diff --git a/services/web/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/web/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 8fad92be507..13ddeb82075 100644
--- a/services/web/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/web/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 					},
 					Sidebar: config.Sidebar{
 						Shares: config.SidebarShares{},
+						Exif:   config.SidebarExif{},
 					},
 					Upload:                  &config.Upload{},
 					OpenLinksWithDefaultApp: true,
diff --git a/services/web/pkg/config/options.go b/services/web/pkg/config/options.go
index 9d011c9ed01..d54290ced2e 100644
--- a/services/web/pkg/config/options.go
+++ b/services/web/pkg/config/options.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type FeedbackLink struct {
 // Sidebar are the sidebar option
 type Sidebar struct {
 	Shares SidebarShares `json:"shares" yaml:"shares"`
+	Exif   SidebarExif   `json:"exif" yaml:"exif"`
 }
 
 // SidebarShares are the options for the shares sidebar
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ type SidebarShares struct {
 	ShowAllOnLoad bool `json:"showAllOnLoad" yaml:"showAllOnLoad" env:"WEB_OPTION_SIDEBAR_SHARES_SHOW_ALL_ON_LOAD" desc:"Sets the list of the (link) shares list in the sidebar to be initially expanded. Default is a collapsed state, only showing the first three shares." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
 }
 
+type SidebarExif struct {
+	ShowLocation bool `json:"showLocation" yaml:"showLocation" env:"WEB_OPTION_SIDEBAR_EXIF_SHOW_LOCATION" desc:"Shows the location data in the EXIF sidebar panel. Default is the location data being shown." introductionVersion:"6.0"`
+}
+
 // Routing are the routing options
 type Routing struct {
 	IDBased bool `json:"idBased" yaml:"idBased" env:"WEB_OPTION_ROUTING_ID_BASED" desc:"Enable or disable fileIds being added to the URL. Defaults to 'true', because otherwise spaces with name clashes cannot be resolved correctly. Note: Only disable this if you can guarantee on the server side, that spaces of the same namespace cannot have name clashes." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`