diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index e1661644d1..e7f51cc0c0 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ function nav_info(&$a) {
 	$nav['searchoption'] = array(
 					t("Full Text"),
 					t("Tags"),
-					t("Contacts"),
-					t("Forums"));
+					t("Contacts"));
+
+	if (get_config('system','poco_local_search'))
+		$nav['searchoption'][] = t("Forums");
 
 	$gdirpath = 'directory';
 
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 9a65224af9..0002f074e9 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -998,12 +998,15 @@ function search($s,$id='search-box',$url='/search',$save = false, $aside = true)
 			'$savedsearch' => feature_enabled(local_user(),'savedsearch'),
 		);
 
-	if (!$aside)
+	if (!$aside) {
 		$values['$searchoption'] = array(
 					t("Full Text"),
 					t("Tags"),
-					t("Contacts"),
-					t("Forums"));
+					t("Contacts"));
+
+		if (get_config('system','poco_local_search'))
+			$values['$searchoption'][] = t("Forums");
+	}
 
         return replace_macros(get_markup_template('searchbox.tpl'), $values);
 }}
diff --git a/view/templates/searchbox.tpl b/view/templates/searchbox.tpl
index 9c1be50cf6..4b1a51f877 100644
--- a/view/templates/searchbox.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/searchbox.tpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 			<option value="fulltext">{{$searchoption.0}}</option>
 			<option value="tags">{{$searchoption.1}}</option>
 			<option value="contacts">{{$searchoption.2}}</option>
-			<option value="forums">{{$searchoption.3}}</option>
+			{{if $searchoption.3}}<option value="forums">{{$searchoption.3}}</option>{{/if}}
 		</select>
 		{{/if}}
 
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/templates/nav.tpl b/view/theme/vier/templates/nav.tpl
index 5483113f33..ef52e77894 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/nav.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/nav.tpl
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 						<option value="fulltext">{{$nav.searchoption.0}}</option>
 						<option value="tags">{{$nav.searchoption.1}}</option>
 						<option value="contacts">{{$nav.searchoption.2}}</option>
-						<option value="forums">{{$nav.searchoption.3}}</option>
+						{{if $nav.searchoption.3}}<option value="forums">{{$nav.searchoption.3}}</option>{{/if}}
 					</select>
 				</form>
 			</li>