diff --git a/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml b/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml
index 85d972540f9..5652298a04a 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml
+++ b/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml
@@ -880,7 +880,9 @@
                     </ul>
                     <ul class="list-inline mb0">
                         <li t-if="(question.post_type != 'question' or question.post_type == 'question' and not question.uid_has_answered) and question.state != 'close' and question.active != False">
-                            <a t-attf-class="fa fa-reply" href="#post_reply"> Reply</a>
+                            <a t-attf-class="fa fa-reply #{not question.can_answer and 'karma_required text-muted' or ''}"
+                            t-att-data-karma="question.forum_id.karma_answer"
+                            href="#post_reply"> Reply</a>
                         </li>
                         <li t-if="question.post_type == 'question'">
                             <a style="cursor: pointer" t-att-data-toggle="question.can_comment and 'collapse' or None"
@@ -911,7 +913,7 @@
             </t>
         </div>
         <div id="post_reply"
-                t-if="(question.post_type != 'question' or question.post_type == 'question' and not question.uid_has_answered) and question.state != 'close' and question.active != False">
+                t-if="(question.post_type != 'question' or question.post_type == 'question' and not question.uid_has_answered) and question.state != 'close' and question.active != False and question.can_answer">
             <t t-call="website_forum.post_answer"/>
         </div>
         <div t-if="question.post_type == 'question' and question.uid_has_answered" class="mb16">
@@ -994,7 +996,7 @@
                 </ul>
                 <ul class="list-inline mb0">
                     <li t-if="question.post_type != 'question'">
-                        <a t-attf-class="fa fa-reply" style="cursor: pointer" data-toggle="collapse"
+                        <a t-attf-class="fa fa-reply #{not question.can_answer and 'karma_required text-muted' or None}" t-att-data-karma="question.forum_id.karma_answer" style="cursor: pointer" data-toggle="collapse"
                             t-attf-data-target="#reply#{ answer._name.replace('.','') + '-' + str(answer.id) }"> Reply
                         </a>
                     </li>