diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/videos.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/videos.py
index bc0cfdf30479..d9de03a854a2 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/videos.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/videos.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     'videos_handler',
     'video_encodings_download',
     'video_images_handler',
+    'video_images_upload_enabled',
     'transcript_preferences_handler',
     'generate_video_upload_link_handler',
 ]
@@ -263,6 +264,17 @@ def video_images_handler(request, course_key_string, edx_video_id=None):
     return JsonResponse({'image_url': image_url})
 
 
+@login_required
+@require_GET
+def video_images_upload_enabled(request):
+    """Function to check if images can be uploaded"""
+    # respond with a false if image upload is not enabled.
+    if not VIDEO_IMAGE_UPLOAD_ENABLED.is_enabled():
+        return JsonResponse({'allowThumbnailUpload': False})
+
+    return JsonResponse({'allowThumbnailUpload': True})
+
+
 def validate_transcript_preferences(provider, cielo24_fidelity, cielo24_turnaround,
                                     three_play_turnaround, video_source_language, preferred_languages):
     """
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index 8a881339e220..af851e21d4fe 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
             contentstore_views.generate_video_upload_link_handler, name='generate_video_upload_link'),
     re_path(fr'^video_images/{settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN}(?:/(?P<edx_video_id>[-\w]+))?$',
             contentstore_views.video_images_handler, name='video_images_handler'),
+    path('video_images_upload_enabled', contentstore_views.video_images_upload_enabled,
+         name='video_images_upload_enabled'),
     re_path(fr'^transcript_preferences/{settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN}$',
             contentstore_views.transcript_preferences_handler, name='transcript_preferences_handler'),
     re_path(fr'^transcript_credentials/{settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN}$',