diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 46ead7f..46f61f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Revision history for Lutim
 	- Move some tasks to recurring instead of being in after_dispatch hook
 	- Built-in image cache system \o/
 	- Disable logs option
+	- Disable images' counter option
 
 0.9.6  2018-03-12
 	- Update translations
diff --git a/lib/Lutim.pm b/lib/Lutim.pm
index e506581..9d264fa 100644
--- a/lib/Lutim.pm
+++ b/lib/Lutim.pm
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ sub startup {
             },
             cache_max_size    => 0,
             quiet_logs        => 0,
+            disable_img_stats => 0,
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/Lutim/Controller.pm b/lib/Lutim/Controller.pm
index b4aaf9b..cf13b6c 100644
--- a/lib/Lutim/Controller.pm
+++ b/lib/Lutim/Controller.pm
@@ -629,10 +629,12 @@ sub short {
                 $c->app->log->info('[VIEW] someone viewed '.$image->filename.' (path: '.$image->path.')') unless $c->config('quiet_logs');
 
                 # Update record
-                if ($c->config('minion')->{enabled}) {
-                    $c->app->minion->enqueue(accessed => [$image->short, time]);
-                } else {
-                    $image->accessed(time);
+                unless ($c->config('disable_img_stats')) {
+                    if ($c->config('minion')->{enabled}) {
+                        $c->app->minion->enqueue(accessed => [$image->short, time]);
+                    } else {
+                        $image->accessed(time);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 # Delete image if needed
@@ -731,10 +733,12 @@ sub zip {
                     $c->app->log->info('[VIEW] someone viewed '.$image->filename.' (path: '.$image->path.')') unless $c->config('quiet_logs');
 
                     # Update counter and record
-                    if ($c->config('minion')->{enabled}) {
-                        $c->app->minion->enqueue(accessed => [$image->short, time]);
-                    } else {
-                        $image->accessed(time);
+                    unless ($c->config('disable_img_stats')) {
+                        if ($c->config('minion')->{enabled}) {
+                            $c->app->minion->enqueue(accessed => [$image->short, time]);
+                        } else {
+                            $image->accessed(time);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } elsif ($image->path && !$image->enabled) {
diff --git a/lib/Mounter.pm b/lib/Mounter.pm
index 6ba1ad6..7c9da6f 100644
--- a/lib/Mounter.pm
+++ b/lib/Mounter.pm
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ sub startup {
                 },
                 cache_max_size    => 0,
                 quiet_logs        => 0,
+                disable_img_stats => 0,
             }
         }
     );
diff --git a/lutim.conf.template b/lutim.conf.template
index f033bd0..a7d4a17 100644
--- a/lutim.conf.template
+++ b/lutim.conf.template
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@
     #    }
     #},
 
+    # disable counters of images
+    # set to 1 to disable counters
+    # optional, counters are enabled by default
+    #disable_img_stats => 0,
+
     # define the height of the thumbnails generated at users' will
     # this is not the height of the thumbnails send after upload,
     # we're talking about thumbnails generated when someone asked for
diff --git a/themes/default/lib/Lutim/I18N/lutim.pot b/themes/default/lib/Lutim/I18N/lutim.pot
index eeabf7d..f56937e 100644
--- a/themes/default/lib/Lutim/I18N/lutim.pot
+++ b/themes/default/lib/Lutim/I18N/lutim.pot
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "-or-"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/Lutim.pm:199 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:151 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:162 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:179 themes/default/templates/index.html.ep:5 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:10 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:21 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:38
+#: lib/Lutim.pm:201 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:151 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:162 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:179 themes/default/templates/index.html.ep:5 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:10 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:21 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:38
 msgid "1 year"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/Lutim.pm:198 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:148 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:159 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:176 themes/default/templates/index.html.ep:4 themes/default/templates/partial/for_my_delay.html.ep:13 themes/default/templates/partial/lutim.js.ep:151 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:18 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:35 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:7
+#: lib/Lutim.pm:200 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:148 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:159 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:176 themes/default/templates/index.html.ep:4 themes/default/templates/partial/for_my_delay.html.ep:13 themes/default/templates/partial/lutim.js.ep:151 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:18 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:35 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:7
 msgid "24 hours"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ": Error while trying to get the counter."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:77
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:79
 msgid "About"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "For more details, see the <a href=\"https://framagit.org/luc/lutim\">homepage of the project</a>."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:80
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:82
 msgid "Fork me!"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -196,19 +196,19 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Image delay"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:748
+#: lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:752
 msgid "Image not found."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:69
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:71
 msgid "Informations"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:33
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:35
 msgid "Install webapp"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:29
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:31
 msgid "Instance's statistics"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Keep EXIF tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:40
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:42
 msgid "Language"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Let's go!"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:74
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:76
 msgid "License:"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Markdown syntax"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/myfiles.html.ep:2 themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:26
+#: themes/default/templates/myfiles.html.ep:2 themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:28
 msgid "My images"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -314,23 +314,23 @@ msgid "Something bad happened"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. ($c->config('contact')
-#: lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:755
+#: lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:759
 msgid "Something went wrong when creating the zip file. Try again later or contact the administrator (%1)."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:52
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:54
 msgid "Support the author"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:60
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:62
 msgid "Support the author on Liberapay"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:57
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:59
 msgid "Support the author on Tipeee"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:63
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:65
 msgid "Support the author with bitcoins"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Toggle fullscreen"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:16
+#: themes/default/templates/partial/navbar.html.ep:18
 msgid "Toggle navigation"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unable to find the image %1."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:572 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:617 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:654 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:697 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:709 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:720 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:745 lib/Lutim/Plugin/Helpers.pm:84
+#: lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:572 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:617 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:656 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:699 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:711 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:722 lib/Lutim/Controller.pm:749 lib/Lutim/Plugin/Helpers.pm:84
 msgid "Unable to find the image: it has been deleted."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "core developer"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/Lutim.pm:197 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:147 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:158 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:175 themes/default/templates/index.html.ep:3 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:17 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:34 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:6
+#: lib/Lutim.pm:199 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:147 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:158 lib/Lutim/Command/cron/stats.pm:175 themes/default/templates/index.html.ep:3 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:17 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:34 themes/default/templates/raw.html.ep:6
 msgid "no time limit"
 msgstr ""