diff --git a/templates/zephyr/index.html b/templates/zephyr/index.html
index 5be9156f5c..8d0af392f9 100644
--- a/templates/zephyr/index.html
+++ b/templates/zephyr/index.html
@@ -148,6 +148,15 @@ var people_list = [
                 </li>
                 {% endif %}
 
+                {% if show_activity %}
+                <li title="Activity">
+                  <a href="/activity" target="_blank">
+                    <i class="icon-eye-open"></i>
+                    <span class="hidden-phone">  Activity</span>
+                  </a>
+                </li>
+                {% endif %}
+
                 <div>
                   <button type="button" class="visible-phone btn btn-small phone_new_message_button"
                           id="left_bar_compose_stream_button_little"
diff --git a/zephyr/views.py b/zephyr/views.py
index e796a4ea5a..c0f6fd0269 100644
--- a/zephyr/views.py
+++ b/zephyr/views.py
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ def home(request):
                                'have_initial_messages':
                                    'true' if num_messages > 0 else 'false',
                                'show_debug':
-                                   settings.DEBUG and ('show_debug' in request.GET) },
+                                   settings.DEBUG and ('show_debug' in request.GET),
+                               'show_activity': can_view_activity(request) },
                               context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
 @authenticated_api_view
@@ -1008,10 +1009,12 @@ class ActivityTable(object):
     def sorted_rows(self):
         return sorted(self.rows.iteritems(), key=lambda (k,r): r['age'])
 
+def can_view_activity(request):
+    return request.user.userprofile.realm.domain == 'humbughq.com'
+
 @login_required(login_url = settings.HOME_NOT_LOGGED_IN)
 def get_activity(request):
-    user_profile = request.user.userprofile
-    if user_profile.realm.domain != "humbughq.com":
+    if not can_view_activity(request):
         return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('zephyr.views.login_page'))
 
     web_queries = (