diff --git a/app/partials/backlog/backlog.jade b/app/partials/backlog/backlog.jade
index 0752b02f..76d1d9a2 100644
--- a/app/partials/backlog/backlog.jade
+++ b/app/partials/backlog/backlog.jade
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ div.wrapper(tg-backlog, ng-controller="BacklogController as ctrl",
         div.backlog-summary(tg-toggle-burndown-visibility)
             include ../includes/components/summary
 
-            div.empty-burndown(ng-if="showGraphPlaceholder")
+            div.empty-burndown(ng-if="showGraphPlaceholder && project.i_am_owner")
                 div.graph-icon
                     include ../../svg/graph.svg
                 div.empty-text