diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index cb2e6a0f8..f3a616fef 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="diagram-3"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span i18n>More like this</span>
       </button>
 
-      <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="splitDocument()" [disabled]="contentRenderType !== ContentRenderType.PDF">
+      <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="splitDocument()" [disabled]="contentRenderType !== ContentRenderType.PDF || previewNumPages < 2">
         <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="scissors"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span i18n>Split</span>
       </button>