diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus
index d1e7171059..128ca81c27 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus
@@ -357,9 +357,10 @@
                <menuitem action='StopRecordingOnXrun'/>
                <menuitem action='StopTransportAtEndOfSession'/>
                <menuitem action='GainReduceFastTransport'/>
-				<menuitem action='PrimaryClockDeltaEditCursor'/>
-				<menuitem action='SecondaryClockDeltaEditCursor'/>
-				<separator/>
+	       <menuitem action='PrimaryClockDeltaEditCursor'/>
+	       <menuitem action='SecondaryClockDeltaEditCursor'/>
+	       <menuitem action='OnlyCopyImportedFiles'/>
+	       <separator/>
          </menu>
 	 <menu name='Help' action='Help'>
 	     <menuitem action='About'/>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/sfdb_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/sfdb_ui.cc
index 2b3c735c90..82c5823fd9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/sfdb_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/sfdb_ui.cc
@@ -629,8 +629,17 @@ SoundFileOmega::reset_options ()
 		channel_combo.set_sensitive (true);
 		action_combo.set_sensitive (true);
 		where_combo.set_sensitive (true);
-		copy_files_btn.set_sensitive (true);
 
+		/* if we get through this function successfully, this may be
+		   reset at the end, once we know if we can use hard links
+		   to do embedding
+		*/
+
+		if (Config->get_only_copy_imported_files()) {
+			copy_files_btn.set_sensitive (false);
+		} else {
+			copy_files_btn.set_sensitive (false);
+		}
 	}
 
 	bool same_size;