diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
index 60f21e9194..9d19105e0f 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 						<button accesskey="s" label="Save" id="button[save]" class="button_save" image="save" background_image="1"/>
 						<button label="Apply" id="button[apply]" class="button_apply" image="apply" background_image="1"/>
 						<button label="Cancel" id="button[cancel]" class="button_cancel" onclick="if($cont[view] || false) return true; window.close(); return false;" image="cancel" background_image="1"/>
-						<checkbox statustext="Apply changes to all members, whose fields have the same previous content" label="change all organisation members" id="change_org" span="all"/>
+						<checkbox statustext="Apply changes to all members, whose fields have the same previous content" label="change all organisation members" id="change_org" span="all" disabled="@hide_change_org"/>
 						<button align="right" label="Delete" id="button[delete]" class="button_delete" onclick="et2_dialog.confirm(widget,'Do you really want to delete this contact?','Delete')" image="delete" background_image="1"/>
 					</hbox>