diff --git a/public/openapi/read/topic/topic_id.yaml b/public/openapi/read/topic/topic_id.yaml
index 20ef21a031..366ff32675 100644
--- a/public/openapi/read/topic/topic_id.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/read/topic/topic_id.yaml
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ get:
                     type: number
                   downvote:disabled:
                     type: number
+                  voteVisibility:
+                    type: string
                   feeds:disableRSS:
                     type: number
                   signatures:hideDuplicates:
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/votes.js b/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
index 29876ac148..d78d197f27 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
@@ -9,10 +9,19 @@ define('forum/topic/votes', [
 
 	Votes.addVoteHandler = function () {
 		_showTooltip = {};
-		components.get('topic').on('mouseenter', '[data-pid] [component="post/vote-count"]', loadDataAndCreateTooltip);
-		components.get('topic').on('mouseleave', '[data-pid] [component="post/vote-count"]', destroyTooltip);
+		if (canSeeVotes()) {
+			components.get('topic').on('mouseenter', '[data-pid] [component="post/vote-count"]', loadDataAndCreateTooltip);
+			components.get('topic').on('mouseleave', '[data-pid] [component="post/vote-count"]', destroyTooltip);
+		}
 	};
 
+	function canSeeVotes() {
+		const { voteVisibility, privileges } = ajaxify.data;
+		return privileges.isAdminOrMod ||
+			voteVisibility === 'all' ||
+			(voteVisibility === 'loggedin' && config.loggedIn);
+	}
+
 	function destroyTooltip() {
 		const $this = $(this);
 		const pid = $this.parents('[data-pid]').attr('data-pid');
@@ -37,9 +46,6 @@ define('forum/topic/votes', [
 
 		api.get(`/posts/${pid}/upvoters`, {}, function (err, data) {
 			if (err) {
-				if (err.message === '[[error:no-privileges]]') {
-					return;
-				}
 				return alerts.error(err);
 			}
 			if (_showTooltip[pid] && data) {
@@ -101,13 +107,11 @@ define('forum/topic/votes', [
 	};
 
 	Votes.showVotes = function (pid) {
+		if (!canSeeVotes()) {
+			return;
+		}
 		api.get(`/posts/${pid}/voters`, {}, function (err, data) {
 			if (err) {
-				if (err.message === '[[error:no-privileges]]') {
-					return;
-				}
-
-				// Only show error if it's an unexpected error.
 				return alerts.error(err);
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 9ea025e038..1d8c49205e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ topicsController.get = async function getTopic(req, res, next) {
 	topicData.topicStaleDays = meta.config.topicStaleDays;
 	topicData['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'];
 	topicData['downvote:disabled'] = meta.config['downvote:disabled'];
+	topicData.voteVisibility = meta.config.voteVisibility;
 	topicData['feeds:disableRSS'] = meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'] || 0;
 	topicData['signatures:hideDuplicates'] = meta.config['signatures:hideDuplicates'];
 	topicData.bookmarkThreshold = meta.config.bookmarkThreshold;