diff --git a/templates/navigation/global_navigation.html b/templates/navigation/global_navigation.html
index 4b259e2b..09396483 100644
--- a/templates/navigation/global_navigation.html
+++ b/templates/navigation/global_navigation.html
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
         {"label":"New Request", "href":url_for("requests.requests_form_new", screen=1), "icon": "plus", "active": g.matchesPath('/requests/new')},
       ]
       ) }}
-    {{ SidenavItem("Workspaces", href="/workspaces", icon="cloud", active=g.matchesPath('/workspaces')) }}
+
+    {% if g.current_user.workspace_roles %}
+      {{ SidenavItem("Workspaces", href="/workspaces", icon="cloud", active=g.matchesPath('/workspaces')) }}
+    {% endif %}
   </ul>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/routes/test_home.py b/tests/routes/test_home.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e0c1712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/routes/test_home.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from tests.factories import UserFactory, WorkspaceFactory
+from atst.domain.workspaces import Workspaces
+
+
+def test_user_with_workspaces_has_workspaces_nav(client, user_session):
+    user = UserFactory.create()
+    workspace = WorkspaceFactory.create()
+    Workspaces._create_workspace_role(user, workspace, "default")
+
+    user_session(user)
+    response = client.get("/home")
+    assert b'href="/workspaces"' in response.data
+
+
+def test_user_without_workspaces_has_no_workspaces_nav(client, user_session):
+    user = UserFactory.create()
+    user_session(user)
+    response = client.get("/home")
+    assert b'href="/workspaces"' not in response.data