diff --git a/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index a72b987e5..3911beb62 100644
--- a/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
                     </navigationItem>
                     <simulatedToolbarMetrics key="simulatedBottomBarMetrics"/>
                     <connections>
+                        <outlet property="addNewItemButton" destination="yo6-w4-SfI" id="NbL-RH-N4J"/>
                         <outlet property="markAllAsReadButton" destination="ddj-Ya-Wol" id="jjr-OK-4zl"/>
                     </connections>
                 </tableViewController>
diff --git a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
index 3a2e69d3a..e170997c2 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import RSTree
 
 class MasterFeedViewController: ProgressTableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 
-	@IBOutlet weak var markAllAsReadButton: UIBarButtonItem!
+	@IBOutlet private weak var markAllAsReadButton: UIBarButtonItem!
+	@IBOutlet private weak var addNewItemButton: UIBarButtonItem!
 	
 	var undoableCommands = [UndoableCommand]()
 	
@@ -596,6 +597,7 @@ private extension MasterFeedViewController {
 	
 	func updateUI() {
 		markAllAsReadButton.isEnabled = navState.isAnyUnreadAvailable
+		addNewItemButton.isEnabled = !AccountManager.shared.activeAccounts.isEmpty
 	}
 
 	func configureCellsForRepresentedObject(_ representedObject: AnyObject) {