Index: typo3/classes/class.clearcachemenu.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/classes/class.clearcachemenu.php	(revision 8444)
+++ typo3/classes/class.clearcachemenu.php	(working copy)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		$this->optionValues     = array('all', 'pages');
 
 			// Clear cache for ALL tables!
-		if($GLOBALS['BE_USER']->isAdmin() || $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->getTSConfigVal('options.clearCache.all')) {
+		if($this->isAllowedToClearCache('options.clearCache.all')) {
 			$title = $GLOBALS['LANG']->sL('LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_core.xml:rm.clearCacheMenu_all', true);
 			$this->cacheActions[] = array(
 				'id'    => 'all',
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		}
 
 			// Clear cache for either ALL pages
-		if($GLOBALS['BE_USER']->isAdmin() || $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->getTSConfigVal('options.clearCache.pages')) {
+		if($this->isAllowedToClearCache('options.clearCache.pages')) {
 			$title = $GLOBALS['LANG']->sL('LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_core.xml:rm.clearCacheMenu_pages', true);
 			$this->cacheActions[] = array(
 				'id'    => 'pages',
@@ -170,6 +170,28 @@
 		return ' id="clear-cache-actions-menu"';
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if the current user is allowed to clear the given cache
+	 *
+	 * @param	String	TSConfig option
+	 * @return	Boolean
+	 */
+	protected function isAllowedToClearCache($cache) {
+		$isAllowedToClearCache = FALSE;
+
+		$isAdmin = $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->isAdmin();
+		$clearCacheEnabled = $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->getTSConfigVal($cache);
+
+			// Admins are allowed to clear caches by default, so we have to check if the TSConfig option is anything but 0
+		if($isAdmin && $clearCacheEnabled != '0') {
+			$isAllowedToClearCache = TRUE;
+		} elseif($clearCacheEnabled) {
+			$isAllowedToClearCache = TRUE;
+		}
+
+		return $isAllowedToClearCache;
+	}
+
 }
 
 if(defined('TYPO3_MODE') && $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[TYPO3_MODE]['XCLASS']['typo3/classes/class.clearcachemenu.php']) {
Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php	(revision 8444)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php	(working copy)
@@ -7398,6 +7398,28 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Check if the current user is allowed to clear the given cache
+	 *
+	 * @param	String	TSConfig option
+	 * @return	Boolean
+	 */
+	protected function isAllowedToClearCache($cache) {
+		$isAllowedToClearCache = FALSE;
+
+		$isAdmin = $this->admin;
+		$clearCacheEnabled = $this->BE_USER->getTSConfigVal($cache);
+
+			// Admins are allowed to clear caches by default, so we have to check if the TSConfig option is anything but 0
+		if($isAdmin && $clearCacheEnabled != '0') {
+			$isAllowedToClearCache = TRUE;
+		} elseif($clearCacheEnabled) {
+			$isAllowedToClearCache = TRUE;
+		}
+
+		return $isAllowedToClearCache;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Clears the cache based on the command $cacheCmd.
 	 *
 	 * $cacheCmd='pages':	Clears cache for all pages. Requires admin-flag to
@@ -7435,12 +7457,12 @@
 			// Clear cache for either ALL pages or ALL tables!
 		switch($cacheCmd)	{
 			case 'pages':
-				if ($this->admin || $this->BE_USER->getTSConfigVal('options.clearCache.pages'))	{
+				if ($this->isAllowedToClearCache('options.clearCache.pages'))	{
 					$this->internal_clearPageCache();
 				}
 			break;
 			case 'all':
-				if ($this->admin || $this->BE_USER->getTSConfigVal('options.clearCache.all'))	{
+				if ($this->isAllowedToClearCache('options.clearCache.all'))	{
 
 						// Clear all caching framework caches if it is initialized:
 						// (it could be disabled by initialized by an extension)