diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index a97ed69..11edd81 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.enable_http_clone = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-index-links"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_index_links = atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-index-owner"))
+		ctx.cfg.enable_index_owner = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-commit-graph"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_commit_graph = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-filecount"))
@@ -354,6 +356,7 @@ static void prepare_context(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 	ctx->cfg.logo = "/cgit.png";
 	ctx->cfg.local_time = 0;
 	ctx->cfg.enable_http_clone = 1;
+	ctx->cfg.enable_index_owner = 1;
 	ctx->cfg.enable_tree_linenumbers = 1;
 	ctx->cfg.enable_git_config = 0;
 	ctx->cfg.max_repo_count = 50;
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index 7a99135..f3d2556 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct cgit_config {
 	int enable_filter_overrides;
 	int enable_http_clone;
 	int enable_index_links;
+	int enable_index_owner;
 	int enable_commit_graph;
 	int enable_log_filecount;
 	int enable_log_linecount;
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index c1038d7..4d27d9f 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ enable-index-links::
 	each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
 	"commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
 
+enable-index-owner::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display the owner of
+	each repo in the repository index. Default value: "1".
+
 enable-log-filecount::
 	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
 	modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index dead1bf..2a910bd 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -110,12 +110,13 @@ void print_sort_header(const char *title, const char *sort)
 	htmlf("'>%s</a></th>", title);
 }
 
-void print_header(int columns)
+void print_header()
 {
 	html("<tr class='nohover'>");
 	print_sort_header("Name", "name");
 	print_sort_header("Description", "desc");
-	print_sort_header("Owner", "owner");
+	if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_owner)
+		print_sort_header("Owner", "owner");
 	print_sort_header("Idle", "idle");
 	if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_links)
 		html("<th class='left'>Links</th>");
@@ -239,13 +240,15 @@ int sort_repolist(char *field)
 
 void cgit_print_repolist()
 {
-	int i, columns = 4, hits = 0, header = 0;
+	int i, columns = 3, hits = 0, header = 0;
 	char *last_section = NULL;
 	char *section;
 	int sorted = 0;
 
 	if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_links)
-		columns++;
+		++columns;
+	if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_owner)
+		++columns;
 
 	ctx.page.title = ctx.cfg.root_title;
 	cgit_print_http_headers(&ctx);
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@ void cgit_print_repolist()
 		if (hits > ctx.qry.ofs + ctx.cfg.max_repo_count)
 			continue;
 		if (!header++)
-			print_header(columns);
+			print_header();
 		section = ctx.repo->section;
 		if (section && !strcmp(section, ""))
 			section = NULL;
@@ -294,8 +297,10 @@ void cgit_print_repolist()
 		html_ntxt(ctx.cfg.max_repodesc_len, ctx.repo->desc);
 		html_link_close();
 		html("</td><td>");
-		html_txt(ctx.repo->owner);
-		html("</td><td>");
+		if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_owner) {
+			html_txt(ctx.repo->owner);
+			html("</td><td>");
+		}
 		print_modtime(ctx.repo);
 		html("</td>");
 		if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_links) {