diff --git a/html/includes/dev-overview-data.inc.php b/html/includes/dev-overview-data.inc.php
index 0f00f00ef4..f99ea77f03 100644
--- a/html/includes/dev-overview-data.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/dev-overview-data.inc.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
-  echo("<div style='font-family: courier, serif; margin: 10px';><strong>" . $device['sysDescr'] . "</strong></div>");
+  if ($config['overview_show_sysDescr']) {
+    echo("<div style='font-family: courier, serif; margin: 10px';><strong>" . $device['sysDescr'] . "</strong></div>");
+  }
 
 #  $uptime = @mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT `attrib_value` FROM `devices_attribs` WHERE `device_id` = '" . $device['device_id'] . "' AND `attrib_type` = 'uptime'"), 0);
   $uptime = $device['uptime'];
diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 4a9361f729..b3b34e5f09 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ $config['graph_colours']['blues']   = array('A0A0E5','8080BD','606096','40406F',
 $config['graph_colours']['purples'] = array('CC7CCC','AF63AF','934A93','773177','5B185B','3F003F');
 $config['graph_colours']['default'] = $config['graph_colours']['blues'];
 
+$config['overview_show_sysDescr'] = true;
+
 ### Ignores & Allows
 
 $config['bad_if'] = array("voip-null", "virtual-", "unrouted", "eobc", "mpls", "sl0", "lp0", "faith0",