diff --git a/demo-shell/resources/i18n/en.json b/demo-shell/resources/i18n/en.json
index 92f267e7fa..986ce84307 100644
--- a/demo-shell/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/demo-shell/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         "CUSTOM_FILTER" :"Custom extensions filter",
         "MAX_SIZE" : "Max size filter",
         "ENABLE_VERSIONING" :"Enable versioning",
+        "ENABLE_VERSION_DOWNLOAD" :"Enable version download",
         "DESCRIPTION_UPLOAD" : "Enable upload",
         "ENABLE_INFINITE_SCROLL":"Enable Infinite Scrolling",
         "MULTISELECT_DESCRIPTION" : "Use Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) to toggle selection of multiple items",
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.html b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.html
index 28c5d72b54..2c37d927d7 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.html
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.html
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@
                     <ng-container *ngIf="userHasPermissionToManageVersions(); else no_permission_to_versions">
                         <adf-version-manager
                             [node]="documentList.selection[0].entry"
-                            [showComments]="showVersionComments">
+                            [showComments]="showVersionComments"
+                            [enableDownload]="enableVersionDownload">
                         </adf-version-manager>
                     </ng-container>
                 </ng-container>
@@ -440,8 +441,11 @@
         </section>
 
         <section>
-            <mat-slide-toggle [color]="'primary'" [(ngModel)]="showVersionComments">{{'DOCUMENT_LIST.SHOW_VERSION_COMMENTS' |
-                translate}}
+            <mat-slide-toggle [color]="'primary'" [(ngModel)]="showVersionComments">
+                {{'DOCUMENT_LIST.SHOW_VERSION_COMMENTS' | translate}}
+            </mat-slide-toggle>
+            <mat-slide-toggle [color]="'primary'" [(ngModel)]="enableVersionDownload">
+                {{'DOCUMENT_LIST.ENABLE_VERSION_DOWNLOAD' | translate}}
             </mat-slide-toggle>
         </section>
 
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts
index 06648bf4b6..6124d90346 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ export class FilesComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
     @Input()
     versioning = false;
 
+    @Input()
+    enableVersionDownload = true;
+
     @Input()
     acceptedFilesType = '.jpg,.pdf,.js';
 
@@ -362,10 +365,11 @@ export class FilesComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
     onManageVersions(event) {
         const contentEntry = event.value.entry;
         const showComments = this.showVersionComments;
+        const enableDownload = this.enableVersionDownload;
 
         if (this.contentService.hasPermission(contentEntry, 'update')) {
             this.dialog.open(VersionManagerDialogAdapterComponent, {
-                data: { contentEntry, showComments },
+                data: { contentEntry, showComments, enableDownload },
                 panelClass: 'adf-version-manager-dialog',
                 width: '630px'
             });
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.html b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.html
index 6a2dc154c8..509c3bb54a 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.html
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <header mat-dialog-title>{{'VERSION.DIALOG.TITLE' | translate}}</header>
 <section mat-dialog-content>
-    <adf-version-manager [node]="contentEntry" [showComments]="showComments" (uploadError)="uploadError($event)"></adf-version-manager>
+    <adf-version-manager [node]="contentEntry" [enableDownload]="enableDownload" [showComments]="showComments" (uploadError)="uploadError($event)"></adf-version-manager>
 </section>
 <footer mat-dialog-actions fxLayout="row" fxLayoutAlign="end center">
     <button mat-button (click)="close()">{{'VERSION.DIALOG.CLOSE' | translate}}</button>
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.ts b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.ts
index bb70f66f66..b197a1d9d4 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/version-manager-dialog-adapter.component.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ export class VersionManagerDialogAdapterComponent {
 
     public contentEntry: MinimalNodeEntryEntity;
     showComments = true;
+    enableDownload = true;
 
     constructor(@Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) data: any,
                 private snackBar: MatSnackBar,
                 private containingDialog?: MatDialogRef<VersionManagerDialogAdapterComponent>) {
         this.contentEntry = data.contentEntry;
         this.showComments = data.hasOwnProperty('showComments') ? data.showComments : this.showComments;
+        this.enableDownload = data.hasOwnProperty('enableDownload') ? data.enableDownload : this.enableDownload;
     }
 
     uploadError(errorMessage: string) {
diff --git a/docs/content-services/version-list.component.md b/docs/content-services/version-list.component.md
index 9115c61bbb..9df03edfd1 100644
--- a/docs/content-services/version-list.component.md
+++ b/docs/content-services/version-list.component.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Displays the version history of a node in a Version Manager component
 | ---- | ---- | ------------- | ----------- |
 | id | `string` |  | ID of the node whose version history you want to display.  |
 | showComments | `boolean` | true |  Set this to false if version comments should not be displayed.  |
+| enableDownload | `boolean` | true |  Configuration to enable/disable downloads of previous versions. Set this to false to not show the menu item for version download.  |
 
 ## Details
 
diff --git a/docs/content-services/version-manager.component.md b/docs/content-services/version-manager.component.md
index e947bcb7a5..7f3fb17385 100644
--- a/docs/content-services/version-manager.component.md
+++ b/docs/content-services/version-manager.component.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Displays the version history of a node with the ability to upload a new version.
 | ---- | ---- | --- | ----------- |
 | node | [MinimalNodeEntryEntity](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeMinimalEntry.md) | |The node you want to manage the version history of. |
 | showComments | `boolean` | true | Set this to false if version comments should not be displayed. |
+| enableDownload | `boolean` | true |  Configuration to enable/disable downloads of previous versions. Set this to false to not show the menu item for version download.  |
 
