diff --git a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-controller.coffee b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-controller.coffee
index d2624ec6..07319495 100644
--- a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-controller.coffee
+++ b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-controller.coffee
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class RelatedUserStoriesController
         @.sectionName = "Epics"
         @.showCreateRelatedUserstoriesLightbox = false
 
+    showRelatedUserStoriesSection: () ->
+        return @projectService.hasPermission("modify_epic") or @.userstories?.legth > 0
+
     userCanSort: () ->
         return @projectService.hasPermission("modify_epic")
 
diff --git a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories.jade b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories.jade
index e1f8a79e..1cbbe21b 100644
--- a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories.jade
+++ b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories.jade
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-section.related-userstories
+section.related-userstories(
+    ng-if="vm.showRelatedUserStoriesSection()"
+)
     .related-userstories-header
         span.related-userstories-title(translate="COMMON.RELATED_USERSTORIES")
         tg-related-userstories-create(