diff --git a/src/fe-text/mainwindow-activity.c b/src/fe-text/mainwindow-activity.c
index 3a084110..7f7a0528 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/mainwindow-activity.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/mainwindow-activity.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "module.h"
 #include "signals.h"
+#include "settings.h"
 
 #include "gui-windows.h"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ static void sig_activity(WINDOW_REC *window)
 	if (!is_window_visible(window) || window->data_level == 0)
 		return;
 
+	if (!settings_get_bool("activity_hide_visible"))
+		return;
+
 	window->data_level = 0;
 	g_free_and_null(window->hilight_color);
 
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ static void sig_activity(WINDOW_REC *window)
 
 void mainwindow_activity_init(void)
 {
+	settings_add_bool("lookandfeel", "activity_hide_visible", TRUE);
 	signal_add_first("window hilight", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_activity);
 	signal_add_first("window activity", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_activity);
 }