diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 566a7bd16767..a97e2e2b3b86 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -3044,6 +3044,7 @@ title = Packages
desc = Manage repository packages.
empty = There are no packages yet.
empty.documentation = For more information on the package registry, see the documentation.
+empty.repo = Did you upload a package, but it's not shown here? Go to package settings and link it to this repo.
filter.type = Type
filter.type.all = All
filter.no_result = Your filter produced no results.
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/packages.go b/routers/web/repo/packages.go
index d2d31ad57c6a..57db19aa3257 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/packages.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/packages.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/packages"
+ "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unit"
"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ func Packages(ctx *context.Context) {
ctx.Data["Query"] = query
ctx.Data["PackageType"] = packageType
ctx.Data["HasPackages"] = hasPackages
+ if ctx.Repo != nil {
+ ctx.Data["CanWritePackages"] = ctx.IsUserRepoWriter([]unit.Type{unit.TypePackages}) || ctx.IsUserSiteAdmin()
+ }
ctx.Data["PackageDescriptors"] = pds
ctx.Data["Total"] = total
ctx.Data["RepositoryAccessMap"] = map[int64]bool{ctx.Repo.Repository.ID: true} // There is only the current repository
diff --git a/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl b/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl
index 3b3a1720ea1b..189b75b59ebd 100644
--- a/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@