diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/connectors/user-preferences-nav/ai-preferences.gjs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/connectors/user-preferences-nav/ai-preferences.gjs
index 8f0283a0..ec289dfb 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/connectors/user-preferences-nav/ai-preferences.gjs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/connectors/user-preferences-nav/ai-preferences.gjs
@@ -3,19 +3,26 @@ import { LinkTo } from "@ember/routing";
 import dIcon from "discourse-common/helpers/d-icon";
 import i18n from "discourse-common/helpers/i18n";
 
-function showAiPreferences(user) {
+function showAiPreferences(user, settings) {
   // Since we only have one AI related user setting we don't show
   // AI preferences if these conditions aren't met.
   // If we add more user settings in the future we can move this
   // logic to the the specific settings and conditionally show it in the template.
-  return user?.user_allowed_ai_auto_image_captions;
+  const aiHelperEnabledFeatures =
+    settings.ai_helper_enabled_features.split("|");
+
+  return (
+    user?.user_allowed_ai_auto_image_captions &&
+    aiHelperEnabledFeatures.includes("image_caption") &&
+    settings.ai_helper_enabled
+  );
 }
 
 export default class AutoImageCaptionSetting extends Component {
   static shouldRender(outletArgs, helper) {
     return (
       helper.siteSettings.discourse_ai_enabled &&
-      showAiPreferences(outletArgs.model)
+      showAiPreferences(outletArgs.model, helper.siteSettings)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/preferences-ai.js b/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/preferences-ai.js
index 58856a68..5ae900bc 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/preferences-ai.js
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/preferences-ai.js
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ export default class PreferencesAiController extends Controller {
   @service siteSettings;
   @tracked saved = false;
 
+  get showAutoImageCaptionSetting() {
+    const aiHelperEnabledFeatures =
+      this.siteSettings.ai_helper_enabled_features.split("|");
+
+    return (
+      this.model?.user_allowed_ai_auto_image_captions &&
+      aiHelperEnabledFeatures.includes("image_caption") &&
+      this.siteSettings.ai_helper_enabled
+    );
+  }
+
   @action
   save() {
     this.saved = false;
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/ai.hbs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/ai.hbs
index dceec402..182a2f73 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/ai.hbs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/ai.hbs
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-<label class="control-label">{{i18n "discourse_ai.title"}}</label>
+{{!   
+  Later when we have more preferences, 
+  move the conditional (showAutoImageCaptionSetting)
+  to be only around the auto-image-caption preference.
+ }}
+{{#if this.showAutoImageCaptionSetting}}
+  <label class="control-label">{{i18n "discourse_ai.title"}}</label>
 
-<div class="control-group ai-setting">
-  <PreferenceCheckbox
-    @labelKey="discourse_ai.ai_helper.image_caption.automatic_caption_setting"
-    @checked={{this.model.user_option.auto_image_caption}}
-    data-setting-name="auto-image-caption"
-    class="pref-auto-image-caption"
+  <div class="control-group ai-setting">
+    <PreferenceCheckbox
+      @labelKey="discourse_ai.ai_helper.image_caption.automatic_caption_setting"
+      @checked={{this.model.user_option.auto_image_caption}}
+      data-setting-name="auto-image-caption"
+      class="pref-auto-image-caption"
+    />
+  </div>
+
+  <SaveControls
+    @id="user_ai_preference_save"
+    @model={{this.model}}
+    @action={{this.save}}
+    @saved={{this.saved}}
   />
-</div>
-
-<SaveControls
-  @id="user_ai_preference_save"
-  @model={{this.model}}
-  @action={{this.save}}
-  @saved={{this.saved}}
-/>
\ No newline at end of file
+{{/if}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/system/ai_helper/ai_image_caption_spec.rb b/spec/system/ai_helper/ai_image_caption_spec.rb
index 821666d6..b0107893 100644
--- a/spec/system/ai_helper/ai_image_caption_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/ai_helper/ai_image_caption_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RSpec.describe "AI image caption", type: :system, js: true do
     Group.find_by(id: Group::AUTO_GROUPS[:admins]).add(user)
     assign_fake_provider_to(:ai_helper_model)
     assign_fake_provider_to(:ai_helper_image_caption_model)
+    SiteSetting.ai_helper_enabled = true
     SiteSetting.ai_helper_enabled_features = "image_caption"
     sign_in(user)
   end
@@ -87,6 +88,15 @@ RSpec.describe "AI image caption", type: :system, js: true do
   end
 
   describe "automatic image captioning" do
+    context "when ai helper is disabled" do
+      before { SiteSetting.ai_helper_enabled = false }
+
+      it "should not have the setting present in the user preferences page" do
+        user_preferences_ai_page.visit(user)
+        expect(user_preferences_ai_page).to have_no_ai_preference("pref-auto-image-caption")
+      end
+    end
+
     context "when toggling the setting from the user preferences page" do
       before { user.user_option.update!(auto_image_caption: false) }
 
diff --git a/spec/system/page_objects/pages/user_preferences_ai.rb b/spec/system/page_objects/pages/user_preferences_ai.rb
index 889bba76..c4c599f2 100644
--- a/spec/system/page_objects/pages/user_preferences_ai.rb
+++ b/spec/system/page_objects/pages/user_preferences_ai.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ module PageObjects
         page.find(".#{preference} input").checked?
       end
 
+      def has_ai_preference?(preference)
+        page.has_css?(".#{preference} input")
+      end
+
+      def has_no_ai_preference?(preference)
+        page.has_no_css?(".#{preference} input")
+      end
+
       def toggle_setting(preference)
         page.find(".#{preference} input").click
       end