diff --git a/authorities/authorities.pl b/authorities/authorities.pl
index 22b8093111..06d7994a46 100755
--- a/authorities/authorities.pl
+++ b/authorities/authorities.pl
@@ -416,5 +416,6 @@ foreach my $thisauthtype (keys %$authtypes) {
 
 $template->param(authtypesloop => \@authtypesloop,
 				authtypetext => $authtypes->{$authtypecode}{'authtypetext'},
+				hide_marc => C4::Context->preference('hide_marc'),
 				);
 output_html_with_http_headers $input, $cookie, $template->output;