diff --git a/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb b/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb
index 69d1f46f..0304abb4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class ExercisesController < ApplicationController
   private :user_by_code_harbor_token
 
   def exercise_params
-    params[:exercise].permit(:description, :execution_environment_id, :file_id, :instructions, :public, :hide_file_tree, :team_id, :title, files_attributes: file_attributes).merge(user_id: current_user.id, user_type: current_user.class.name)
+    params[:exercise].permit(:description, :execution_environment_id, :file_id, :instructions, :public, :hide_file_tree, :allow_file_creation, :team_id, :title, files_attributes: file_attributes).merge(user_id: current_user.id, user_type: current_user.class.name)
   end
   private :exercise_params
 
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim
index 1995c8d8..f0f69f7a 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
     label
       = f.check_box(:hide_file_tree)
       = t('activerecord.attributes.exercise.hide_file_tree')
+  .checkbox
+    label
+      = f.check_box(:allow_file_creation)
+      = t('activerecord.attributes.exercise.allow_file_creation')
   h2 = t('activerecord.attributes.exercise.files')
   ul#files.list-unstyled.panel-group
     = f.fields_for :files do |files_form|
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/show.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/show.html.slim
index 2181acf2..fc28272a 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/show.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/show.html.slim
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ h1
 = row(label: 'exercise.maximum_score', value: @exercise.maximum_score)
 = row(label: 'exercise.public', value: @exercise.public?)
 = row(label: 'exercise.hide_file_tree', value: @exercise.hide_file_tree?)
+= row(label: 'exercise.allow_file_creation', value: @exercise.allow_file_creation?)
 = row(label: 'exercise.embedding_parameters') do
   = content_tag(:input, nil, class: 'form-control', readonly: true, value: embedding_parameters(@exercise))
 
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index ed66f79a..54502828 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ de:
         team_id: Team
         title: Titel
         user: Autor
+        allow_file_creation: "Dateierstellung erlauben"
       external_user:
         consumer: Konsument
         email: E-Mail
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index f86a6963..635343d4 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ en:
         team_id: Team
         title: Title
         user: Author
+        allow_file_creation: "Allow file creation"
       external_user:
         consumer: Consumer
         email: Email