diff --git a/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/caldav.php b/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/caldav.php
index bd9de775f44e3bb5bf429f1e7ecbe23e6303b1fb..b10143208ec75c695669f7043de82f2e5afb5efb 100644
--- a/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/caldav.php
+++ b/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/caldav.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ $dispatcher = \OC::$server->getEventDispatcher();
 $calDavBackend = new CalDavBackend($db, $principalBackend, $userManager, $random, $dispatcher, true);
 
 $debugging = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('debug', false);
+$sendInvitations = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getAppValue('dav', 'sendInvitations', 'yes') === 'yes';
 
 // Root nodes
 $principalCollection = new \Sabre\CalDAV\Principal\Collection($principalBackend);
@@ -84,7 +85,11 @@ if ($debugging) {
 $server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\DAV\Sync\Plugin());
 $server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\CalDAV\ICSExportPlugin());
 $server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\CalDAV\Schedule\Plugin());
-$server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\CalDAV\Schedule\IMipPlugin( \OC::$server->getMailer(), \OC::$server->getLogger(), new \OC\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory()));
+
+if ($sendInvitations) {
+	$server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\CalDAV\Schedule\IMipPlugin( \OC::$server->getMailer(), \OC::$server->getLogger(), new \OC\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory()));
+}
+
 $server->addPlugin(new ExceptionLoggerPlugin('caldav', \OC::$server->getLogger()));
 
 // And off we go!
diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Server.php b/apps/dav/lib/Server.php
index 6f3ab3971eff06be6bb9fd7a39aae71c96121b54..bfb67e2e5fe3340b37e2d2aedbdff9ea01b160a6 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Server.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Server.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class Server {
 		$mailer = \OC::$server->getMailer();
 		$dispatcher = \OC::$server->getEventDispatcher();
 		$timezone = new TimeFactory();
+		$sendInvitations = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getAppValue('dav', 'sendInvitations', 'yes') === 'yes';
 
 		$root = new RootCollection();
 		$this->server = new \OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\Server(new CachingTree($root));
@@ -137,7 +138,9 @@ class Server {
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\CalDAV\Plugin());
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\CalDAV\ICSExportPlugin());
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\CalDAV\Schedule\Plugin());
-		$this->server->addPlugin(new IMipPlugin($mailer, $logger, $timezone));
+		if ($sendInvitations) {
+			$this->server->addPlugin(new IMipPlugin($mailer, $logger, $timezone));
+		}
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\CalDAV\Subscriptions\Plugin());
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \Sabre\CalDAV\Notifications\Plugin());
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new DAV\Sharing\Plugin($authBackend, \OC::$server->getRequest()));