diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
index 6d2eeb54e9..a8916af45e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class AssetModelsController extends Controller
             'models.category_id',
         ])->with('manufacturer','category');
 
+        $settings = \App\Models\Setting::getSettings();
 
         if ($request->has('search')) {
             $assetmodels = $assetmodels->SearchByManufacturerOrCat($request->input('search'));
@@ -202,8 +203,24 @@ class AssetModelsController extends Controller
         $assetmodels = $assetmodels->OrderCategory('ASC')->OrderManufacturer('ASC')->orderby('models.name', 'asc')->orderby('models.model_number', 'asc')->paginate(50);
 
         foreach ($assetmodels as $assetmodel) {
-            $assetmodel->use_text = (($assetmodel->category) ? e($assetmodel->category->name) : '').': '.$assetmodel->present()->modelName;
-            $assetmodel->use_image = ($assetmodel->image) ? url('/').'/uploads/models/'.$assetmodel->image : null;
+
+            $assetmodel->use_text = '';
+
+            if ($settings->modellistCheckedValue('category')) {
+                $assetmodel->use_text .= (($assetmodel->category) ? e($assetmodel->category->name).' - ' : '');
+            }
+
+            if ($settings->modellistCheckedValue('manufacturer')) {
+                $assetmodel->use_text .= (($assetmodel->manufacturer) ? e($assetmodel->manufacturer->name).' ' : '');
+            }
+
+            $assetmodel->use_text .=  e($assetmodel->name);
+
+            if (($settings->modellistCheckedValue('model_number')) && ($assetmodel->model_number!='')) {
+                $assetmodel->use_text .=  ' (#'.e($assetmodel->model_number).')';
+            }
+
+            $assetmodel->use_image = ($settings->modellistCheckedValue('image') && ($assetmodel->image)) ? url('/').'/uploads/models/'.$assetmodel->image : null;
         }
 
         return (new SelectlistTransformer)->transformSelectlist($assetmodels);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
index a5f50e5bd8..d9caa63bc8 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
@@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
             return redirect()->to('admin')->with('error', trans('admin/settings/message.update.error'));
         }
 
+        $setting->modellist_displays = '';
+
+        if (($request->has('show_in_model_list')) && (count($request->has('show_in_model_list')) > 0))
+        {
+            $setting->modellist_displays = implode(',', $request->input('show_in_model_list'));
+        }
+
+
         $setting->full_multiple_companies_support = $request->input('full_multiple_companies_support', '0');
         $setting->load_remote = $request->input('load_remote', '0');
         $setting->show_archived_in_list = $request->input('show_archived_in_list', '0');
diff --git a/app/Models/Setting.php b/app/Models/Setting.php
index a745234b7a..7c824b9e62 100755
--- a/app/Models/Setting.php
+++ b/app/Models/Setting.php
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ class Setting extends Model
         return null;
     }
 
+    public function modellistCheckedValue ($element) {
+
+        // If the value is blank for some reason
+        if ($this->modellist_displays=='') {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $values = explode(',', $this->modellist_displays);
+
+        foreach ($values as $value) {
+            if ($value == $element) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Escapes the custom CSS, and then un-escapes the greater-than symbol
      * so it can work with direct descendant characters for bootstrap
diff --git a/database/migrations/2018_01_24_093426_add_modellist_preferenc.php b/database/migrations/2018_01_24_093426_add_modellist_preferenc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9974a2d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2018_01_24_093426_add_modellist_preferenc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AddModellistPreferenc extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->char('modellist_displays')->nullable()->default('image,category,manufacturer,model_number');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('modellist_displays');
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/admin/settings/general.php b/resources/lang/en/admin/settings/general.php
index 012cedb08a..c717910dd1 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/admin/settings/general.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/admin/settings/general.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ return array(
     'logo'                    	=> 'Logo',
     'full_multiple_companies_support_help_text' => 'Restricting users (including admins) assigned to companies to their company\'s assets.',
     'full_multiple_companies_support_text' => 'Full Multiple Companies Support',
+    'show_in_model_list'   => 'Show in Model Dropdowns',
     'optional'					=> 'optional',
     'per_page'                  => 'Results Per Page',
     'php'                       => 'PHP Version',
diff --git a/resources/views/settings/general.blade.php b/resources/views/settings/general.blade.php
index e547383ccb..eff72b3c2f 100644
--- a/resources/views/settings/general.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/settings/general.blade.php
@@ -237,6 +237,21 @@
                            </div>
                        </div>
 
+                       <!-- Model List prefs -->
+                       <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('show_in_model_list') ? 'error' : '' }}">
+                           <div class="col-md-3">
+                               {{ Form::label('show_in_model_list',
+                                              trans('admin/settings/general.show_in_model_list')) }}
+                           </div>
+                           <div class="col-md-9">
+                               {{ Form::checkbox('show_in_model_list[]', 'image', Input::old('show_in_model_list', $snipeSettings->modellistCheckedValue('image')),array('class' => 'minimal')) }} {{ trans('general.image') }} <br>
+                               {{ Form::checkbox('show_in_model_list[]', 'category', Input::old('show_in_model_list', $snipeSettings->modellistCheckedValue('category')),array('class' => 'minimal')) }} {{ trans('general.category') }} <br>
+                               {{ Form::checkbox('show_in_model_list[]', 'manufacturer', Input::old('show_in_model_list', $snipeSettings->modellistCheckedValue('manufacturer')),array('class' => 'minimal')) }}  {{ trans('general.manufacturer') }} <br>
+                               {{ Form::checkbox('show_in_model_list[]', 'model_number', Input::old('show_in_model_list', $snipeSettings->modellistCheckedValue('model_number')),array('class' => 'minimal')) }} {{ trans('general.model_no') }}<br>
+                           </div>
+                       </div>
+                       <!-- /.form-group -->
+
             </div> <!--/.box-body-->
             <div class="box-footer">
                 <div class="text-left col-md-6">