diff --git a/react/features/base/config/middleware.js b/react/features/base/config/middleware.js
index a512def0c7..088ee48cda 100644
--- a/react/features/base/config/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/config/middleware.js
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ function _setConfig({ dispatch, getState }, next, action) {
         }));
     }
 
+    if (action.config.disableSelfView !== undefined) {
+        dispatch(updateSettings({
+            disableSelfView: action.config.disableSelfView
+        }));
+    }
+
     dispatch(updateConfig(config));
 
     // FIXME On Web we rely on the global 'config' variable which gets altered