diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/ChatRoomCreationFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/ChatRoomCreationFragment.kt
index 4e252fdfd..c4e8ca6d4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/ChatRoomCreationFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/ChatRoomCreationFragment.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.view.View
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.coreContext
+import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.corePreferences
 import org.linphone.R
 import org.linphone.activities.main.MainActivity
 import org.linphone.activities.main.chat.viewmodels.ChatRoomCreationViewModel
@@ -148,9 +149,11 @@ class ChatRoomCreationFragment : SecureFragment<ChatRoomCreationFragmentBinding>
             }
         }
 
-        if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
-            Log.i("[Chat Room Creation] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
-            requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+        if (corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration) {
+            if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
+                Log.i("[Chat Room Creation] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
+                requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/MasterChatRoomsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/MasterChatRoomsFragment.kt
index 6dcc0bb54..3769c87a2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/MasterChatRoomsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/MasterChatRoomsFragment.kt
@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ class MasterChatRoomsFragment : MasterFragment<ChatRoomMasterFragmentBinding, Ch
         }
     }
 
+    override fun onResume() {
+        super.onResume()
+
+        listViewModel.groupChatAvailable.value = LinphoneUtils.isGroupChatAvailable()
+    }
+
     override fun deleteItems(indexesOfItemToDelete: ArrayList<Int>) {
         val list = ArrayList<ChatRoom>()
         var closeSlidingPane = false
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatRoomsListViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatRoomsListViewModel.kt
index d8e95f27f..d0953d0a5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatRoomsListViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatRoomsListViewModel.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ChatRoomsListViewModel : MessageNotifierViewModel() {
 
     val forwardPending = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
 
-    val groupChatAvailable: Boolean = LinphoneUtils.isGroupChatAvailable()
+    val groupChatAvailable = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
 
     val chatRoomIndexUpdatedEvent: MutableLiveData<Event<Int>> by lazy {
         MutableLiveData<Event<Int>>()
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ChatRoomsListViewModel : MessageNotifierViewModel() {
     private var chatRoomsToDeleteCount = 0
 
     init {
+        groupChatAvailable.value = LinphoneUtils.isGroupChatAvailable()
         updateChatRooms()
         coreContext.core.addListener(listener)
         coreContext.contactsManager.addListener(contactsListener)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/conference/fragments/ConferenceSchedulingParticipantsListFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/conference/fragments/ConferenceSchedulingParticipantsListFragment.kt
index 9bb1130ab..362e8b9a0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/conference/fragments/ConferenceSchedulingParticipantsListFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/conference/fragments/ConferenceSchedulingParticipantsListFragment.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.view.View
 import androidx.navigation.navGraphViewModels
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.coreContext
+import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.corePreferences
 import org.linphone.R
 import org.linphone.activities.GenericFragment
 import org.linphone.activities.main.conference.viewmodels.ConferenceSchedulingViewModel
@@ -92,9 +93,11 @@ class ConferenceSchedulingParticipantsListFragment : GenericFragment<ConferenceS
             }
         }
 
-        if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
-            Log.i("[Conference Creation] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
-            requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+        if (corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration) {
+            if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
+                Log.i("[Conference Creation] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
+                requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/fragments/MasterContactsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/fragments/MasterContactsFragment.kt
index 9febf3fd8..8c2f2c197 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/fragments/MasterContactsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/fragments/MasterContactsFragment.kt
@@ -311,9 +311,11 @@ class MasterContactsFragment : MasterFragment<ContactMasterFragmentBinding, Cont
             }
         }
 
-        if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
-            Log.i("[Contacts] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
-            requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+        if (corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration) {
+            if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
+                Log.i("[Contacts] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
+                requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/viewmodels/ContactsListViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/viewmodels/ContactsListViewModel.kt
index bbcf37a7f..4685ba6e1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/viewmodels/ContactsListViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/contact/viewmodels/ContactsListViewModel.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class ContactsListViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
     val contactsList = MutableLiveData<ArrayList<ContactViewModel>>()
 
