diff --git a/trac/ticket/templates/query.html b/trac/ticket/templates/query.html
index 6cd43de9e3..3dface0f3f 100644
--- a/trac/ticket/templates/query.html
+++ b/trac/ticket/templates/query.html
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ <h1>${title} <span class="numrows">(${
       </form>
 
       # include 'query_results.html'
-      # if tickets:
+      # if tickets and batch_modify:
       #   include 'batch_modify.html' ignore missing
       # endif
 
diff --git a/trac/ticket/tests/batch.py b/trac/ticket/tests/batch.py
index 9abc820569..b690b64530 100644
--- a/trac/ticket/tests/batch.py
+++ b/trac/ticket/tests/batch.py
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from trac.core import Component, implements
-from trac.perm import DefaultPermissionPolicy, DefaultPermissionStore, \
-                      PermissionSystem
+from trac.perm import (
+    DefaultPermissionPolicy, DefaultPermissionGroupProvider,
+    DefaultPermissionStore, PermissionSystem,
+)
 from trac.test import EnvironmentStub, MockRequest, makeSuite
 from trac.ticket import api, default_workflow, model, web_ui
 from trac.ticket.batch import BatchModifyModule
 from trac.ticket.test import insert_ticket
+from trac.ticket.query import QueryModule
 from trac.util.datefmt import datetime_now, utc
 from trac.web.api import HTTPBadRequest, RequestDone
-from trac.web.chrome import web_context
+from trac.web.chrome import Chrome, web_context
 from trac.web.session import DetachedSession
 
 
@@ -183,8 +186,9 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
     def setUp(self):
         self.env = EnvironmentStub(default_data=True, enable=[
             default_workflow.ConfigurableTicketWorkflow,
-            DefaultPermissionPolicy, DefaultPermissionStore,
-            BatchModifyModule, api.TicketSystem, web_ui.TicketModule
+            DefaultPermissionPolicy, DefaultPermissionGroupProvider,
+            DefaultPermissionStore, Chrome, QueryModule,
+            BatchModifyModule, api.TicketSystem, web_ui.TicketModule,
         ])
         self.env.config.set('trac', 'permission_policies',
                             'DefaultPermissionPolicy')
@@ -234,6 +238,17 @@ def _insert_component(self, name):
         component.name = name
         component.insert()
 
+    def _process_query_request(self, req):
+        query_mod = QueryModule(self.env)
+        self.assertTrue(query_mod.match_request(req))
+        batch_mod = BatchModifyModule(self.env)
+        batch_mod.pre_process_request(req, query_mod)
+        template, data = query_mod.process_request(req)
+        return batch_mod.post_process_request(req, template, data, {})
+
+    def _render_fragment(self, req, template, data):
+        return Chrome(self.env).render_fragment(req, template, data)
+
     def test_require_post_method(self):
         """Request must use POST method."""
         module = BatchModifyModule(self.env)
@@ -779,6 +794,23 @@ def test_post_process_request_error_handling(self):
         self.assertEqual((None, None, None),
                          module.post_process_request(req, None, None, None))
 
+    def test_view_without_batch_modify(self):
+        req = MockRequest(self.env, path_info='/query', authname='user1',
+                          args={'status': '!closed'})
+        template, data, metadata = self._process_query_request(req)
+        self.assertNotIn('batch_modify', data)
+        fragment = self._render_fragment(req, template, data)
+        self.assertNotIn('<form id="batchmod_form"', fragment)
+
+    def test_view_with_batch_modify(self):
+        req = MockRequest(self.env, path_info='/query', authname='has_bm',
+                          args={'status': '!closed'})
+        template, data, metadata = self._process_query_request(req)
+        self.assertIn('batch_modify', set(data))
+        self.assertTrue(data['batch_modify'])
+        fragment = self._render_fragment(req, template, data)
+        self.assertIn('<form id="batchmod_form"', fragment)
+
 
 def test_suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()