diff --git a/applets/analog-clock/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/analog-clock/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/analog-clock/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/analog-clock/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
   <kcfgfile name=""/>
 
   <group name="General">
+    <entry name="showMinuteHand" type="Bool">
+      <default>true</default>
+    </entry>
     <entry name="showSecondHand" type="Bool">
       <default>false</default>
     </entry>
diff --git a/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/analogclock.qml b/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/analogclock.qml
--- a/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/analogclock.qml
+++ b/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/analogclock.qml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     property int hours
     property int minutes
     property int seconds
+    property bool showMinutesHand: plasmoid.configuration.showMinuteHand
     property bool showSecondsHand: plasmoid.configuration.showSecondHand
     property bool showTimezone: plasmoid.configuration.showTimezoneString
     property int tzOffset
@@ -167,12 +168,14 @@
                 horizontalRotationOffset: clock.horizontalShadowOffset
                 verticalRotationOffset: clock.verticalShadowOffset
                 rotation: 180 + minutes * 6
+                visible: showMinutesHand
                 svgScale: clock.svgScale
             }
             Hand {
                 elementId: "MinuteHand"
                 rotationCenterHintId: "hint-minutehand-rotation-center-offset"
                 rotation: 180 + minutes * 6
+                visible: showMinutesHand
                 svgScale: clock.svgScale
             }
 
diff --git a/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml b/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
--- a/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
+++ b/applets/analog-clock/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 
 Kirigami.FormLayout {
+    property alias cfg_showMinuteHand: showMinuteHandCheckBox.checked
     property alias cfg_showSecondHand: showSecondHandCheckBox.checked
     property alias cfg_showTimezoneString: showTimezoneCheckBox.checked
 
@@ -30,10 +31,14 @@
         right: parent.right
     }
 
+    CheckBox {
+        id: showMinuteHandCheckBox
+        text: i18n("Show minutes hand")
+        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("General:")
+    }
     CheckBox {
         id: showSecondHandCheckBox
         text: i18n("Show seconds hand")
-        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("General:")
     }
     CheckBox {
         id: showTimezoneCheckBox