diff --git a/core/View.php b/core/View.php
index bc8ccf075aac5ab2c8b00d2e9a5bac93f0cd12a5..615bf3092d4fd057bbc6505122b345f1ace0d1fb 100644
--- a/core/View.php
+++ b/core/View.php
@@ -226,13 +226,16 @@ class View implements ViewInterface
             $this->latest_version_available = UpdateCheck::isNewestVersionAvailable();
             $this->disableLink = Common::getRequestVar('disableLink', 0, 'int');
             $this->isWidget = Common::getRequestVar('widget', 0, 'int');
+
+            $developmentModeEnabled = Development::isEnabled();
             
-            if (Development::isEnabled()) {
+            if ($developmentModeEnabled) {
                 $cacheBuster = rand(0, 10000);
             } else {
                 $cacheBuster = UIAssetCacheBuster::getInstance()->piwikVersionBasedCacheBuster();
             }
 
+            $this->isDevelopmentModeEnabled = $developmentModeEnabled;
             $this->cacheBuster = $cacheBuster;
             
             $this->loginModule = Piwik::getLoginPluginName();
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/angularjs/common/services/piwik-api.js b/plugins/CoreHome/angularjs/common/services/piwik-api.js
index 0b708a1c22757f1b07df7df68b8a766b35f0f954..f9e5b225a3be913f0db23ae2dc2c732e7f232384 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/angularjs/common/services/piwik-api.js
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/angularjs/common/services/piwik-api.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
  * @link http://piwik.org
  * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
  */
+
+// see https://github.com/piwik/piwik/issues/5094 used to detect an ad blocker
+var hasBlockedContent = false;
+
 (function () {
     angular.module('piwikApp.service').factory('piwikApi', piwikApiService);
 
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/lang/en.json b/plugins/CoreHome/lang/en.json
index 300c6fe15b46cd4e553774ec72ddc9d2cf6e8f36..637122effc73a0a2a3f98296ab0403075598f6a5 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/lang/en.json
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/lang/en.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         "UndoPivotBySubtable": "This report has been pivoted %s Undo pivot",
         "PivotBySubtable": "This report is not pivoted %s Pivot by %s",
         "QuickAccessTitle": "Search for menu entries, segments and websites. Shortcut: Press 'f' to search.",
-        "Segments": "Segments"
+        "Segments": "Segments",
+        "AdblockIsMaybeUsed": "In case you are using an ad blocker, please disable it for this site to make sure Piwik works without any issues."
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_adblockDetect.twig b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_adblockDetect.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b8273a5d761b49acd4b4726531642477a92c1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_adblockDetect.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    if ('undefined' === (typeof hasBlockedContent) || hasBlockedContent !== false) {
+        (function () {
+            {# most likely jQuery is not available, have to use vanilla JS here #}
+
+            {% if not isDevelopmentModeEnabled %}
+               {# if development mode is disabled it is most likely blocked because having piwik in pathname #}
+               {# if development mode is enabled it might be as well blocked because of not loaded piwik-api.js #}
+                if (location && location.pathname && -1 === location.pathname.indexOf('piwik')) {
+                    // it is most likely not an issue related to ad blocker, maybe failed to load from server
+                    return;
+                }
+            {% endif %}
+
+            var body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');
+
+            if (!body || !body[0]) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var warning = document.createElement('h3');
+            warning.innerHTML = '{{ 'CoreHome_AdblockIsMaybeUsed'|translate|e('js') }}';
+
+            body[0].appendChild(warning);
+            warning.style.color = 'red';
+            warning.style.fontWeight = 'bold';
+            warning.style.marginLeft = '16px';
+            warning.style.marginBottom = '16px';
+        })();
+    }
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/Morpheus/templates/layout.twig b/plugins/Morpheus/templates/layout.twig
index 1e9f1f0d5c5aaf24400011335b2ad8dc09d7f73b..fa2f480df5e6a6a0a64c230a6e0f325207f586f8 100644
--- a/plugins/Morpheus/templates/layout.twig
+++ b/plugins/Morpheus/templates/layout.twig
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
             {% include "@CoreHome/_favicon.twig" %}
             {% include "_jsGlobalVariables.twig" %}
-            {% include "_piwikTag.twig" %}
             {% include "_jsCssIncludes.twig" %}
 
             <!--[if IE]>
@@ -49,5 +48,6 @@
 
     {% endblock %}
 
+        {% include "@CoreHome/_adblockDetect.twig" %}
     </body>
 </html>