diff --git a/core/server/controllers/frontend/context.js b/core/server/controllers/frontend/context.js
index 9164ee099a..0c0a3ec6ba 100644
--- a/core/server/controllers/frontend/context.js
+++ b/core/server/controllers/frontend/context.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 var config = require('../../config'),
+    labs = require('../../utils/labs'),
 
     // Context patterns, should eventually come from Channel configuration
     privatePattern = new RegExp('^\\/' + config.get('routeKeywords').private + '\\/'),
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ function setResponseContext(req, res, data) {
         res.locals.context.push(req.channelConfig.name);
     } else if (privatePattern.test(res.locals.relativeUrl)) {
         res.locals.context.push('private');
-    } else if (subscribePattern.test(res.locals.relativeUrl)) {
+    } else if (subscribePattern.test(res.locals.relativeUrl) && labs.isSet('subscribers') === true) {
         res.locals.context.push('subscribe');
     } else if (data && data.post && data.post.page) {
         res.locals.context.push('page');
diff --git a/core/test/unit/controllers/frontend/context_spec.js b/core/test/unit/controllers/frontend/context_spec.js
index 76edc9d5e8..d6ef7b5eb4 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/controllers/frontend/context_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/controllers/frontend/context_spec.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 var should = require('should'),
+    sinon = require('sinon'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
 
     // Stuff we are testing
     channelConfig = require('../../../../server/controllers/frontend/channel-config'),
-    setResponseContext = require('../../../../server/controllers/frontend/context');
+    setResponseContext = require('../../../../server/controllers/frontend/context'),
+    labs = require('../../../../server/utils/labs'),
+
+    sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
 
 describe('Contexts', function () {
     var req, res, data, setupContext;
@@ -19,6 +23,10 @@ describe('Contexts', function () {
         data = {};
     });
 
+    afterEach(function () {
+        sandbox.restore();
+    });
+
     /**
      * A context is created based on the URL, and the channel config if we're rendering
      * any part of a channel
@@ -352,9 +360,13 @@ describe('Contexts', function () {
     });
 
     describe('Subscribe', function () {
-        it('should correctly identify /subscribe/ as the subscribe route', function () {
+        it('should identify /subscribe/ as the subscribe route if labs flag set', function () {
             // Setup test
+            sandbox.stub(labs, 'isSet').returns(true);
             setupContext('/subscribe/');
+            data.post = {
+                page: false
+            };
 
             // Execute test
             setResponseContext(req, res, data);
@@ -364,6 +376,23 @@ describe('Contexts', function () {
             res.locals.context.should.be.an.Array().with.lengthOf(1);
             res.locals.context[0].should.eql('subscribe');
         });
+
+        it('should not identify /subscribe/ as subscribe route if labs flag NOT set', function () {
+            // Setup test
+            sandbox.stub(labs, 'isSet').returns(false);
+            setupContext('/subscribe/');
+            data.post = {
+                page: false
+            };
+
+            // Execute test
+            setResponseContext(req, res, data);
+
+            // Check context
+            should.exist(res.locals.context);
+            res.locals.context.should.be.an.Array().with.lengthOf(1);
+            res.locals.context[0].should.eql('post');
+        });
     });
 
     describe('RSS', function () {