controller/settings.js
+++ b/server/api/controller/settings.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const defaultSettings = {
   instance_place: '',
   allow_registration: true,
   allow_anon_event: true,
+  allow_multidate_event: true,
   allow_recurrent_event: false,
   recurrent_event_visible: false,
   allow_geolocation: true,
diff --git a/server/helpers.js b/server/helpers.js
index c187e347..d58edb70 100644
--- a/server/helpers.js
+++ b/server/helpers.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ module.exports = {
       allow_registration: settings.allow_registration,
       allow_anon_event: settings.allow_anon_event,
       allow_recurrent_event: settings.allow_recurrent_event,
+      allow_multidate_event: settings.allow_multidate_event,
       recurrent_event_visible: settings.recurrent_event_visible,
       enable_federation: settings.enable_federation,
       enable_resources: settings.enable_resources,
diff --git a/store/index.js b/store/index.js
index c4f58fa1..7e456ae0 100644
--- a/store/index.js
+++ b/store/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const state = () => ({
     instance_name: '',
     allow_registration: true,
     allow_anon_event: true,
+    allow_multidate_event: true,
     allow_recurrent_event: true,
     recurrent_event_visible: false,
     allow_geolocation: false,