diff --git a/android/assets/jsons/Translations/NewGame,SaveGame,LoadGame,Options.json b/android/assets/jsons/Translations/NewGame,SaveGame,LoadGame,Options.json
index 9570b1d9d0..5d65a7fbfe 100644
--- a/android/assets/jsons/Translations/NewGame,SaveGame,LoadGame,Options.json
+++ b/android/assets/jsons/Translations/NewGame,SaveGame,LoadGame,Options.json
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
 		Ukrainian:"Без варварів"
 }
 
+	"No ancient ruins": {
+		
+	}
+
 	"Victory conditions": {
 		Italian:"Condizioni di Vittoria"
 		French: "Conditions de victoire"
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapGenerator.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapGenerator.kt
index 6551ae4a1a..4909c41303 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapGenerator.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapGenerator.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class MapGenerator() {
 
         setWaterTiles(map)
 
-        for(tile in map.values) randomizeTile(tile)
+        for(tile in map.values) randomizeTile(tile,gameParameters)
 
         randomizeResources(map, mapRadius)
 
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ class MapGenerator() {
         }
     }
 
-    fun randomizeTile(tileInfo: TileInfo){
+    fun randomizeTile(tileInfo: TileInfo,gameParameters : GameParameters){
         if(tileInfo.getBaseTerrain().type==TerrainType.Land && Math.random()<0.05f){
             tileInfo.baseTerrain = Constants.mountain
             tileInfo.setTransients()
         }
         addRandomTerrainFeature(tileInfo)
-        maybeAddAncientRuins(tileInfo)
+        maybeAddAncientRuins(tileInfo,gameParameters)
     }
 
     fun getLatitude(vector: Vector2): Float {
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ class MapGenerator() {
     }
 
 
-    fun maybeAddAncientRuins(tile: TileInfo) {
+    fun maybeAddAncientRuins(tile: TileInfo, gameParameters: GameParameters) {
         val baseTerrain = tile.getBaseTerrain()
-        if(baseTerrain.type!=TerrainType.Water && !baseTerrain.impassable && Random().nextDouble() < 1f/100)
+        if(!gameParameters.noRuins &&  baseTerrain.type!=TerrainType.Water && !baseTerrain.impassable && Random().nextDouble() < 1f/100)
             tile.improvement = Constants.ancientRuins
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameParameters.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameParameters.kt
index c0960ea701..b7cb0fb374 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameParameters.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameParameters.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class GameParameters { // Default values are the default new game
     var numberOfCityStates = 0
     var mapType = MapType.pangaea
     var noBarbarians = false
+    var noRuins = false;
     var mapFileName: String? = null
     var victoryTypes: ArrayList<VictoryType> = VictoryType.values().toCollection(ArrayList()) // By default, all victory types
     var startingEra = TechEra.Ancient
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreenOptionsTable.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreenOptionsTable.kt
index e4f6e6bdbf..3a1bac2af0 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreenOptionsTable.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreenOptionsTable.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class NewGameScreenOptionsTable(val newGameParameters: GameParameters, val onMul
         addCityStatesSelectBox()
         addVictoryTypeCheckboxes()
         addBarbariansCheckbox()
+        addNoRuinsCheckbox()
 
         addIsOnlineMultiplayerCheckbox()
 
@@ -44,6 +45,17 @@ class NewGameScreenOptionsTable(val newGameParameters: GameParameters, val onMul
         add(noBarbariansCheckbox).colspan(2).row()
     }
 
+    private fun addNoRuinsCheckbox() {
+        val noRuinsCheckbox = CheckBox("No ancient ruins".tr(), CameraStageBaseScreen.skin)
+        noRuinsCheckbox.isChecked = newGameParameters.noRuins
+        noRuinsCheckbox.addListener(object : ChangeListener() {
+            override fun changed(event: ChangeEvent?, actor: Actor?) {
+                newGameParameters.noRuins = noRuinsCheckbox.isChecked
+            }
+        })
+        add(noRuinsCheckbox).colspan(2).row()
+    }    
+
     private fun addIsOnlineMultiplayerCheckbox() {
 
         add("HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!".tr()).colspan(2).row()