diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e16f5c331e..68287f0e6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ v 8.9.0 (unreleased)
   - Add option to project to only allow merge requests to be merged if the build succeeds (Rui Santos)
   - Added navigation shortcuts to the project pipelines, milestones, builds and forks page. !4393
   - Fix issues filter when ordering by milestone
+  - Disable SAML account unlink feature
   - Added artifacts:when to .gitlab-ci.yml - this requires GitLab Runner 1.3
   - Bamboo Service: Fix missing credentials & URL handling when base URL contains a path (Benjamin Schmid)
   - TeamCity Service: Fix URL handling when base URL contains a path
diff --git a/app/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller.rb
index 175afbf842..69959fe368 100644
--- a/app/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Profiles::AccountsController < Profiles::ApplicationController
 
   def unlink
     provider = params[:provider]
-    current_user.identities.find_by(provider: provider).destroy
+    current_user.identities.find_by(provider: provider).destroy unless provider.to_s == 'saml'
     redirect_to profile_account_path
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/profiles/accounts/show.html.haml b/app/views/profiles/accounts/show.html.haml
index 3d2a245ecb..8efe486e01 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/accounts/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/accounts/show.html.haml
@@ -62,10 +62,14 @@
           .provider-btn-image
             = provider_image_tag(provider)
           - if auth_active?(provider)
-            = link_to unlink_profile_account_path(provider: provider), method: :delete, class: 'provider-btn' do
-              Disconnect
+            - if provider.to_s == 'saml'
+              %a.provider-btn
+                Active
+            - else
+              = link_to unlink_profile_account_path(provider: provider), method: :delete, class: 'provider-btn' do
+                Disconnect
           - else
-            = link_to user_omniauth_authorize_path(provider), method: :post, class: "provider-btn #{'not-active' if !auth_active?(provider)}", "data-no-turbolink" => "true" do
+            = link_to user_omniauth_authorize_path(provider), method: :post, class: 'provider-btn not-active', "data-no-turbolink" => "true" do
               Connect
   %hr
 - if current_user.can_change_username?
diff --git a/spec/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4eafc11aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/profiles/accounts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Profiles::AccountsController do
+
+  let(:user) { create(:omniauth_user, provider: 'saml') }
+
+  before do
+    sign_in(user)
+  end
+
+  it 'does not allow to unlink SAML connected account' do
+    identity = user.identities.last
+    delete :unlink, provider: 'saml'
+    updated_user = User.find(user.id)
+
+    expect(response.status).to eq(302)
+    expect(updated_user.identities.size).to eq(1)
+    expect(updated_user.identities).to include(identity)
+  end
+
+  it 'does allow to delete other linked accounts' do
+    user.identities.create(provider: 'twitter', extern_uid: 'twitter_123')
+
+    expect { delete :unlink, provider: 'twitter' }.to change(Identity.all, :size).by(-1)
+  end
+end