diff --git a/cms/settings.py b/cms/settings.py
index 075c2518..c6205cd5 100644
--- a/cms/settings.py
+++ b/cms/settings.py
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ ALLOW_VIDEO_TRIMMER = True
 
 ALLOW_CUSTOM_MEDIA_URLS = False
 
+# Whether to allow anonymous users to list all users
+ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_USER_LISTING = True
+
 # ffmpeg options
 FFMPEG_DEFAULT_PRESET = "medium"  # see https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264
 
diff --git a/docs/admins_docs.md b/docs/admins_docs.md
index fc353855..b9de5704 100644
--- a/docs/admins_docs.md
+++ b/docs/admins_docs.md
@@ -500,6 +500,16 @@ By default `CAN_COMMENT = "all"` means that all registered users can add comment
 
 - **advancedUser**, only users that are marked as advanced users can add comment. Admins or MediaCMS managers can make users advanced users by editing their profile and selecting advancedUser.
 
+### 5.26 Control whether anonymous users can list all users
+
+By default, anonymous users can view the list of all users on the platform. To restrict this to authenticated users only, set:
+
+```
+ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_USER_LISTING = False
+```
+
+When set to False, only logged-in users will be able to access the user listing API endpoint.
+
 
 ## 6. Manage pages
 to be written
diff --git a/users/views.py b/users/views.py
index 61dbf8fe..355aee31 100644
--- a/users/views.py
+++ b/users/views.py
@@ -188,8 +188,12 @@ Sender email: %s\n
 
 
 class UserList(APIView):
-    permission_classes = (permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly,)
     parser_classes = (JSONParser, MultiPartParser, FormParser, FileUploadParser)
+    
+    def get_permissions(self):
+        if not settings.ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_USER_LISTING:
+            return [permissions.IsAuthenticated()]
+        return [permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly()]
 
     @swagger_auto_schema(
         manual_parameters=[