diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index f2b91d94..94b9afd7 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Version 2.0.1 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+   * Issue 299: Do not display dashboard for users with no permission
+     to perform actions in the backend (frontend-users)
+     
    * Make "rewriteURL" smarty modifier available to do a
      {$CONST.PATH_ARCHIVE|rewriteURL} within a smarty template file.
         
diff --git a/include/admin/overview.inc.php b/include/admin/overview.inc.php
index 0c45b84c..055bc7fb 100644
--- a/include/admin/overview.inc.php
+++ b/include/admin/overview.inc.php
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ $data['entries'] = $entries;
 $data['urltoken'] = serendipity_setFormToken('url');
 $data['token'] = serendipity_setFormToken();
 
+$data['no_create'] = $serendipity['no_create'];
+
 echo serendipity_smarty_show('admin/overview.inc.tpl', $data);
 
 /* vim: set sts=4 ts=4 expandtab : */
diff --git a/templates/2k11/admin/overview.inc.tpl b/templates/2k11/admin/overview.inc.tpl
index 56e9192c..ce01ce6f 100644
--- a/templates/2k11/admin/overview.inc.tpl
+++ b/templates/2k11/admin/overview.inc.tpl
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
             </section>
         {/if}
     {/if}
+
+    {if $no_create !== true}
         <section id="dashboard_comments" class="equal_heights quick_list dashboard_widget">
             <h3>{if 'adminComments'|checkPermission}<a href="serendipity_admin.php?serendipity[adminModule]=comments">{/if}{$CONST.COMMENTS}{if 'adminComments'|checkPermission}</a>{/if}</h3>
 
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@
         </section>
 
         {serendipity_hookPlugin hook="backend_dashboard" hookAll="true"}
+    {/if}
 
         <section id="s9y_links" class="clearfix mfp-hide">
             <h3>{$CONST.FURTHER_LINKS}</h3>