diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video-import/video-import.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video-import/video-import.service.ts
index 7ae66ddfc..74c458645 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video-import/video-import.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video-import/video-import.service.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class VideoImportService {
       nsfw: video.nsfw,
       waitTranscoding: video.waitTranscoding,
       commentsEnabled: video.commentsEnabled,
+      downloadingEnabled: video.downloadingEnabled,
       thumbnailfile: video.thumbnailfile,
       previewfile: video.previewfile,
       scheduleUpdate
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-details.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-details.model.ts
index fa4ca7f93..ad85641dc 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-details.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-details.model.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export class VideoDetails extends Video implements VideoDetailsServerModel {
   files: VideoFile[]
   account: Account
   commentsEnabled: boolean
+  downloadingEnabled: boolean
 
   waitTranscoding: boolean
   state: VideoConstant<VideoState>
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export class VideoDetails extends Video implements VideoDetailsServerModel {
     this.tags = hash.tags
     this.support = hash.support
     this.commentsEnabled = hash.commentsEnabled
+    this.downloadingEnabled = hash.downloadingEnabled
 
     this.buildLikeAndDislikePercents()
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts
index 0046be964..47703ff79 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export class VideoEdit implements VideoUpdate {
   tags: string[]
   nsfw: boolean
   commentsEnabled: boolean
+  downloadingEnabled: boolean
   waitTranscoding: boolean
   channelId: number
   privacy: VideoPrivacy
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export class VideoEdit implements VideoUpdate {
   id?: number
   scheduleUpdate?: VideoScheduleUpdate
 
-  constructor (video?: Video & { tags: string[], commentsEnabled: boolean, support: string, thumbnailUrl: string, previewUrl: string }) {
+  constructor (video?: Video & { tags: string[], commentsEnabled: boolean, downloadingEnabled: boolean, support: string, thumbnailUrl: string, previewUrl: string }) {
     if (video) {
       this.id = video.id
       this.uuid = video.uuid
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export class VideoEdit implements VideoUpdate {
       this.tags = video.tags
       this.nsfw = video.nsfw
       this.commentsEnabled = video.commentsEnabled
+      this.downloadingEnabled = video.downloadingEnabled
       this.waitTranscoding = video.waitTranscoding
       this.channelId = video.channel.id
       this.privacy = video.privacy.id
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export class VideoEdit implements VideoUpdate {
       tags: this.tags,
       nsfw: this.nsfw,
       commentsEnabled: this.commentsEnabled,
+      downloadingEnabled: this.downloadingEnabled,
       waitTranscoding: this.waitTranscoding,
       channelId: this.channelId,
       privacy: this.privacy
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts
index 724a0bde9..c0339dd39 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export class VideoService implements VideosProvider {
       nsfw: video.nsfw,
       waitTranscoding: video.waitTranscoding,
       commentsEnabled: video.commentsEnabled,
+      downloadingEnabled: video.downloadingEnabled,
       thumbnailfile: video.thumbnailfile,
       previewfile: video.previewfile,
       scheduleUpdate
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts
index 0f7184ff8..57cf0e395 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export class VideoImportTorrentComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, Ca
       privacy: this.firstStepPrivacyId,
       waitTranscoding: false,
       commentsEnabled: true,
+      downloadingEnabled: true,
       channelId: this.firstStepChannelId
     }
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ export class VideoImportTorrentComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, Ca
 
         this.video = new VideoEdit(Object.assign(res.video, {
           commentsEnabled: videoUpdate.commentsEnabled,
+          downloadingEnabled: videoUpdate.downloadingEnabled,
           support: null,
           thumbnailUrl: null,
           previewUrl: null
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-url.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-url.component.ts
index 031e557ed..11db4a7ef 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-url.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-url.component.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class VideoImportUrlComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, CanCom
       privacy: this.firstStepPrivacyId,
       waitTranscoding: false,
       commentsEnabled: true,
+      downloadingEnabled: true,
       channelId: this.firstStepChannelId
     }
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export class VideoImportUrlComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, CanCom
 
         this.video = new VideoEdit(Object.assign(res.video, {
           commentsEnabled: videoUpdate.commentsEnabled,
+          downloadingEnabled: videoUpdate.downloadingEnabled,
           support: null,
           thumbnailUrl: null,
           previewUrl: null
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
index 941dc5441..53f72f4e6 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export class VideoUploadComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, OnDestroy
     const nsfw = false
     const waitTranscoding = true
     const commentsEnabled = true
+    const downloadingEnabled = true
     const channelId = this.firstStepChannelId.toString()
 
