diff --git a/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/generator/helpers/options/options.tpl b/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/generator/helpers/options/options.tpl
index cd2269afa..e2f5bfd98 100644
--- a/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/generator/helpers/options/options.tpl
+++ b/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/generator/helpers/options/options.tpl
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 {block name="defaultOptions"}
 		<form action="{$current}&amp;token={$token}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 		<fieldset><legend><img src="../img/admin/htaccess.gif" alt="" />{l s='Htaccess file generation'}</legend>
-		<p>
+		<div class="warn">
 			<b>{l s='Warning:'}</b> 
 			{l s='this tool can ONLY be used if you are hosted by an Apache web server. Please ask your webhost.'}
-		</p>
+		</div>
 		<p>
 			{l s='This tool will automatically generate a ".htaccess" file that will give you the ability to do URL rewriting and to catch 404 errors.'}
 		</p>
@@ -44,8 +44,16 @@
 			<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
 			<label for="imageCacheControl">{l s='Friendly URL'}</label>
 			<div class="margin-form">
-				<input type="checkbox" name="PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS" id="PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS" value="1" {if $ps_rewriting_settings}checked="checked"{/if} />
-				<p>{l s='Enable only if your server allows URL rewriting.'}</p>
+				{if $mod_rewrite}
+					<input type="checkbox" name="PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS" id="PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS" value="1" {if $ps_rewriting_settings}checked="checked"{/if} />
+					<p>{l s='Enable only if your server allows URL rewriting.'}</p>
+				{else}
+					<span class="warning_mod_rewrite" style="display:block;height:15px">
+						{l s='URL rewriting (mod_rewrite) is not active on your server. If you want to use Friendly URL you have to active this mod.'}
+					</span>
+					<div class="clear"></div>
+				{/if}
+
 			</div>
 			<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
 			<label for="imageCacheControl">{l s='Disable apache multiviews'}</label>
diff --git a/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/meta/helpers/options/options.tpl b/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/meta/helpers/options/options.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b34b1544c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin-dev/themes/default/template/controllers/meta/helpers/options/options.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{*
+* 2007-2012 PrestaShop
+*
+* NOTICE OF LICENSE
+*
+* This source file is subject to the Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
+* that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE.txt.
+* It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
+* http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php
+* If you did not receive a copy of the license and are unable to
+* obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send an email
+* to license@prestashop.com so we can send you a copy immediately.
+*
+* DISCLAIMER
+*
+* Do not edit or add to this file if you wish to upgrade PrestaShop to newer
+* versions in the future. If you wish to customize PrestaShop for your
+* needs please refer to http://www.prestashop.com for more information.
+*
+*  @author PrestaShop SA <contact@prestashop.com>
+*  @copyright  2007-2012 PrestaShop SA
+*  @version  Release: $Revision: 13686 $
+*  @license    http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php  Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
+*  International Registered Trademark & Property of PrestaShop SA
+*}
+
+{extends file="helpers/options/options.tpl"}
+{block name="start_field_block"}
+	<div class="margin-form">
+	{if $field['type'] == 'rewriting_settings'}
+		{if $field['mod_rewrite']}
+			<label class="t" for="{$key}_on"><img src="../img/admin/enabled.gif" alt="{l s='Yes'}" title="{l s='Yes'}" /></label>
+			<input type="radio" name="{$key}" id="{$key}_on" value="1" {if $field['value']} checked="checked"{/if}{if isset($field['js']['on'])} {$field['js']['on']}{/if}/>
+			<label class="t" for="{$key}_on"> {l s='Yes'}</label>
+			<label class="t" for="{$key}_off"><img src="../img/admin/disabled.gif" alt="{l s='No'}" title="{l s='No'}" style="margin-left: 10px;" /></label>
+			<input type="radio" name="{$key}" id="{$key}_off" value="0" {if !$field['value']} checked="checked"{/if}{if isset($field['js']['off'])} {$field['js']['off']}{/if}/>
+			<label class="t" for="{$key}_off"> {l s='No'}</label>
+		{else}
+			<span class="warning_mod_rewrite" style="display:block;height:15px">{l s='URL rewriting (mod_rewrite) is not active on your server. If you want to use Friendly URL you have to active this mod.'}</span>
+			<div class="clear"></div>
+		{/if}
+	{/if}
+{/block}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/classes/Tools.php b/classes/Tools.php
index 646a84337..80151c27e 100644
--- a/classes/Tools.php
+++ b/classes/Tools.php
@@ -2221,6 +2221,11 @@ FileETag INode MTime Size
 		for ($len; $len > 0; $len--)
 			$str .= '.0';
 	}
+	
+	public static function modRewriteActive()
+	{
+		return (in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules()) ? true : false);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/controllers/admin/AdminGeneratorController.php b/controllers/admin/AdminGeneratorController.php
index 2a36dee31..99b124d80 100644
--- a/controllers/admin/AdminGeneratorController.php
+++ b/controllers/admin/AdminGeneratorController.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class AdminGeneratorControllerCore extends AdminController
 		$this->tpl_option_vars['checkConfiguration_rb'] = $this->checkConfiguration($this->rb_file);
 		$this->tpl_option_vars['ps_htaccess_cache_control'] = Configuration::get('PS_HTACCESS_CACHE_CONTROL');
 		$this->tpl_option_vars['ps_rewriting_settings'] = Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS');
+		$this->tpl_option_vars['mod_rewrite'] = Tools::modRewriteActive();
 		$this->tpl_option_vars['ps_htaccess_disable_multiviews'] = Configuration::get('PS_HTACCESS_DISABLE_MULTIVIEWS');
 
 		parent::initContent();
diff --git a/controllers/admin/AdminMetaController.php b/controllers/admin/AdminMetaController.php
index be1cc636a..db52f1c32 100644
--- a/controllers/admin/AdminMetaController.php
+++ b/controllers/admin/AdminMetaController.php
@@ -48,16 +48,18 @@ class AdminMetaControllerCore extends AdminController
 		);
 		$this->_group = 'GROUP BY a.id_meta';
 
+		$mod_rewrite = Tools::modRewriteActive();
 		$this->options = array(
 			'general' => array(
 				'title' =>	$this->l('URLs Setup'),
 				'fields' =>	array(
 					'PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS' => array(
 						'title' => $this->l('Friendly URL'),
-						'desc' => $this->l('Enable only if your server allows URL rewriting (recommended)'),
+						'desc' => ($mod_rewrite ? $this->l('Enable only if your server allows URL rewriting (recommended)') : ''),
 						'validation' => 'isBool',
 						'cast' => 'intval',
-						'type' => 'bool'
+						'type' => 'rewriting_settings',
+						'mod_rewrite' => $mod_rewrite
 						),
 					'PS_CANONICAL_REDIRECT' => array(
 						'title' => $this->l('Automatically redirect to Canonical url'),
diff --git a/css/admin.css b/css/admin.css
index 68a20109d..512f41f85 100644
--- a/css/admin.css
+++ b/css/admin.css
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ p.preference_description .light-warning {
 	font-style: italic;
 }
 
-.multishop_warning{
+.multishop_warning, .warning_mod_rewrite{
     background-image: url("../img/admin/warning.gif");
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     color: #FE2744;