diff --git a/datasette/static/table.js b/datasette/static/table.js
index 3c88cc40..096a27ac 100644
--- a/datasette/static/table.js
+++ b/datasette/static/table.js
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ var DROPDOWN_ICON_SVG = `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="14" heig
     } else {
       hideColumn.parentNode.style.display = "none";
     }
-    /* Only show facet if it's not the first column, not selected, not a single PK */
+    /* Only show "Facet by this" if it's not the first column, not selected,
+       not a single PK and the Datasette allow_facet setting is True */
     var displayedFacets = Array.from(
       document.querySelectorAll(".facet-info")
     ).map((el) => el.dataset.column);
@@ -137,7 +138,12 @@ var DROPDOWN_ICON_SVG = `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="14" heig
     var isSinglePk =
       th.getAttribute("data-is-pk") == "1" &&
       document.querySelectorAll('th[data-is-pk="1"]').length == 1;
-    if (isFirstColumn || displayedFacets.includes(column) || isSinglePk) {
+    if (
+      !DATASETTE_ALLOW_FACET ||
+      isFirstColumn ||
+      displayedFacets.includes(column) ||
+      isSinglePk
+    ) {
       facetItem.parentNode.style.display = "none";
     } else {
       facetItem.parentNode.style.display = "block";
diff --git a/datasette/templates/table.html b/datasette/templates/table.html
index 81bd044a..a9e88330 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/table.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/table.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 {% block extra_head %}
 {{- super() -}}
 <script src="{{ urls.static('table.js') }}" defer></script>
+<script>DATASETTE_ALLOW_FACET = {{ datasette_allow_facet }};</script>
 <style>
 @media only screen and (max-width: 576px) {
 {% for column in display_columns -%}
diff --git a/datasette/views/table.py b/datasette/views/table.py
index 84169820..cd7afea6 100644
--- a/datasette/views/table.py
+++ b/datasette/views/table.py
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ class TableView(RowTableShared):
                 "metadata": metadata,
                 "view_definition": await db.get_view_definition(table),
                 "table_definition": await db.get_table_definition(table),
+                "datasette_allow_facet": "true"
+                if self.ds.setting("allow_facet")
+                else "false",
             }
             d.update(extra_context_from_filters)
             return d
diff --git a/tests/test_table_html.py b/tests/test_table_html.py
index d40f017a..6dc26434 100644
--- a/tests/test_table_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_table_html.py
@@ -1075,3 +1075,17 @@ def test_table_page_title(app_client, path, expected):
     response = app_client.get(path)
     title = Soup(response.text, "html.parser").find("title").text
     assert title == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("allow_facet", (True, False))
+def test_allow_facet_off(allow_facet):
+    with make_app_client(settings={"allow_facet": allow_facet}) as client:
+        response = client.get("/fixtures/facetable")
+        expected = "DATASETTE_ALLOW_FACET = {};".format(
+            "true" if allow_facet else "false"
+        )
+        assert expected in response.text
+        if allow_facet:
+            assert "Suggested facets" in response.text
+        else:
+            assert "Suggested facets" not in response.text