     const formData = new FormData()
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ export class VideoUploadComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, OnDestroy
     formData.append('privacy', VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE.toString())
     formData.append('nsfw', '' + nsfw)
     formData.append('commentsEnabled', '' + commentsEnabled)
+    formData.append('downloadingEnabled', '' + downloadingEnabled)
     formData.append('waitTranscoding', '' + waitTranscoding)
     formData.append('channelId', '' + channelId)
     formData.append('videofile', videofile)
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
index 770785d02..ba04d638f 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                     </div>
 
                     <div ngbDropdownMenu>
-                      <a class="dropdown-item" i18n-title title="Download the video" href="#" (click)="showDownloadModal($event)">
+                      <a *ngIf="isVideoDownloadable()" class="dropdown-item" i18n-title title="Download the video" href="#" (click)="showDownloadModal($event)">
                         <span class="icon icon-download"></span> <ng-container i18n>Download</ng-container>
                       </a>
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
index c5deddf05..7cc831ab1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return this.video && this.video.state.id === VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE
   }
 
+  isVideoDownloadable () {
+    return this.video && this.video.downloadingEnabled
+  }
+
   isVideoToImport () {
     return this.video && this.video.state.id === VideoState.TO_IMPORT
   }
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
index 398fd5a7f..a5cddba89 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ function buildVideo (channelId: number, body: VideoImportCreate, importData: You
     licence: body.licence || importData.licence,
     language: body.language || undefined,
     commentsEnabled: body.commentsEnabled || true,
+    downloadingEnabled: body.downloadingEnabled || true,
     waitTranscoding: body.waitTranscoding || false,
     state: VideoState.TO_IMPORT,
     nsfw: body.nsfw || importData.nsfw || false,
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
index 6a73e13d0..ec25006e8 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ async function addVideo (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
     licence: videoInfo.licence,
     language: videoInfo.language,
     commentsEnabled: videoInfo.commentsEnabled || false,
+    downloadingEnabled: videoInfo.downloadingEnabled || false,
     waitTranscoding: videoInfo.waitTranscoding || false,
     state: CONFIG.TRANSCODING.ENABLED ? VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE : VideoState.PUBLISHED,
     nsfw: videoInfo.nsfw || false,
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ async function updateVideo (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
       if (videoInfoToUpdate.support !== undefined) videoInstance.set('support', videoInfoToUpdate.support)
       if (videoInfoToUpdate.description !== undefined) videoInstance.set('description', videoInfoToUpdate.description)
       if (videoInfoToUpdate.commentsEnabled !== undefined) videoInstance.set('commentsEnabled', videoInfoToUpdate.commentsEnabled)
+      if (videoInfoToUpdate.downloadingEnabled !== undefined) videoInstance.set('downloadingEnabled', videoInfoToUpdate.downloadingEnabled)
       if (videoInfoToUpdate.privacy !== undefined) {
         const newPrivacy = parseInt(videoInfoToUpdate.privacy.toString(), 10)
         videoInstance.set('privacy', newPrivacy)
diff --git a/server/helpers/activitypub.ts b/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
index 1304c7559..7f903e486 100644
--- a/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function activityPubContextify <T> (data: T) {
         size: 'schema:Number',
         fps: 'schema:Number',
         commentsEnabled: 'schema:Boolean',
+        downloadingEnabled: 'schema:Boolean',
         waitTranscoding: 'schema:Boolean',
         expires: 'schema:expires',
         support: 'schema:Text',
diff --git a/server/helpers/audit-logger.ts b/server/helpers/audit-logger.ts
index 00311fce1..d2c9aee01 100644
--- a/server/helpers/audit-logger.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/audit-logger.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ const videoKeysToKeep = [
   'channel-uuid',
   'channel-name',
   'support',
-  'commentsEnabled'
+  'commentsEnabled',
+  'downloadingEnabled'
 ]
 class VideoAuditView extends EntityAuditView {
   constructor (private video: VideoDetails) {
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
index f88d26561..34e4cdff9 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentObject (video: any) {
     isVideoViewsValid(video.views) &&
     isBooleanValid(video.sensitive) &&
     isBooleanValid(video.commentsEnabled) &&
+    isBooleanValid(video.downloadingEnabled) &&
     isDateValid(video.published) &&
     isDateValid(video.updated) &&
     (!video.content || isRemoteVideoContentValid(video.mediaType, video.content)) &&
diff --git a/server/initializers/migrations/0280-video-downloading-enabled.ts b/server/initializers/migrations/0280-video-downloading-enabled.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0700108c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/initializers/migrations/0280-video-downloading-enabled.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
+import { Migration } from '../../models/migrations'
+
+async function up (utils: {
+  transaction: Sequelize.Transaction,
+  queryInterface: Sequelize.QueryInterface,
+  sequelize: Sequelize.Sequelize
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const data = {
+    type: Sequelize.BOOLEAN,
+    allowNull: false,
+    defaultValue: true
+  } as Migration.Boolean
+  await utils.queryInterface.addColumn('video', 'downloadingEnabled', data)
+
+  data.defaultValue = null
+  return utils.queryInterface.changeColumn('video', 'downloadingEnabled', data)
+}
+
+function down (options) {
+  throw new Error('Not implemented.')
+}
+
+export {
+  up,
+  down
+}
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
index 54cea542f..dd02141ee 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ async function updateVideoFromAP (options: {
       options.video.set('support', videoData.support)
       options.video.set('nsfw', videoData.nsfw)
       options.video.set('commentsEnabled', videoData.commentsEnabled)
+      options.video.set('downloadingEnabled', videoData.downloadingEnabled)
       options.video.set('waitTranscoding', videoData.waitTranscoding)
       options.video.set('state', videoData.state)
       options.video.set('duration', videoData.duration)
@@ -441,6 +442,7 @@ async function videoActivityObjectToDBAttributes (
     support,
     nsfw: videoObject.sensitive,
     commentsEnabled: videoObject.commentsEnabled,
+    downloadingEnabled: videoObject.downloadingEnabled,
     waitTranscoding: videoObject.waitTranscoding,
     state: videoObject.state,
     channelId: videoChannel.id,
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
index d6b8aa725..bdba87496 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ function getCommonVideoAttributes () {
       .optional()
       .toBoolean()
       .custom(isBooleanValid).withMessage('Should have comments enabled boolean'),
+    body('downloadingEnabled')
+      .optional()
+      .toBoolean()
+      .custom(isBooleanValid).withMessage('Should have downloading enabled boolean'),
 
