diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b7f718bbd..8db64a63db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ ReDoc makes use of the following [vendor extensions](http://swagger.io/specifica
 * `suppress-warnings` - if set, warnings are not rendered at the top of documentation (they still are logged to the console).
 * `lazy-rendering` - if set, enables lazy rendering mode in ReDoc. This mode is useful for APIs with big number of operations (e.g. > 50). In this mode ReDoc shows initial screen ASAP and then renders the rest operations asynchronously while showing progress bar on the top. Check out the [demo](https://rebilly.github.io/ReDoc) for the example.
 * `hide-hostname` - if set, the protocol and hostname is not shown in the operation definition.
+* `hide-download-button` - do not show "Download" spec button. **THIS DOESN'T MAKE YOUR SPEC PRIVATE**, it just hides the button.
 * `expand-responses` - specify which responses to expand by default by response codes. Values should be passed as comma-separated list without spaces e.g. `expand-responses="200,201"`. Special value `"all"` expands all responses by default. Be careful: this option can slow-down documentation rendering time.
 * `required-props-first` - show required properties first ordered in the same order as in `required` array.
 * `no-auto-auth` - do not inject Authentication section automatically
diff --git a/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.html b/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.html
index df0faf07b7..dbb2003348 100644
--- a/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.html
+++ b/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="api-info-wrapper">
   <h1>{{info.title}} <span class="api-info-version">({{info.version}})</span></h1>
-  <p class="download-openapi" *ngIf="specUrl">
+  <p class="download-openapi" *ngIf="specUrl && !hideDownloadButton">
     Download OpenAPI specification:
     <a class="openapi-button" [attr.download]="downloadFilename" [attr.href]="specUrl"> Download </a>
   </p>
diff --git a/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.ts b/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.ts
index 1f6240c882..153f539cdd 100644
--- a/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.ts
+++ b/lib/components/ApiInfo/api-info.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ export class ApiInfo extends BaseComponent implements OnInit {
   info: any = {};
   specUrl: String | SafeResourceUrl;
   downloadFilename = '';
+
+  hideDownloadButton = this.optionsService.options.hideDownloadButton;
+
   constructor(specMgr: SpecManager,
     private optionsService: OptionsService,
     elRef: ElementRef,
diff --git a/lib/services/options.service.ts b/lib/services/options.service.ts
index 97d099d386..82dea74b88 100644
--- a/lib/services/options.service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/options.service.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const OPTION_NAMES = new Set([
   'pathInMiddlePanel',
   'untrustedSpec',
   'hideLoading',
+  'hideDownloadButton',
   'ignoredHeaderParameters',
   'nativeScrollbars',
 ]);
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export interface Options {
   specUrl?: string;
   suppressWarnings?: boolean;
   hideHostname?: boolean;
+  hideDownloadButton?: boolean;
   lazyRendering?: boolean;
   expandResponses?: Set<string> | 'all';
   $scrollParent?: HTMLElement | Window;
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export class OptionsService {
     if (isString(this._options.disableLazySchemas)) this._options.disableLazySchemas = true;
     if (isString(this._options.suppressWarnings)) this._options.suppressWarnings = true;
     if (isString(this._options.hideHostname)) this._options.hideHostname = true;
+    if (isString(this._options.hideDownloadButton)) this._options.hideDownloadButton = true;
     if (isString(this._options.lazyRendering)) this._options.lazyRendering = true;
     if (isString(this._options.requiredPropsFirst)) this._options.requiredPropsFirst = true;
     if (isString(this._options.noAutoAuth)) this._options.noAutoAuth = true;