diff --git a/react/features/base/config/configType.ts b/react/features/base/config/configType.ts
index 7188b0ae4f..e94b81926e 100644
--- a/react/features/base/config/configType.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/config/configType.ts
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
             video?: boolean;
         };
         queueService: string;
+        showJoinMeetingDialog?: boolean;
     };
     watchRTCConfigParams?: IWatchRTCConfiguration;
     webhookProxyUrl?: string;
diff --git a/react/features/base/config/configWhitelist.ts b/react/features/base/config/configWhitelist.ts
index bb7bdd0a90..a6fdb28a08 100644
--- a/react/features/base/config/configWhitelist.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/config/configWhitelist.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ export default [
     'useTurnUdp',
     'videoQuality',
     'visitors.enableMediaOnPromote',
+    'visitors.showJoinMeetingDialog',
     'watchRTCConfigParams.allowBrowserLogCollection',
     'watchRTCConfigParams.collectionInterval',
     'watchRTCConfigParams.console',
diff --git a/react/features/visitors/middleware.ts b/react/features/visitors/middleware.ts
index 3e1e0703b4..216f43c8b5 100644
--- a/react/features/visitors/middleware.ts
+++ b/react/features/visitors/middleware.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ dispatch, getState }) => next => action => {
         if (getState()['features/visitors'].iAmVisitor) {
 
             const { demoteActorDisplayName } = getState()['features/visitors'];
+            const { showJoinMeetingDialog = true } = getState()['features/base/config'].visitors || {};
 
             if (demoteActorDisplayName) {
                 const notificationParams: INotificationProps = {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ dispatch, getState }) => next => action => {
                     dispatch(showNotification(notificationParams, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.STICKY));
                     dispatch(setVisitorDemoteActor(undefined));
                 });
-            } else {
+            } else if (showJoinMeetingDialog) {
                 dispatch(openDialog(JoinMeetingDialog));
             }