diff --git a/app/helpers/roles_helper.rb b/app/helpers/roles_helper.rb
index 9a61c2a034..3ae8fc3684 100644
--- a/app/helpers/roles_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/roles_helper.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module RolesHelper
   def group_permissions_by_module(perms)
     perms_by_module = perms.group_by { |p| p.project_module.to_s }
     ::OpenProject::AccessControl
-      .sorted_modules
+      .sorted_module_names(false)
       .select { |module_name| perms_by_module[module_name].present? }
       .map do |module_name|
       [module_name, perms_by_module[module_name]]
diff --git a/lib/open_project/access_control.rb b/lib/open_project/access_control.rb
index 0323344cb3..dc9036f229 100644
--- a/lib/open_project/access_control.rb
+++ b/lib/open_project/access_control.rb
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ module OpenProject
       end
 
       # Get a sorted array of module names
-      def sorted_modules
+      #
+      # @param include_disabled [boolean] Whether to return all modules or only those that are active (not disabled by config)
+      def sorted_module_names(include_disabled = true)
         modules
+          .reject { |mod| !include_disabled && disabled_project_modules.include?(mod[:name]) }
           .sort_by { |a| [-a[:order], l_or_humanize(a[:name], prefix: 'project_module_')] }
           .map { |entry| entry[:name].to_s }
       end
diff --git a/modules/bim/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb b/modules/bim/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aaf4210b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bim/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is an open source project management software.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2020 the OpenProject GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See docs/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+#++
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe OpenProject::AccessControl do
+  after do
+    OpenProject::AccessControl.instance_variable_set(:'@disabled_project_modules', nil)
+  end
+
+  describe '.sorted_module_names' do
+    context 'with bim disabled' do
+      before do
+        allow(OpenProject::Configuration)
+          .to receive(:bim?)
+          .and_return false
+      end
+
+      context 'if including disabled modules' do
+        it 'includes the bim module' do
+          expect(subject.sorted_module_names)
+            .to include('bim')
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'if excluding disabled modules' do
+        it 'does not include the bim module' do
+          expect(subject.sorted_module_names(false))
+            .not_to include('bim')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with bim enabled' do
+      before do
+        allow(OpenProject::Configuration)
+          .to receive(:bim?)
+          .and_return true
+      end
+
+      context 'if including disabled modules' do
+        it 'includes the bim module' do
+          expect(subject.sorted_module_names)
+            .to include('bim')
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'if excluding disabled modules' do
+        it 'includes the bim module' do
+          expect(subject.sorted_module_names(false))
+            .to include('bim')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb b/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb
index c65d398904..5cb5383095 100644
--- a/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/open_project/access_control_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #++
 
 require 'spec_helper'
+
 describe OpenProject::AccessControl do
   describe '.remove_modules_permissions' do
     let!(:all_former_permissions) { OpenProject::AccessControl.permissions }