diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index e82e2ddad7..75cd9c2565 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 		}
 
 		data.privileges = userPrivileges;
+		data['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'] === '1' ? true : false;
 
 		var topic_url = tid + (req.params.slug ? '/' + req.params.slug : '');
 		var queryString = qs.stringify(req.query);
diff --git a/src/favourites.js b/src/favourites.js
index a1a7b63fea..622606e2fc 100644
--- a/src/favourites.js
+++ b/src/favourites.js
@@ -98,10 +98,18 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	}
 
 	Favourites.upvote = function(pid, uid, callback) {
+		if (meta.config['reputation:disabled'] === false) {
+			return callback(false);
+		}
+		
 		toggleVote('upvote', pid, uid, callback);
 	};
 
 	Favourites.downvote = function(pid, uid, callback) {
+		if (meta.config['reputation:disabled'] === false) {
+			return callback(false);
+		}
+
 		user.getUserField(uid, 'reputation', function(err, reputation) {
 			if (reputation < meta.config['privileges:downvote']) {
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-downvote]]'));