diff --git a/app/components/Sidebar/components/DropToImport.js b/app/components/Sidebar/components/DropToImport.js
index 0521abdfa..a63342cca 100644
--- a/app/components/Sidebar/components/DropToImport.js
+++ b/app/components/Sidebar/components/DropToImport.js
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ type Props = {|
 
 function DropToImport({ disabled, children, collectionId, documentId }: Props) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const { ui, documents } = useStores();
+  const { ui, documents, policies } = useStores();
   const { handleFiles, isImporting } = useImportDocument(
     collectionId,
     documentId
   );
 
+  const can = policies.abilities(collectionId);
+
   const handleRejection = React.useCallback(() => {
     ui.showToast(
       t("Document not supported – try Markdown, Plain text, HTML, or Word"),
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ function DropToImport({ disabled, children, collectionId, documentId }: Props) {
     );
   }, [t, ui]);
 
-  if (disabled) {
+  if (disabled || !can.update) {
     return children;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/scenes/Collection.js b/app/scenes/Collection.js
index 850346449..e497f28d1 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Collection.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Collection.js
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ function CollectionScene() {
         accept={documents.importFileTypes.join(", ")}
         onDropAccepted={handleFiles}
         onDropRejected={handleRejection}
+        disabled={!can.update}
         noClick
         multiple
       >