diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html
@@ -67,7 +67,15 @@
                 <div class="checkboxes">
                     ${h.checkbox('enable_statistics',value="True")}
                 </div>
-            </div>             
+            </div>     
+            <div class="field">
+                <div class="label label-checkbox">
+                    <label for="enable_downloads">${_('Enable downloads')}:</label>
+                </div>
+                <div class="checkboxes">
+                    ${h.checkbox('enable_downloads',value="True")}
+                </div>
+            </div>                      
             <div class="field">
                 <div class="label">
                     <label for="user">${_('Owner')}:</label>