     body('scheduleUpdate')
       .optional()
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
index 905e84449..0b0da4181 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ function videoModelToFormattedDetailsJSON (video: VideoModel): VideoDetails {
     account: video.VideoChannel.Account.toFormattedJSON(),
     tags,
     commentsEnabled: video.commentsEnabled,
+    downloadingEnabled: video.downloadingEnabled,
     waitTranscoding: video.waitTranscoding,
     state: {
       id: video.state,
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ function videoModelToActivityPubObject (video: VideoModel): VideoTorrentObject {
     waitTranscoding: video.waitTranscoding,
     state: video.state,
     commentsEnabled: video.commentsEnabled,
+    downloadingEnabled: video.downloadingEnabled,
     published: video.publishedAt.toISOString(),
     updated: video.updatedAt.toISOString(),
     mediaType: 'text/markdown',
diff --git a/server/models/video/video.ts b/server/models/video/video.ts
index 46d823240..a2fe53fb9 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video.ts
@@ -598,6 +598,10 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
   @Column
   commentsEnabled: boolean
 
+  @AllowNull(false)
+  @Column
+  downloadingEnabled: boolean
+
   @AllowNull(false)
   @Column
   waitTranscoding: boolean
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
index 44645b0e2..8dd87b8ae 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
         language: 'pt',
         nsfw: false,
         commentsEnabled: true,
+        downloadingEnabled: true,
         waitTranscoding: true,
         description: 'my super description',
         support: 'my super support text',
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
index 904d22870..c5740087c 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         language: 'pt',
         nsfw: false,
         commentsEnabled: true,
+        downloadingEnabled: true,
         waitTranscoding: true,
         description: 'my super description',
         support: 'my super support text',
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       language: 'pt',
       nsfw: false,
       commentsEnabled: false,
+      downloadingEnabled: false,
       description: 'my super description',
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
       tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2' ]
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
index 310c291bf..5cad1d09d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
         },
         isLocal,
         commentsEnabled: true,
+        downloadingEnabled: true,
         duration: 5,
         tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3' ],
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts b/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
index ed15c8090..971de4607 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
     tags: [ 'tag1p1', 'tag2p1' ],
     privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
     commentsEnabled: true,
+    downloadingEnabled: true,
     channel: {
       name: 'root_channel',
       displayName: 'Main root channel',
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
index 4553ee855..83e391ccd 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           tags: [ 'tag1p1', 'tag2p1' ],
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           commentsEnabled: true,
+          downloadingEnabled: true,
           channel: {
             displayName: 'my channel',
             name: 'super_channel_name',
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           },
           isLocal,
           commentsEnabled: true,
+          downloadingEnabled: true,
           duration: 5,
           tags: [ 'tag1p2', 'tag2p2', 'tag3p2' ],
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           isLocal,
           duration: 5,
           commentsEnabled: true,
+          downloadingEnabled: true,
           tags: [ 'tag1p3' ],
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           channel: {
@@ -337,6 +340,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
             host: 'localhost:9003'
           },
           commentsEnabled: true,
+          downloadingEnabled: true,
           isLocal,
           duration: 5,
