diff --git a/core/src/Modal.svelte b/core/src/Modal.svelte
index af29c2d035..be28a0487c 100644
--- a/core/src/Modal.svelte
+++ b/core/src/Modal.svelte
@@ -321,18 +321,20 @@
             {/if}
           </div>
         </div>
-        <div class="fd-bar__right">
-          <div class="fd-bar__element">
-            <button
-              class="fd-button fd-button--transparent fd-button--compact"
-              on:click={() => dispatch('close', { activeDrawer: false })}
-              aria-label="close"
-              data-testid={settings.closebtn_data_testid && isModal ? settings.closebtn_data_testid : 'lui-modal-index-' + modalIndex}
-            >
-              <i class="sap-icon sap-icon--decline" />
-            </button>
+        {#if settings.hideXBtn !== true}
+          <div class="fd-bar__right">
+            <div class="fd-bar__element">
+              <button
+                class="fd-button fd-button--transparent fd-button--compact"
+                on:click={() => dispatch('close', { activeDrawer: false })}
+                aria-label="close"
+                data-testid={settings.closebtn_data_testid && isModal ? settings.closebtn_data_testid : 'lui-modal-index-' + modalIndex}
+              >
+                <i class="sap-icon sap-icon--decline" />
+              </button>
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        {/if}
       </div>
     {/if}
     <div class="fd-dialog__body">
diff --git a/test/e2e-test-application/cypress/e2e/tests/0-js-test-app/js-test-app-client-linkManager-features.cy.js b/test/e2e-test-application/cypress/e2e/tests/0-js-test-app/js-test-app-client-linkManager-features.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deacd118da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-test-application/cypress/e2e/tests/0-js-test-app/js-test-app-client-linkManager-features.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import defaultLuigiConfig from '../../configs/default';
+describe('JS-TEST-APP', () => {
+  const localRetries = {
+    retries: {
+      runMode: 4,
+      openMode: 4
+    }
+  };
+  describe('Configure x btn for a modal', () => {
+    let newConfig;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      newConfig = structuredClone(defaultLuigiConfig);
+      newConfig.navigation.nodes[0].children.push({
+        pathSegment: 'openNodeInModal',
+        label: 'Open Node in Modal',
+        viewUrl: '/examples/microfrontends/multipurpose.html',
+        openNodeInModal: {
+          title: 'Title for modal',
+          hideXBtn: true
+        }
+      });
+      newConfig.tag = 'js-test-app-modal-test';
+    });
+    it('x-btn not visible', () => {
+      cy.visitTestApp('/', newConfig);
+      cy.get('[configversion="js-test-app-modal-test"]');
+      cy.get('.fd-navigation')
+        .contains('Open Node in Modal')
+        .click();
+      cy.get('.lui-modal-mf .lui-modal-header').should('not.have.attr', 'aria-label', 'close');
+    });
+    it('x-btn visible, hideXBtn=false', () => {
+      newConfig.navigation.nodes[0].children[2].openNodeInModal.hideXBtn = false;
+      cy.visitTestApp('/', newConfig);
+      cy.get('[configversion="js-test-app-modal-test"]');
+      cy.get('.fd-navigation')
+        .contains('Open Node in Modal')
+        .click();
+      cy.get('.lui-modal-mf [aria-label="close"]').should('have.attr', 'data-testid', 'lui-modal-index-0');
+    });
+    it('x-btn visible, hideXBtn not defined', () => {
+      delete newConfig.navigation.nodes[0].children[2].openNodeInModal.hideXBtn;
+      cy.visitTestApp('/', newConfig);
+      cy.get('[configversion="js-test-app-modal-test"]');
+      cy.get('.fd-navigation')
+        .contains('Open Node in Modal')
+        .click();
+      cy.get('.lui-modal-mf [aria-label="close"]').should('have.attr', 'data-testid', 'lui-modal-index-0');
+    });
+  });
+});