diff --git a/chris_backend/config/settings/local.py b/chris_backend/config/settings/local.py
index d391a394..c5828db1 100755
--- a/chris_backend/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/chris_backend/config/settings/local.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 
 COMPUTE_RESOURCE_URL = 'http://pfcon.remote:30005/api/v1/'
 
+
 # corsheaders
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
@@ -204,3 +205,7 @@
         'users.models.CustomLDAPBackend',
         'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
     )
+
+
+# Setting to enable/disable user creation through an API endpoint
+DISABLE_USER_ACCOUNT_CREATION = False
diff --git a/chris_backend/config/settings/production.py b/chris_backend/config/settings/production.py
index 3ea8d946..7420cabb 100755
--- a/chris_backend/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/chris_backend/config/settings/production.py
@@ -181,3 +181,7 @@ def get_secret(setting, secret_type=env):
         'users.models.CustomLDAPBackend',
         'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
     )
+
+
+# ENABLE/DISABLE USER CREATION THROUGH AN API ENDPOINT
+DISABLE_USER_ACCOUNT_CREATION = get_secret('DISABLE_USER_ACCOUNT_CREATION', env.bool)
diff --git a/chris_backend/users/views.py b/chris_backend/users/views.py
index 51cdf29c..49e47fac 100755
--- a/chris_backend/users/views.py
+++ b/chris_backend/users/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.conf import settings
 from rest_framework import generics, permissions, serializers
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@
 
 
 class UserCreate(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
-    http_method_names = ['get', 'post']
+    http_method_names = ['get'] if settings.DISABLE_USER_ACCOUNT_CREATION else ['get',
+                                                                                'post']
     queryset = User.objects.all()
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
 
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         Overriden to append a collection+json write template.
         """
         response = services.get_list_response(self, [])
+
+        if settings.DISABLE_USER_ACCOUNT_CREATION:
+            return response
+
         template_data = {"username": "", "password": "", "email": ""}
         return services.append_collection_template(response, template_data)