diff --git a/app/server/api.py b/app/server/api.py
index 564dc9bd..52fd7eff 100644
--- a/app/server/api.py
+++ b/app/server/api.py
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ class Me(APIView):
         return Response(serializer.data)
 
 
+class Features(APIView):
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return Response({
+            'cloud_upload': bool(settings.CLOUD_BROWSER_APACHE_LIBCLOUD_PROVIDER),
+        })
+
+
 class ProjectList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     queryset = Project.objects.all()
     serializer_class = ProjectPolymorphicSerializer
diff --git a/app/server/api_urls.py b/app/server/api_urls.py
index 108027fa..ffeeb0c8 100644
--- a/app/server/api_urls.py
+++ b/app/server/api_urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.urls import path
 from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
 
-from .api import Me
+from .api import Me, Features
 from .api import ProjectList, ProjectDetail
 from .api import LabelList, LabelDetail
 from .api import DocumentList, DocumentDetail
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from .api import StatisticsAPI
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('me', Me.as_view(), name='me'),
+    path('features', Features.as_view(), name='features'),
     path('cloud-upload', CloudUploadAPI.as_view(), name='cloud_uploader'),
     path('projects', ProjectList.as_view(), name='project_list'),
     path('projects/<int:project_id>', ProjectDetail.as_view(), name='project_detail'),
diff --git a/app/server/static/components/mixin.js b/app/server/static/components/mixin.js
index a64b1251..1a67a24a 100644
--- a/app/server/static/components/mixin.js
+++ b/app/server/static/components/mixin.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as marked from 'marked';
 import hljs from 'highlight.js';
 import VueJsonPretty from 'vue-json-pretty';
 import isEmpty from 'lodash.isempty';
-import HTTP from './http';
+import HTTP, { newHttpClient } from './http';
 import Messages from './messages.vue';
 
 const getOffsetFromUrl = (url) => {
@@ -227,12 +227,19 @@ export const uploadMixin = {
     messages: [],
     format: 'json',
     isLoading: false,
+    canUploadFromCloud: false,
   }),
 
   mounted() {
     hljs.initHighlighting();
   },
 
+  created() {
+    newHttpClient().get('/v1/features').then((response) => {
+      this.canUploadFromCloud = response.data.cloud_upload;
+    });
+  },
+
   computed: {
     projectId() {
       return window.location.pathname.split('/')[2];
@@ -246,7 +253,7 @@ export const uploadMixin = {
       return '/cloud-storage'
         + `?project_id=${this.projectId}`
         + `&upload_format=${this.format}`
-        + `&next=${encodeURIComponent(this.postUploadUrl)}`
+        + `&next=${encodeURIComponent(this.postUploadUrl)}`;
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/app/server/static/components/upload.pug b/app/server/static/components/upload.pug
index 3b082e8f..c9734fc0 100644
--- a/app/server/static/components/upload.pug
+++ b/app/server/static/components/upload.pug
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ div.columns(v-cloak="")
                   span.file-label Select a file…
                 span.file-name {{ file.name }}
 
-          div.control
+          div.control(v-if="canUploadFromCloud")
             a.button(
               v-bind:href="cloudUploadUrl"
               v-bind:class="{'is-loading': isLoading}"
diff --git a/app/server/tests/test_api.py b/app/server/tests/test_api.py
index 428c6faa..6d898edb 100644
--- a/app/server/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/app/server/tests/test_api.py
@@ -847,6 +847,24 @@ class TestCloudUploader(TestUploader):
                                 expected_status=status.HTTP_302_FOUND)
 
 
+class TestFeatures(APITestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        cls.user_name = 'user_name'
+        cls.user_pass = 'user_pass'
+
+        cls.user = User.objects.create_user(username=cls.user_name, password=cls.user_pass, email='fizz@buzz.com')
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.client.login(username=self.user_name, password=self.user_pass)
+
+    @override_settings(CLOUD_BROWSER_APACHE_LIBCLOUD_PROVIDER=None)
+    def test_no_cloud_upload(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('features'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(response.json().get('cloud_upload'))
+
+
 class TestParser(APITestCase):
 
     def parser_helper(self, filename, parser, include_label=True):