diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
index 3b0264e33..7892c4002 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -269,5 +269,11 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += ["compressor"]
 STATICFILES_FINDERS += ["compressor.finders.CompressorFinder"]
 
 {%- endif %}
+# USER APPLICATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Enable the User application. Note that this is a placeholder application
+# and should not be used as is in production.
+USER_APP_URLS_ENABLED = True
+
 # Your stuff...
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index 3db964b66..26527f7ac 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -287,5 +287,12 @@ sentry_sdk.init(
 sentry_sdk.init(dsn=SENTRY_DSN, integrations=[sentry_logging, DjangoIntegration()])
 {% endif -%}
 {% endif %}
+
+# USER APPLICATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Enable the User application. Note that this is a placeholder application
+# and should not be used as is in production.
+USER_APP_URLS_ENABLED = False
+
 # Your stuff...
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py
index dc0bcc3a9..2e0539dd0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # Your stuff: custom urls includes go here
 ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
 
-if settings.DEBUG:
+if settings.USER_APP_URLS_ENABLED:
     # User management
     urlpatterns += [
         path("users/", include("{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.urls", namespace="users"))
     ]
 
+if settings.DEBUG:
     # This allows the error pages to be debugged during development, just visit
     # these url in browser to see how these error pages look like.
     urlpatterns += [