diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
index 6c8c20014c..681c231c43 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
     def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs):
         super(CourseDescriptor, self).__init__(system, definition, **kwargs)
         self.textbooks = self.definition['data']['textbooks']
-        
+
         self.wiki_slug = self.definition['data']['wiki_slug'] or self.location.course
 
         msg = None
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
         for textbook in xml_object.findall("textbook"):
             textbooks.append(cls.Textbook.from_xml_object(textbook))
             xml_object.remove(textbook)
-        
+
         #Load the wiki tag if it exists
         wiki_slug = None
         wiki_tag = xml_object.find("wiki")
         if wiki_tag is not None:
             wiki_slug = wiki_tag.attrib.get("slug", default=None)
             xml_object.remove(wiki_tag)
-        
+
         definition =  super(CourseDescriptor, cls).definition_from_xml(xml_object, system)
-        
+
         definition.setdefault('data', {})['textbooks'] = textbooks
         definition['data']['wiki_slug'] = wiki_slug
-        
+
         return definition
 
     def has_started(self):
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
     # there are courses that change the number for different runs. This allows
     # courses to share the same css_class across runs even if they have
     # different numbers.
-    # 
+    #
     # TODO get rid of this as soon as possible or potentially build in a robust
     # way to add in course-specific styling. There needs to be a discussion
     # about the right way to do this, but arjun will address this ASAP. Also
@@ -234,13 +234,20 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
 
     @property
     def discussion_link(self):
-        """TODO: This is a quick kludge to allow CS50 (and other courses) to 
-        specify their own discussion forums as external links by specifying a 
+        """TODO: This is a quick kludge to allow CS50 (and other courses) to
+        specify their own discussion forums as external links by specifying a
         "discussion_link" in their policy JSON file. This should later get
-        folded in with Syllabus, Course Info, and additional Custom tabs in a 
+        folded in with Syllabus, Course Info, and additional Custom tabs in a
         more sensible framework later."""
         return self.metadata.get('discussion_link', None)
 
+    @property
+    def hide_progress_tab(self):
+        """TODO: same as above, intended to let internal CS50 hide the progress tab
+        until we get grade integration set up."""
+        # Explicit comparison to True because we always want to return a bool.
+        return self.metadata.get('hide_progress_tab') == True
+
     @property
     def title(self):
         return self.display_name
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/xml_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/xml_module.py
index daeb5dde9b..070342f453 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/xml_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/xml_module.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class XmlDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
     xml_attribute_map = {
         # type conversion: want True/False in python, "true"/"false" in xml
         'graded': bool_map,
+        'hide_progress_tab': bool_map,
     }
 
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/course_navigation.html b/lms/templates/courseware/course_navigation.html
index f7dac9012e..85666bd3d1 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/course_navigation.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/course_navigation.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def url_class(url):
       % elif settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('ENABLE_DISCUSSION_SERVICE'):
         <li class="discussion"><a href="${reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.forum_form_discussion', args=[course.id])}" class="${url_class('discussion')}">Discussion</a></li>
         ## <li class="news"><a href="${reverse('news', args=[course.id])}" class="${url_class('news')}">News</a></li>
-      % endif 
+      % endif
 
       ## This is Askbot, which we should be retiring soon...
       % if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('ENABLE_DISCUSSION'):
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def url_class(url):
     % if settings.WIKI_ENABLED:
       <li class="wiki"><a href="${reverse('course_wiki', args=[course.id])}" class="${url_class('wiki')}">Wiki</a></li>
     % endif
-    % if user.is_authenticated():
+    % if user.is_authenticated() and not course.hide_progress_tab:
       <li class="profile"><a href="${reverse('progress', args=[course.id])}" class="${url_class('progress')}">Progress</a></li>
     % endif
     % if staff_access: