diff --git a/course/auth.py b/course/auth.py
index fe10efe4aec5adc55ff1e23c1dfb9e3859a57eeb..70e3ba2cc0db1fbe92ba9bc1d0f3558e30f1c1bd 100644
--- a/course/auth.py
+++ b/course/auth.py
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ class ImpersonateForm(StyledForm):
                 widget=UserSearchWidget(),
                 label=_("User"))
 
+        self.fields["add_impersonation_header"] = forms.BooleanField(
+                required=False,
+                initial=True,
+                label=_("Add impersonation header"),
+                help_text=_("Add impersonation header to every page rendered "
+                    "while impersonating, as a reminder that impersonation "
+                    "is in progress."))
+
         self.helper.add_input(Submit("submit", _("Impersonate")))
 
 
@@ -177,6 +185,8 @@ def impersonate(request):
 
             if may_impersonate(cast(User, request.user), cast(User, impersonee)):
                 request.session['impersonate_id'] = impersonee.id
+                request.session['relate_impersonation_header'] = form.cleaned_data[
+                        "add_impersonation_header"]
 
                 # Because we'll likely no longer have access to this page.
                 return redirect("relate-home")
@@ -229,6 +239,8 @@ def impersonation_context_processor(request):
     return {
             "currently_impersonating":
             hasattr(request, "relate_impersonate_original_user"),
+            "add_impersonation_header":
+            request.session.get("relate_impersonation_header", True),
             }
 
 # }}}
diff --git a/course/views.py b/course/views.py
index 25d933366a13610e9e8a49ef1dc8f25ed465bfd8..f16d5936946d976613187600ce67f98a1386c120 100644
--- a/course/views.py
+++ b/course/views.py
@@ -474,6 +474,14 @@ class FakeFacilityForm(StyledForm):
                 help_text=_("More (non-predefined) facility names, separated "
                     "by commas, which would like to pretend to be in"))
 
+        self.fields["add_pretend_facilities_header"] = forms.BooleanField(
+                required=False,
+                initial=True,
+                label=_("Add fake facililities header"),
+                help_text=_("Add a page header to every page rendered "
+                    "while pretending to be in a facility, as a reminder "
+                    "that this pretending is in progress."))
+
         self.helper.add_input(
                 # Translators: "set" fake facility.
                 Submit("set", _("Set")))
@@ -499,6 +507,8 @@ def set_pretend_facilities(request):
                             if s.strip()])
 
                 request.session["relate_pretend_facilities"] = pretend_facilities
+                request.session["relate_pretend_facilities_header"] = \
+                        form.cleaned_data["add_pretend_facilities_header"]
             else:
                 request.session.pop("relate_pretend_facilities", None)
 
@@ -507,7 +517,9 @@ def set_pretend_facilities(request):
             form = FakeFacilityForm({
                 "facilities": [],
                 "custom_facilities": ",".join(
-                    request.session["relate_pretend_facilities"])
+                    request.session["relate_pretend_facilities"]),
+                "add_pretend_facilities_header":
+                request.session["relate_pretend_facilities_header"],
                 })
         else:
             form = FakeFacilityForm()
@@ -522,6 +534,8 @@ def pretend_facilities_context_processor(request):
     return {
             "pretend_facilities": request.session.get(
                 "relate_pretend_facilities", []),
+            "add_pretend_facilities_header":
+            request.session.get("relate_pretend_facilities_header", True),
             }
 
 # }}}
diff --git a/relate/templates/base-page-top.html b/relate/templates/base-page-top.html
index 9c77b46221949668328e4e8bf3a4e71a1064deb9..c6a72e273214be2a9ced30aba924ce810bb86d17 100644
--- a/relate/templates/base-page-top.html
+++ b/relate/templates/base-page-top.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   </div>
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if pretend_facilities %}
+{% if pretend_facilities and add_pretend_facilities_header %}
   <div class="alert alert-info">
     <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i>
     {% blocktrans trimmed with facilities=pretend_facilities|join:", "  %}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   </div>
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if currently_impersonating %}
+{% if currently_impersonating and add_impersonation_header %}
   <div class="alert alert-info">
     <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i>
     {% trans "Now impersonating" %} {{ user.get_full_name }} ({{ user.username }} - {{ user.email }}).