           tags: [ 'tag2p3', 'tag3p3', 'tag4p3' ],
@@ -654,6 +658,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           isLocal,
           duration: 5,
           commentsEnabled: true,
+          downloadingEnabled: true,
           tags: [ 'tag_up_1', 'tag_up_2' ],
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           channel: {
@@ -975,6 +980,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           isLocal,
           duration: 5,
           commentsEnabled: false,
+          downloadingEnabled: false,
           tags: [ ],
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           channel: {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
index e3d62b7a0..8995a8525 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
     tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3' ],
     privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
     commentsEnabled: true,
+    downloadingEnabled: true,
     channel: {
       displayName: 'Main root channel',
       name: 'root_channel',
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
     privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
     duration: 5,
     commentsEnabled: false,
+    downloadingEnabled: false,
     channel: {
       name: 'root_channel',
       displayName: 'Main root channel',
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
       nsfw: false,
       description: 'my super description updated',
       commentsEnabled: false,
+      downloadingEnabled: false,
       tags: [ 'tagup1', 'tagup2' ]
     }
     await updateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, attributes)
diff --git a/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts b/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts
index 87c385f38..a7fd4c8a6 100644
--- a/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type VideoAttributes = {
   language?: string
   nsfw?: boolean
   commentsEnabled?: boolean
+  downloadingEnabled?: boolean
   waitTranscoding?: boolean
   description?: string
   tags?: string[]
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ async function uploadVideo (url: string, accessToken: string, videoAttributesArg
     tags: [ 'tag' ],
     privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
     commentsEnabled: true,
+    downloadingEnabled: true,
     fixture: 'video_short.webm'
   }, videoAttributesArg)
 
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ async function uploadVideo (url: string, accessToken: string, videoAttributesArg
               .field('name', attributes.name)
               .field('nsfw', JSON.stringify(attributes.nsfw))
               .field('commentsEnabled', JSON.stringify(attributes.commentsEnabled))
+              .field('downloadingEnabled', JSON.stringify(attributes.downloadingEnabled))
               .field('waitTranscoding', JSON.stringify(attributes.waitTranscoding))
               .field('privacy', attributes.privacy.toString())
               .field('channelId', attributes.channelId)
@@ -370,6 +373,7 @@ function updateVideo (url: string, accessToken: string, id: number | string, att
   if (attributes.language) body['language'] = attributes.language
   if (attributes.nsfw !== undefined) body['nsfw'] = JSON.stringify(attributes.nsfw)
   if (attributes.commentsEnabled !== undefined) body['commentsEnabled'] = JSON.stringify(attributes.commentsEnabled)
+  if (attributes.downloadingEnabled !== undefined) body['downloadingEnabled'] = JSON.stringify(attributes.downloadingEnabled)
   if (attributes.description) body['description'] = attributes.description
   if (attributes.tags) body['tags'] = attributes.tags
   if (attributes.privacy) body['privacy'] = attributes.privacy
@@ -435,6 +439,7 @@ async function completeVideoCheck (
     language: string
     nsfw: boolean
     commentsEnabled: boolean
+    downloadingEnabled: boolean
     description: string
     publishedAt?: string
     support: string
@@ -509,6 +514,7 @@ async function completeVideoCheck (
   expect(dateIsValid(videoDetails.channel.createdAt.toString())).to.be.true
   expect(dateIsValid(videoDetails.channel.updatedAt.toString())).to.be.true
   expect(videoDetails.commentsEnabled).to.equal(attributes.commentsEnabled)
+  expect(videoDetails.downloadingEnabled).to.equal(attributes.downloadingEnabled)
 