+    val nativeAddressBookEnabled = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
+
     val fetchInProgress = MutableLiveData<Boolean>()
     private var searchResultsPending: Boolean = false
     private var fastFetchJob: Job? = null
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ class ContactsListViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
     init {
         sipContactsSelected.value = coreContext.contactsManager.shouldDisplaySipContactsList()
+        nativeAddressBookEnabled.value = corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration
 
         coreContext.contactsManager.addListener(contactsUpdatedListener)
         coreContext.contactsManager.magicSearch.addListener(magicSearchListener)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/settings/fragments/ContactsSettingsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/settings/fragments/ContactsSettingsFragment.kt
index 3cdf89a38..c27dda7b1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/settings/fragments/ContactsSettingsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/settings/fragments/ContactsSettingsFragment.kt
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ class ContactsSettingsFragment : GenericSettingFragment<SettingsContactsFragment
             }
         }
 
-        if (!PermissionHelper.required(requireContext()).hasReadContactsPermission()) {
-            Log.i("[Contacts Settings] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
-            requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+        if (corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration) {
+            if (!PermissionHelper.required(requireContext()).hasReadContactsPermission()) {
+                Log.i("[Contacts Settings] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
+                requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/voip/fragments/ConferenceAddParticipantsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/voip/fragments/ConferenceAddParticipantsFragment.kt
index f906cbc07..29d832b6d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/voip/fragments/ConferenceAddParticipantsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/voip/fragments/ConferenceAddParticipantsFragment.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.navigation.navGraphViewModels
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication
+import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.corePreferences
 import org.linphone.R
 import org.linphone.activities.GenericFragment
 import org.linphone.activities.voip.viewmodels.ConferenceParticipantsViewModel
@@ -104,9 +105,11 @@ class ConferenceAddParticipantsFragment : GenericFragment<VoipConferenceParticip
             }
         }
 
-        if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
-            Log.i("[Conference Add Participants] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
-            requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+        if (corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration) {
+            if (!PermissionHelper.get().hasReadContactsPermission()) {
+                Log.i("[Conference Add Participants] Asking for READ_CONTACTS permission")
+                requestPermissions(arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS), 0)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CoreContext.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CoreContext.kt
index 281627daa..be5d10467 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CoreContext.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CoreContext.kt
@@ -488,10 +488,12 @@ class CoreContext(
     }
 
     fun fetchContacts() {
-        if (PermissionHelper.required(context).hasReadContactsPermission()) {
-            Log.i("[Context] Init contacts loader")
-            val manager = LoaderManager.getInstance(this@CoreContext)
-            manager.restartLoader(0, null, contactLoader)
+        if (corePreferences.enableNativeAddressBookIntegration) {
+            if (PermissionHelper.required(context).hasReadContactsPermission()) {
+                Log.i("[Context] Init contacts loader")
+                val manager = LoaderManager.getInstance(this@CoreContext)
+                manager.restartLoader(0, null, contactLoader)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CorePreferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CorePreferences.kt
index d8c5a6adc..c86c7b111 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CorePreferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/core/CorePreferences.kt
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@ class CorePreferences constructor(private val context: Context) {
     val allowMultipleFilesAndTextInSameMessage: Boolean
         get() = config.getBool("app", "allow_multiple_files_and_text_in_same_message", true)
 
+    val enableNativeAddressBookIntegration: Boolean
+        get() = config.getBool("app", "enable_native_address_book", true)
+
     val fetchContactsFromDefaultDirectory: Boolean
         get() = config.getBool("app", "fetch_contacts_from_default_directory", true)
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/contact_master_fragment.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/contact_master_fragment.xml
index 7ea54d351..a8fb06065 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/contact_master_fragment.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/contact_master_fragment.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
                     android:layout_weight="0.2"
                     android:background="?attr/button_background_drawable"
                     android:padding="15dp"
-                    android:src="@drawable/contact_add" />
+                    android:src="@drawable/contact_add"
+                    android:visibility="@{viewModel.nativeAddressBookEnabled ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE}"/>
 
                 <ImageView
                     android:onClick="@{editClickListener}"