diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
index 8d14f89aa7c15..d8a8cf46c36fe 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
@@ -350,6 +350,18 @@
 			<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
 		</field>
 
+		<field
+			name="record_hits"
+			type="radio"
+			label="JGLOBAL_RECORD_HITS_LABEL"
+			description="JGLOBAL_RECORD_HITS_DESC"
+			class="btn-group btn-group-yesno"
+			default="1"
+			>
+			<option value="1">JYES</option>
+			<option value="0">JNO</option>
+		</field>
+
 		<field
 			name="show_noauth"
 			type="radio"
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
index fefaef0ea9c7f..c14af15f1a7e6 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
@@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ JGLOBAL_RANDOM_ORDER="Random Order"
 JGLOBAL_RATINGS="Ratings"
 JGLOBAL_RATINGS_ASC="Ratings ascending"
 JGLOBAL_RATINGS_DESC="Ratings descending"
+JGLOBAL_RECORD_HITS_DESC="Record the number of hits."
+JGLOBAL_RECORD_HITS_LABEL="Record Hits"
 JGLOBAL_RECORD_NUMBER="Record ID: %d"
 JGLOBAL_REMEMBER_ME="Remember Me"
 JGLOBAL_REVERSE_ORDERING="Article Reverse Order"
diff --git a/components/com_content/controller.php b/components/com_content/controller.php
index 71480a7679789..f1031520dc71d 100644
--- a/components/com_content/controller.php
+++ b/components/com_content/controller.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
+use Joomla\CMS\Component\ComponentHelper;
+
 /**
  * Content Component Controller
  *
@@ -106,7 +108,10 @@ public function display($cachable = false, $urlparams = false)
 			// Get/Create the model
 			if ($model = $this->getModel($vName))
 			{
-				$model->hit();
+				if (ComponentHelper::getParams('com_content')->get('record_hits', 1) == 1)
+				{
+					$model->hit();
+				}
 			}
 		}