diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index 50ea4b01fe12b..1e26a1195a7fe 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
                     <label>Enabled</label>
                     <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
                 </field>
+                <field id="show_in_sidebar" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="5" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
+                    <label>Show in Sidebar</label>
+                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
+                </field>
             </group>
             <group id="wishlist_link" translate="label" sortOrder="3" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="0">
                 <label>My Wish List Link</label>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/config.xml b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/config.xml
index 1fec2d1baf9d4..6588c41a0a7dd 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/config.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/etc/config.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <wishlist>
             <general>
                 <active>1</active>
+                <show_in_sidebar>1</show_in_sidebar>
             </general>
             <email>
                 <email_identity>general</email_identity>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/i18n/en_US.csv b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/i18n/en_US.csv
index a1d33cbd574f0..a9acce448c80c 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/i18n/en_US.csv
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/i18n/en_US.csv
@@ -118,4 +118,5 @@ Action,Action
 Configure,Configure
 Delete,Delete
 "Product Details and Comment","Product Details and Comment"
-"You must login or register to add items to your wishlist.","You must login or register to add items to your wishlist."
\ No newline at end of file
+"You must login or register to add items to your wishlist.","You must login or register to add items to your wishlist."
+"Show in Sidebar","Show in Sidebar"
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/view/frontend/layout/default.xml b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/view/frontend/layout/default.xml
index f655c7034fe6a..c4f0d01707b20 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/view/frontend/layout/default.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Wishlist/view/frontend/layout/default.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             </block>
         </referenceBlock>
         <referenceContainer name="sidebar.additional">
-            <block class="Magento\Wishlist\Block\Customer\Sidebar" name="wishlist_sidebar" as="wishlist" template="Magento_Wishlist::sidebar.phtml"/>
+            <block class="Magento\Wishlist\Block\Customer\Sidebar" name="wishlist_sidebar" as="wishlist" template="Magento_Wishlist::sidebar.phtml" ifconfig="wishlist/general/show_in_sidebar"/>
         </referenceContainer>
     </body>
 </page>