diff --git a/Application/views/admin_smarty/de/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php b/Application/views/admin_smarty/de/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php
index 73f4f84..b9f528f 100644
--- a/Application/views/admin_smarty/de/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php
+++ b/Application/views/admin_smarty/de/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ $sLangName = "Deutsch";
 $aLang = array(
     'charset'                                   => 'UTF-8',
 	
-    'mxd3manufacturerinfolongdesc'                                   => 'Langtext',
+    'mxd3manufacturerinfolongdesc'                         => 'Langtext',
+    'SHOP_MODULE_GROUP_d3manufacturerinformation_main'     => 'Einstellungen',
+    'SHOP_MODULE_d3manufacturerinformation_showManufacturertextOnDetailsPage'   => 'vorhandene Herstellertexte auf Artikeldetails als Tab anzeigen'
 );
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diff --git a/Application/views/admin_smarty/en/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php b/Application/views/admin_smarty/en/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php
index a86fe8b..22225ce 100644
--- a/Application/views/admin_smarty/en/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php
+++ b/Application/views/admin_smarty/en/d3manufacturerinformation_lang.php
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ $sLangName = "Deutsch";
 $aLang = array(
 	'charset'                                   => 'UTF-8',
 	
-	'mxd3manufacturerinfolongdesc'                                   => 'Text',
+	'mxd3manufacturerinfolongdesc'                         => 'Text',
+    'SHOP_MODULE_GROUP_d3manufacturerinformation_main'     => 'Settings',
+    'SHOP_MODULE_d3manufacturerinformation_showManufacturertextOnDetailsPage'   => 'display existing manufacturer texts on item details as a tab'
 );
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diff --git a/Application/views/blocks/page/details/inc/details_tabs_invite.html.tpl b/Application/views/blocks/page/details/inc/details_tabs_invite.html.tpl
index 79fc04c..46d7321 100644
--- a/Application/views/blocks/page/details/inc/details_tabs_invite.html.tpl
+++ b/Application/views/blocks/page/details/inc/details_tabs_invite.html.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [{$smarty.block.parent}]
 
+[{assign var="oConfig" value=$oViewConf->getConfig()}]
 [{assign var="oManufacturer" value=$oView->getManufacturer()}]
-[{if $oManufacturer && $oManufacturer->d3GetLongdesc()}]
+[{assign var="sShopURL"      value=$oConfig->getConfigParam('sShopURL')}]
+
+[{if $oManufacturer && $oConfig->getConfigParam('d3manufacturerinformation_showManufacturertextOnDetailsPage') && $oManufacturer->d3GetLongdesc()}]
     [{capture append="tabs"}]<a href="#manufacturertab" data-toggle="tab">[{oxmultilang ident="MANUFACTURER"}]</a>[{/capture}]
     [{capture append="tabsContent"}]
         <div id="manufacturertab" class="tab-pane[{if $blFirstTab}] active[{/if}]">
diff --git a/metadata.php b/metadata.php
index 17e794a..a97c2b8 100644
--- a/metadata.php
+++ b/metadata.php
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ $aModule = [
     'templates'   => [
 	    '@' . Constants::OXID_MODULE_ID . '/admin/d3manufacturerlongdesc.tpl'        => 'views/smarty/admin/d3manufacturerlongdesc.tpl',
     ],
+    'settings'    => [
+        [
+            'group'     => $sModuleId.'_main',
+            'name'      => $sModuleId.'_showManufacturertextOnDetailsPage',
+            'type'      => 'bool',
+            'value'     => true
+        ],
+    ],
     'blocks'      => [
         [
             'template'  => 'page/details/inc/productmain.tpl',