diff --git a/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php b/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
index 116a43bd..731e4ac6 100644
--- a/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ $aSettings['statistics'][] = array(
   'name' => 'statistics_analytics_code', 'value' => $setting->getValue('statistics_analytics_code'),
   'tooltip' => '.'
 );
+$aSettings['acl'][] = array(
+  'display' => 'Hide news post author', 'type' => 'select',
+  'options' => array( 0 => 'No', 1 => 'Yes' ),
+  'default' => 0,
+  'name' => 'acl_hide_news_author', 'value' => $setting->getValue('acl_hide_news_author'),
+  'tooltip' => 'Should the news author username be hidden.'
+);
 $aSettings['acl'][] = array(
   'display' => 'Pool Statistics', 'type' => 'select',
   'options' => array( 0 => 'Private', 1 => 'Public'),
diff --git a/public/include/pages/home.inc.php b/public/include/pages/home.inc.php
index 349b197d..ea85e43b 100644
--- a/public/include/pages/home.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/pages/home.inc.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if (!$smarty->isCached('master.tpl', $smarty_cache_key)) {
       $aNews[$key]['content'] = Markdown::defaultTransform($aData['content']);
     }
   }
+
+  $smarty->assign("HIDEAUTHOR", $setting->getValue('acl_hide_news_author'));
   $smarty->assign("NEWS", $aNews);
 } else {
   $debug->append('Using cached page', 3);
diff --git a/public/include/pages/news.inc.php b/public/include/pages/news.inc.php
index 127b1775..6e7a90c7 100644
--- a/public/include/pages/news.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/pages/news.inc.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if (is_array($aNews)) {
 }
 
 // Tempalte specifics
+$smarty->assign("HIDEAUTHOR", $settings->getValue('acl_hide_news_author'));
 $smarty->assign("NEWS", $aNews);
 $smarty->assign("CONTENT", "default.tpl");
 ?>
diff --git a/public/templates/mpos/home/default.tpl b/public/templates/mpos/home/default.tpl
index 4c03a85e..d9fe2593 100644
--- a/public/templates/mpos/home/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/mpos/home/default.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {section name=news loop=$NEWS}
     <article class="module width_full">
-      <header><h3>{$NEWS[news].header}, <font size=\"1px\">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:"%b %e, %Y at %H:%M"} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b></font></h3></header>
+      <header><h3>{$NEWS[news].header}, <font size=\"1px\">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:"%b %e, %Y at %H:%M"}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font></h3></header>
       <div class="module_content">
         {$NEWS[news].content}
         <div class="clear"></div>