   for (const attributeFile of attributes.files) {
     const file = videoDetails.files.find(f => f.resolution.id === attributeFile.resolution)
diff --git a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
index 13090a028..675c621df 100644
--- a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ async function uploadVideoOnPeerTube (videoInfo: any, videoPath: string, cwd: st
     nsfw: isNSFW(videoInfo),
     waitTranscoding: true,
     commentsEnabled: true,
+    downloadingEnabled: true,
     description: videoInfo.description || undefined,
     support: undefined,
     tags,
diff --git a/server/tools/peertube-upload.ts b/server/tools/peertube-upload.ts
index 6248fb47d..e7b885a38 100644
--- a/server/tools/peertube-upload.ts
+++ b/server/tools/peertube-upload.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if (!program['tags']) program['tags'] = []
 if (!program['nsfw']) program['nsfw'] = false
 if (!program['privacy']) program['privacy'] = VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
 if (!program['commentsEnabled']) program['commentsEnabled'] = false
+if (!program['downloadingEnabled']) program['downloadingEnabled'] = false
 
 getSettings()
   .then(settings => {
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ async function run () {
     description: program['videoDescription'],
     tags: program['tags'],
     commentsEnabled: program['commentsEnabled'],
+    downloadingEnabled: program['downloadingEnabled'],
     fixture: program['file'],
     thumbnailfile: program['thumbnail'],
     previewfile: program['preview'],
diff --git a/shared/models/activitypub/objects/video-torrent-object.ts b/shared/models/activitypub/objects/video-torrent-object.ts
index 8504c178f..beb2f519e 100644
--- a/shared/models/activitypub/objects/video-torrent-object.ts
+++ b/shared/models/activitypub/objects/video-torrent-object.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export interface VideoTorrentObject {
   subtitleLanguage: ActivityIdentifierObject[]
   views: number
   sensitive: boolean
-  commentsEnabled: boolean
+  commentsEnabled: boolean,
+  downloadingEnabled: boolean,
   waitTranscoding: boolean
   state: VideoState
   published: string
diff --git a/shared/models/videos/video-create.model.ts b/shared/models/videos/video-create.model.ts
index 190d63783..6e5e03e0a 100644
--- a/shared/models/videos/video-create.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/videos/video-create.model.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface VideoCreate {
   name: string
   tags?: string[]
   commentsEnabled?: boolean
+  downloadingEnabled?: boolean
   privacy: VideoPrivacy
   scheduleUpdate?: VideoScheduleUpdate
 }
diff --git a/shared/models/videos/video-update.model.ts b/shared/models/videos/video-update.model.ts
index ed141a824..bf7a9af37 100644
--- a/shared/models/videos/video-update.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/videos/video-update.model.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface VideoUpdate {
   privacy?: VideoPrivacy
   tags?: string[]
   commentsEnabled?: boolean
+  downloadingEnabled?: boolean
   nsfw?: boolean
   waitTranscoding?: boolean
   channelId?: number
diff --git a/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts b/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts
index 4a9fa58b1..783cd86e5 100644
--- a/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export interface VideoDetails extends Video {
   files: VideoFile[]
   account: Account
   commentsEnabled: boolean
+  downloadingEnabled: boolean
 
   // Not optional in details (unlike in Video)
   waitTranscoding: boolean
diff --git a/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml b/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml
index 59ca8b29a..9ce24c0ed 100644
--- a/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ paths:
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/name"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/tags"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/commentsEnabled"
+        - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/downloadingEnabled"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/privacy"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/scheduleUpdate"
       responses:
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ paths:
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/name"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/tags"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/commentsEnabled"
+        - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/downloadingEnabled"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/privacy"
         - $ref: "videos.yaml#/parameters/scheduleUpdate"
       responses:
diff --git a/support/doc/api/videos.yaml b/support/doc/api/videos.yaml
index 593ae56e2..93aa26285 100644
--- a/support/doc/api/videos.yaml
+++ b/support/doc/api/videos.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ parameters:
     in: formData
     type: boolean
     description: 'Enable or disable comments for this video'
+  downloadingEnabled:
+    name: downloadingEnabled
+    in: formData
+    type: boolean
+    description: 'Enable or disable downloading for this video'
   privacy:
     name: privacy
     in: formData