diff --git a/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.cpp b/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.cpp
index b3b4251d..aa2b628b 100644
--- a/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.cpp
+++ b/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.cpp
@@ -228,15 +228,17 @@ SetFrequencyCorrectionModel SetRadioView::form_collect() {
 SetUIView::SetUIView(NavigationView& nav) {
 	add_children({
 		//&checkbox_login,
+		&checkbox_disable_touchscreen,
 		&checkbox_speaker,
 		&checkbox_bloff,
 		&options_bloff,
 		&checkbox_showsplash,
 		&checkbox_showclock,
-		&options_clockformat,		
+		&options_clockformat,
 		&button_ok
 	});
 	
+	checkbox_disable_touchscreen.set_value(persistent_memory::disable_touchscreen());
 	checkbox_speaker.set_value(persistent_memory::config_speaker());
 	checkbox_showsplash.set_value(persistent_memory::config_splash());
 	checkbox_showclock.set_value(!persistent_memory::hide_clock());
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ SetUIView::SetUIView(NavigationView& nav) {
 		}		
 		persistent_memory::set_config_splash(checkbox_showsplash.value());
 		persistent_memory::set_clock_hidden(!checkbox_showclock.value());
+		persistent_memory::set_disable_touchscreen(checkbox_disable_touchscreen.value());
 		//persistent_memory::set_config_login(checkbox_login.value());
 		nav.pop();
 	};
diff --git a/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp b/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp
index 8aaad391..6caecffe 100644
--- a/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp
+++ b/firmware/application/apps/ui_settings.hpp
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ public:
 	
 private:
 
+	Checkbox checkbox_disable_touchscreen {
+		{ 3 * 8, 2 * 16 },
+		20,
+		"Disable touchscreen"
+	};
+	
 	Checkbox checkbox_speaker {
 		{ 3 * 8, 4 * 16 },
 		20,
diff --git a/firmware/application/touch.cpp b/firmware/application/touch.cpp
index d3fc6c92..63c7bb47 100644
--- a/firmware/application/touch.cpp
+++ b/firmware/application/touch.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void Manager::feed(const Frame& frame) {
 
 	switch(state) {
 	case State::NoTouch:
-		if( touch_stable && touch_pressure ) {
+		if( touch_stable && touch_pressure && !persistent_memory::disable_touchscreen()) {
 			if( point_stable() ) {
 				state = State::TouchDetected;
 				touch_started();
diff --git a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp
index c1427b7d..1b577336 100644
--- a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp
+++ b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.cpp
@@ -227,9 +227,13 @@ void set_playdead_sequence(const uint32_t new_value) {
 
 // ui_config is an uint32_t var storing information bitwise
 // bits 0,1,2 store the backlight timer
-// bits 31, 30,29,28,27, 26, 25 stores the different single bit configs depicted below
+// bits 31, 30,29,28,27, 26, 25, 24 stores the different single bit configs depicted below
 // bits on position 4 to 19 (16 bits) store the clkout frequency
 
+bool disable_touchscreen() { // Option to disable touch screen
+	return data->ui_config & (1 << 24);
+}
+  
 bool show_bigger_qr_code() { // show bigger QR code
 	return data->ui_config & (1 << 23);
 }
@@ -270,6 +274,10 @@ uint32_t config_backlight_timer() {
 	return timer_seconds[data->ui_config & 7]; //first three bits, 8 possible values
 }
 
+void set_disable_touchscreen(bool v) {
+	data->ui_config = (data->ui_config & ~(1 << 24)) | (v << 24);
+}
+  
 void set_show_bigger_qr_code(bool v) {
 	data->ui_config = (data->ui_config & ~(1 << 23)) | (v << 23);
 }
diff --git a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp
index 529cc98e..bdfc1fef 100644
--- a/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp
+++ b/firmware/common/portapack_persistent_memory.hpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ bool clock_with_date();
 bool config_login();
 bool config_speaker();
 uint32_t config_backlight_timer();
+bool disable_touchscreen();
 
 void set_config_splash(bool v);
 void set_show_bigger_qr_code(bool v);
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ void set_clock_with_date(bool v);
 void set_config_login(bool v);
 void set_config_speaker(bool v); 
 void set_config_backlight_timer(uint32_t i);
+void set_disable_touchscreen(bool v);
 
 //uint8_t ui_config_textentry();
 //void set_config_textentry(uint8_t new_value);