diff --git a/html/pages/device.php b/html/pages/device.php
index ef66a4d080..0e3d3c8462 100644
--- a/html/pages/device.php
+++ b/html/pages/device.php
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ echo("<div class=mainpane>");
 
 echo('<ul id="maintab" class="shadetabs">');
 
-
-#echo("
-#<ul id='maintab' class='shadetabs'>
-#<li class=" . $select['overview'] . ">
-#  <a href='".$config['base_url']."/device/" . $device['device_id'] . "/overview/'>
-#    <img src='images/16/server_lightning.png' align=absmiddle border=0> Overview
-#  </a>
-#</li>");
+if($config['show_overview_tab']) {
+echo("
+<li class=" . $select['overview'] . ">
+  <a href='".$config['base_url']."/device/" . $device['device_id'] . "/overview/'>
+    <img src='images/16/server_lightning.png' align=absmiddle border=0> Overview
+  </a>
+</li>");
+}
 
 echo('<li class="' . $select['graphs'] . '">
   <a href="'.$config['base_url'].'/device/' . $device['device_id'] . '/graphs/">
diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index ee3ffdb415..0b0bbfbd3a 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ $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'];
 
+### Device page options
+
+$config['show_overview_tab'] = true;
+
 ### The device overview page options
 
 $config['overview_show_sysDescr'] = true;