diff --git a/core/js/config.php b/core/js/config.php
index 1f0c756596..7f2d051746 100644
--- a/core/js/config.php
+++ b/core/js/config.php
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ $array = array(
 				'sharingDisabledForUser' => \OCP\Util::isSharingDisabledForUser(),
 				'resharingAllowed' => \OCP\Share::isResharingAllowed(),
 				'remoteShareAllowed' => $outgoingServer2serverShareEnabled,
-				'federatedCloudShareDoc' => \OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->linkToDocs('user-sharing-federated')
+				'federatedCloudShareDoc' => \OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->linkToDocs('user-sharing-federated'),
+				'allowGroupSharing' => \OC::$server->getShareManager()->allowGroupSharing()
 				)
 			)
 	),
diff --git a/core/js/shareconfigmodel.js b/core/js/shareconfigmodel.js
index 5494feaf7f..b1bbde7a69 100644
--- a/core/js/shareconfigmodel.js
+++ b/core/js/shareconfigmodel.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 			isDefaultExpireDateEnabled: oc_appconfig.core.defaultExpireDateEnabled === true,
 			isRemoteShareAllowed: oc_appconfig.core.remoteShareAllowed,
 			defaultExpireDate: oc_appconfig.core.defaultExpireDate,
-			isResharingAllowed: oc_appconfig.core.resharingAllowed
+			isResharingAllowed: oc_appconfig.core.resharingAllowed,
+			allowGroupSharing: oc_appconfig.core.allowGroupSharing
 		},
 
 		/**
diff --git a/core/js/sharedialogview.js b/core/js/sharedialogview.js
index 5e1e14541c..e5ef5bb1d6 100644
--- a/core/js/sharedialogview.js
+++ b/core/js/sharedialogview.js
@@ -216,8 +216,12 @@
 								.autocomplete("option", "autoFocus", true);
 							response(suggestions);
 						} else {
+							var title = t('core', 'No users or groups found for {search}', {search: $('.shareWithField').val()});
+							if (!view.configModel.get('allowGroupSharing')) {
+								title = t('core', 'No users found for {search}', {search: $('.shareWithField').val()});
+							}
 							$('.shareWithField').addClass('error')
-								.attr('data-original-title', t('core', 'No users or groups found for {search}', {search: $('.shareWithField').val()}))
+								.attr('data-original-title', title)
 								.tooltip('hide')
 								.tooltip({
 									placement: 'bottom',
@@ -386,10 +390,18 @@
 		},
 
 		_renderSharePlaceholderPart: function () {
-			var sharePlaceholder = t('core', 'Share with users or groups …');
-			if (this.configModel.get('isRemoteShareAllowed')) {
-				sharePlaceholder = t('core', 'Share with users, groups or remote users …');
+			var sharePlaceholder = t('core', 'Share with users…');
+
+			if (this.configModel.get('allowGroupSharing')) {
+				if (this.configModel.get('isRemoteShareAllowed')) {
+					sharePlaceholder = t('core', 'Share with users, groups or remote users…');
+				} else {
+					sharePlaceholder = t('core', 'Share with users or groups…')
+				}
+			} else if (this.configModel.get('isRemoteShareAllowed')) {
+					sharePlaceholder = t('core', 'Share with users or remote users…');
 			}
+
 			return sharePlaceholder;
 		},