diff --git a/app/views/rails_admin/main/index.html.haml b/app/views/rails_admin/main/index.html.haml
index 8018d69b85..451765ed97 100644
--- a/app/views/rails_admin/main/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/rails_admin/main/index.html.haml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   export_action = nil unless export_action && authorized?(export_action.authorization_key, @abstract_model)
   description = RailsAdmin.config(@abstract_model.model_name).description
   properties = @model_config.list.with(controller: self.controller, view: self, object: @abstract_model.model.new).visible_fields
+  checkboxes = @model_config.list.checkboxes?
   # columns paginate
   sets = get_column_sets(properties)
   properties = sets[params[:set].to_i] || []
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@
   other_right = sets[params[:set].to_i + 1].present?
 
 - content_for :contextual_tabs do
-  = bulk_menu
+  - if checkboxes
+    = bulk_menu
   - if filterable_fields.present?
     %li.dropdown{style: 'float:right'}
       %a.dropdown-toggle{href: '#', :'data-toggle' => "dropdown"}
@@ -75,8 +77,9 @@
     %table.table.table-condensed.table-striped
       %thead
         %tr
-          %th.shrink
-            %input.toggle{type: "checkbox"}
+          - if checkboxes
+            %th.shrink
+              %input.toggle{type: "checkbox"}
           - if other_left
             %th.other.left.shrink= "..."
           - properties.each do |property|
@@ -91,8 +94,8 @@
       %tbody
         - @objects.each do |object|
           %tr{class: "#{@abstract_model.param_key}_row #{@model_config.list.with(object: object).row_css_class}"}
-            %td
-              = check_box_tag "bulk_ids[]", object.id, false
+            - if checkboxes
+              %td= check_box_tag "bulk_ids[]", object.id, false
             - if @other_left_link ||= other_left && index_path(params.except('set').merge(params[:set].to_i != 1 ? {set: (params[:set].to_i - 1)} : {}))
               %td.other.left= link_to "...", @other_left_link, class: 'pjax'
             - properties.map{ |property| property.bind(:object, object) }.each do |property|
diff --git a/lib/rails_admin/config/sections/list.rb b/lib/rails_admin/config/sections/list.rb
index fd2a20a7a7..62ed668505 100644
--- a/lib/rails_admin/config/sections/list.rb
+++ b/lib/rails_admin/config/sections/list.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ module Config
     module Sections
       # Configuration of the list view
       class List < RailsAdmin::Config::Sections::Base
+        register_instance_option :checkboxes? do
+          true
+        end
+
         register_instance_option :filters do
           []
         end
diff --git a/spec/integration/config/list/rails_admin_config_list_spec.rb b/spec/integration/config/list/rails_admin_config_list_spec.rb
index 26c4715b06..405fa6d1fd 100644
--- a/spec/integration/config/list/rails_admin_config_list_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/config/list/rails_admin_config_list_spec.rb
@@ -434,4 +434,44 @@
       is_expected.not_to have_link('embed 1')
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'checkboxes?' do
+    describe 'default is enabled' do
+      before do
+        RailsAdmin.config FieldTest do
+          list
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'displays checkboxes on index' do
+        @records = FactoryGirl.create_list :field_test, 3
+
+        visit index_path(model_name: 'field_test')
+        checkboxes = all(:xpath, './/form[@id="bulk_form"]//input[@type="checkbox"]')
+        expect(checkboxes.length).to be > 0
+
+        expect(page).to have_content('Selected items')
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'false' do
+      before do
+        RailsAdmin.config FieldTest do
+          list do
+            checkboxes false
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'does not display any checkboxes on index' do
+        @records = FactoryGirl.create_list :field_test, 3
+
+        visit index_path(model_name: 'field_test')
+        checkboxes = all(:xpath, './/form[@id="bulk_form"]//input[@type="checkbox"]')
+        expect(checkboxes.length).to eq 0
+
+        expect(page).not_to have_content('Selected items')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end