diff --git a/src/views/admin/partials/widget-settings.tpl b/src/views/admin/partials/widget-settings.tpl
index 48effa7ffd..38d8739a56 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/partials/widget-settings.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/partials/widget-settings.tpl
@@ -8,11 +8,27 @@
 <br/>
 <label>Groups:</label>
 <div>
-    <select name="groups" class="form-control" multiple size="10">
-        <!-- BEGIN groups -->
-        <option value="{groups.displayName}">{groups.displayName}</option>
-        <!-- END groups -->
-    </select>
+    <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
+      <li role="presentation" class="active"><a href="#showto" aria-controls="showto" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Show to</a></li>
+      <li role="presentation"><a href="#hidefrom" aria-controls="hidefrom" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Hide from</a></li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <div class="tab-content">
+      <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane active" id="showto">
+        <select name="groups" class="form-control" multiple size="10">
+            <!-- BEGIN groups -->
+            <option value="{groups.displayName}">{groups.displayName}</option>
+            <!-- END groups -->
+        </select>
+      </div>
+      <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="hidefrom">
+        <select name="groupsHideFrom" class="form-control" multiple size="10">
+            <!-- BEGIN groups -->
+            <option value="{groups.displayName}">{groups.displayName}</option>
+            <!-- END groups -->
+        </select>
+      </div>
+    </div>
 </div>
 
 <div class="checkbox">
diff --git a/src/widgets/index.js b/src/widgets/index.js
index 87a285e483..1b11dc5b83 100644
--- a/src/widgets/index.js
+++ b/src/widgets/index.js
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ async function renderWidget(widget, uid, options) {
 	if (!widget || !widget.data || (!!widget.data['hide-mobile'] && options.req.useragent.isMobile)) {
 		return;
 	}
-	let isVisible = true;
-	if (widget.data.groups.length) {
-		isVisible = await groups.isMemberOfAny(uid, widget.data.groups);
-	}
+
+	const isVisible = await checkVisibility(widget, uid);
 	if (!isVisible) {
 		return;
 	}
+
 	let config = options.res.locals.config || {};
 	if (options.res.locals.isAPI) {
 		config = await loadConfigAsync(options.req);
@@ -99,6 +98,18 @@ async function renderWidget(widget, uid, options) {
 	return { html: html };
 }
 
+async function checkVisibility(widget, uid) {
+	let isVisible = true;
+	let isHidden = false;
+	if (widget.data.groups.length) {
+		isVisible = await groups.isMemberOfAny(uid, widget.data.groups);
+	}
+	if (widget.data.groupsHideFrom.length) {
+		isHidden = await groups.isMemberOfAny(uid, widget.data.groupsHideFrom);
+	}
+	return isVisible && !isHidden;
+}
+
 widgets.getWidgetDataForTemplates = async function (templates) {
 	const keys = templates.map(tpl => 'widgets:' + tpl);
 	const data = await db.getObjects(keys);
@@ -144,6 +155,11 @@ function parseWidgetData(data) {
 			if (widget.data.groups && !Array.isArray(widget.data.groups)) {
 				widget.data.groups = [widget.data.groups];
 			}
+
+			widget.data.groupsHideFrom = widget.data.groupsHideFrom || [];
+			if (widget.data.groupsHideFrom && !Array.isArray(widget.data.groupsHideFrom)) {
+				widget.data.groupsHideFrom = [widget.data.groupsHideFrom];
+			}
 		}
 	});
 	return widgets;