diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EntityTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/EntityTile.js
index 949eebada0..6b3264d123 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EntityTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EntityTile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@ const PRESENCE_CLASS = {
 };
 
 
-function presenceClassForMember(presenceState, lastActiveAgo) {
+function presenceClassForMember(presenceState, lastActiveAgo, showPresence) {
+    if (showPresence === false) {
+        return 'mx_EntityTile_online_beenactive';
+    }
+
     // offline is split into two categories depending on whether we have
     // a last_active_ago for them.
     if (presenceState == 'offline') {
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ const EntityTile = React.createClass({
         shouldComponentUpdate: PropTypes.func,
         onClick: PropTypes.func,
         suppressOnHover: PropTypes.bool,
+        showPresence: PropTypes.bool,
     },
 
     getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ const EntityTile = React.createClass({
             presenceLastTs: 0,
             showInviteButton: false,
             suppressOnHover: false,
+            showPresence: true,
         };
     },
 
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ const EntityTile = React.createClass({
 
     render: function() {
         const presenceClass = presenceClassForMember(
-            this.props.presenceState, this.props.presenceLastActiveAgo,
+            this.props.presenceState, this.props.presenceLastActiveAgo, this.props.showPresence,
         );
 
         let mainClassName = "mx_EntityTile ";
@@ -114,15 +121,21 @@ const EntityTile = React.createClass({
 
             mainClassName += " mx_EntityTile_hover";
             const PresenceLabel = sdk.getComponent("rooms.PresenceLabel");
+            let presenceLabel = null;
+            let nameClasses = 'mx_EntityTile_name';
+            if (this.props.showPresence) {
+                presenceLabel = <PresenceLabel activeAgo={activeAgo}
+                    currentlyActive={this.props.presenceCurrentlyActive}
+                    presenceState={this.props.presenceState} />;
+                nameClasses += ' mx_EntityTile_name_hover';
+            }
             nameEl = (
                 <div className="mx_EntityTile_details">
                     <img className="mx_EntityTile_chevron" src="img/member_chevron.png" width="8" height="12" />
-                    <EmojiText element="div" className="mx_EntityTile_name mx_EntityTile_name_hover" dir="auto">
+                    <EmojiText element="div" className={nameClasses} dir="auto">
                         { name }
                     </EmojiText>
-                    <PresenceLabel activeAgo={activeAgo}
-                        currentlyActive={this.props.presenceCurrentlyActive}
-                        presenceState={this.props.presenceState} />
+                    {presenceLabel}
                 </div>
             );
         } else {
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberInfo.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberInfo.js
index 19afe8e388..dd260933be 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberInfo.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberInfo.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+Copyright 2017, 2018 Vector Creations Ltd
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import withMatrixClient from '../../../wrappers/withMatrixClient';
 import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
 import GeminiScrollbar from 'react-gemini-scrollbar';
 import RoomViewStore from '../../../stores/RoomViewStore';
+import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 
 module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
     displayName: 'MemberInfo',
@@ -861,6 +862,20 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
         const powerLevelEvent = room ? room.currentState.getStateEvents("m.room.power_levels", "") : null;
         const powerLevelUsersDefault = powerLevelEvent ? powerLevelEvent.getContent().users_default : 0;
 
+        const enablePresenceByHsUrl = SdkConfig.get()["enable_presence_by_hs_url"];
+        const hsUrl = this.props.matrixClient.baseUrl;
+        let showPresence = true;
+        if (enablePresenceByHsUrl && enablePresenceByHsUrl[hsUrl] !== undefined) {
+            showPresence = enablePresenceByHsUrl[hsUrl];
+        }
+
+        let presenceLabel = null;
+        if (showPresence) {
+            presenceLabel = <PresenceLabel activeAgo={presenceLastActiveAgo}
+                currentlyActive={presenceCurrentlyActive}
+                presenceState={presenceState} />;
+        }
+
         let roomMemberDetails = null;
         if (this.props.member.roomId) { // is in room
             const PowerSelector = sdk.getComponent('elements.PowerSelector');
@@ -877,9 +892,7 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
                     </b>
                 </div>
                 <div className="mx_MemberInfo_profileField">
-                    <PresenceLabel activeAgo={presenceLastActiveAgo}
-                        currentlyActive={presenceCurrentlyActive}
-                        presenceState={presenceState} />
+                    {presenceLabel}
                 </div>
             </div>;
         }
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js
index 1c5eba7fbc..620cfe33fc 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
-Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+Copyright 2017, 2018 New Vector Ltd
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 const MatrixClientPeg = require("../../../MatrixClientPeg");
 const sdk = require('../../../index');
 const GeminiScrollbar = require('react-gemini-scrollbar');
@@ -59,6 +60,14 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         // the information contained in presence events).
         cli.on("User.lastPresenceTs", this.onUserLastPresenceTs);
         // cli.on("Room.timeline", this.onRoomTimeline);
+
+        const enablePresenceByHsUrl = SdkConfig.get()["enable_presence_by_hs_url"];
+        const hsUrl = MatrixClientPeg.get().baseUrl;
+
+        this._showPresence = true;
+        if (enablePresenceByHsUrl && enablePresenceByHsUrl[hsUrl] !== undefined) {
+            this._showPresence = enablePresenceByHsUrl[hsUrl];
+        }
     },
 
     componentWillUnmount: function() {
@@ -345,7 +354,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         const memberList = members.map((userId) => {
             const m = this.memberDict[userId];
             return (
-                <MemberTile key={userId} member={m} ref={userId} />
+                <MemberTile key={userId} member={m} ref={userId} showPresence={this._showPresence} />
             );
         });
 
@@ -358,7 +367,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         if (membership === "invite") {
             const EntityTile = sdk.getComponent("rooms.EntityTile");
             memberList.push(...this._getPending3PidInvites().map((e) => {
-                return <EntityTile key={e.getStateKey()} name={e.getContent().display_name} suppressOnHover={true} />;
+                return <EntityTile key={e.getStateKey()}
+                    name={e.getContent().display_name}
+                    suppressOnHover={true}
+                />;
             }));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberTile.js
index 50ee6befa8..2359bc242c 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberTile.js
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     propTypes: {
         member: PropTypes.any.isRequired, // RoomMember
+        showPresence: PropTypes.bool,
+    },
+
+    getDefaultProps: function() {
+        return {
+            showPresence: true,
+        };
     },
 
     getInitialState: function() {
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 presenceLastTs={member.user ? member.user.lastPresenceTs : 0}
                 presenceCurrentlyActive={member.user ? member.user.currentlyActive : false}
                 avatarJsx={av} title={this.getPowerLabel()} onClick={this.onClick}
-                name={name} powerStatus={powerStatus} />
+                name={name} powerStatus={powerStatus} showPresence={this.props.showPresence} />
         );
     },
 });