diff --git a/acl/acl-lib.pl b/acl/acl-lib.pl
index 7933b2598..1553b33c9 100755
--- a/acl/acl-lib.pl
+++ b/acl/acl-lib.pl
@@ -1299,6 +1299,19 @@ foreach my $u (split(/\s+/, $access{'users'})) {
 return 0;
 }
 
+=head2 can_module_acl(&mod)
+
+Returns 1 if the given module has ability to manage its own ACLs.
+
+=cut
+sub can_module_acl
+{
+my ($mod) = @_;
+my $mdir = &module_root_directory($mod);
+return 1 if (-f "$mdir/acl_security.pl" || -f "$mdir/config.info");
+return 0;
+}
+
 =head2 open_session_db(\%miniserv)
 
 Opens the session database, and ties it to the sessiondb hash. Parameters are :
diff --git a/acl/edit_user.cgi b/acl/edit_user.cgi
index b110513fc..3724c65ee 100755
--- a/acl/edit_user.cgi
+++ b/acl/edit_user.cgi
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ foreach my $c (sort { $b cmp $a } @cats) {
 			}
 		elsif ($mcan{$md}) {
 			my $label;
-			if ($access{'acl'} && $in{'user'} && !$safe) {
+			if ($access{'acl'} && $in{'user'} && !$safe &&
+			    &can_module_acl($m)) {
 				# Show link for editing ACL
 				$label = ui_link("edit_acl.cgi?" .
 				     "mod=" . urlize($m->{'dir'}) .