 ### Events
 
diff --git a/lib/content-services/search/components/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts b/lib/content-services/search/components/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
index ab94cbaeed..9c261cc7b5 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/search/components/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/search/components/search-filter/search-filter.component.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class SearchFilterComponent implements OnInit {
             this.queryBuilder.execute();
         });
     }
-    
+
     ngOnInit() {
         if (this.queryBuilder) {
             this.queryBuilder.executed.subscribe(data => {
diff --git a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.html b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.html
index f826cb79b6..fd119c6f67 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.html
+++ b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.html
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
         <mat-menu #versionMenu="matMenu" yPosition="below" xPosition="before">
             <button mat-menu-item (click)="restore(version.entry.id)"> Restore </button>
+            <button mat-menu-item (click)="downloadVersion(version.entry.id)" title="Download" *ngIf="enableDownload"> Download </button>
         </mat-menu>
 
         <button mat-icon-button [matMenuTriggerFor]="versionMenu">
diff --git a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.spec.ts b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.spec.ts
index baabd8a21a..68762a3f15 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { AlfrescoApiService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
 describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
     let component: VersionListComponent;
     let fixture: ComponentFixture<VersionListComponent>;
+    let alfrescoApiService: AlfrescoApiService;
 
     const nodeId = 'test-id';
     const versionId = '1.0';
@@ -44,15 +45,17 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
         fixture = TestBed.createComponent(VersionListComponent);
+        alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
 
         component = fixture.componentInstance;
         component.id = nodeId;
+
+        spyOn(component, 'downloadContent').and.stub();
     });
 
     describe('Version history fetching', () => {
 
         it('should use loading bar', () => {
-            const alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
             spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and
                 .callFake(() => Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: []}}));
 
@@ -67,7 +70,6 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
         });
 
         it('should load the versions for a given id', () => {
-            const alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
             spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and
                 .callFake(() => Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: []}}));
 
@@ -77,9 +79,8 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
             expect(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi.listVersionHistory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(nodeId);
         });
 
-        it('should show the versions after loading', async(() => {
+        it('should show the versions after loading', (done) => {
             fixture.detectChanges();
-            const alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
             spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and.callFake(() => {
                 return Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: [
                     {
@@ -99,11 +100,11 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
                 expect(versionFileName).toBe('test-file-name');
                 expect(versionIdText).toBe('1.0');
                 expect(versionComment).toBe('test-version-comment');
+                done();
             });
-        }));
+        });
 
-        it('should NOT show the versions comments if input property is set not to show them', async(() => {
-            const alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
+        it('should NOT show the versions comments if input property is set not to show them', (done) => {
             spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and
                 .callFake(() => Promise.resolve(
                     {
@@ -127,15 +128,40 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
                 let versionCommentEl = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.adf-version-list-item-comment'));
 
                 expect(versionCommentEl).toBeNull();
+                done();
             });
-        }));
+        });
+
+        it('should be able to download a version', () => {
+            const versionEntry =  { entry: { name: 'test-file-name', id: '1.0', versionComment: 'test-version-comment' }};
+            spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: [ versionEntry ] }}));
+            spyOn(alfrescoApiService.contentApi, 'getContentUrl').and.returnValue('the/download/url');
+
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            component.downloadVersion('1.0');
+            expect(alfrescoApiService.contentApi.getContentUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(nodeId, true);
+        });
+
+        it('should NOT be able to download a version if configured so', () => {
+            const versionEntry =  { entry: { name: 'test-file-name', id: '1.0', versionComment: 'test-version-comment' }};
+            spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and
+                .callFake(() => Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: [ versionEntry ] }}));
+            const spyOnDownload = spyOn(alfrescoApiService.contentApi, 'getContentUrl').and.stub();
+
+            component.enableDownload = false;
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            component.downloadVersion('1.0');
+            expect(spyOnDownload).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
     });
 
     describe('Version restoring', () => {
 
         it('should load the versions for a given id', () => {
             fixture.detectChanges();
-            const alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
             spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and
                 .callFake(() => Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: []}}));
             const spyOnRevertVersion = spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'revertVersion').and
@@ -147,9 +173,8 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
             expect(spyOnRevertVersion).toHaveBeenCalledWith(nodeId, versionId, { majorVersion: true, comment: ''});
         });
 
-        it('should reload the version list after a version restore', async(() => {
+        it('should reload the version list after a version restore', (done) => {
             fixture.detectChanges();
-            const alfrescoApiService = TestBed.get(AlfrescoApiService);
             const spyOnListVersionHistory = spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'listVersionHistory').and
                 .callFake(() => Promise.resolve({ list: { entries: []}}));
             spyOn(alfrescoApiService.versionsApi, 'revertVersion').and.callFake(() => Promise.resolve());
@@ -158,7 +183,8 @@ describe('VersionListComponent', () => {
 
             fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
                 expect(spyOnListVersionHistory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+                done();
             });
-        }));
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.ts b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.ts
index c16c7eaffe..15ef862bcd 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-list.component.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export class VersionListComponent implements OnChanges {
     @Input()
     showComments: boolean = true;
 
+    /** Enable/disable possibility to download a version of the current node. */
+    @Input()
+    enableDownload: boolean = true;
+
     constructor(private alfrescoApi: AlfrescoApiService) {
         this.versionsApi = this.alfrescoApi.versionsApi;
     }
@@ -62,4 +66,29 @@ export class VersionListComponent implements OnChanges {
             this.isLoading = false;
         });
     }
+
+    downloadVersion(versionId) {
+        if (this.enableDownload) {
+            const versionDownloadUrl = this.getVersionContentUrl(this.id, versionId, true);
+            this.downloadContent(versionDownloadUrl);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private getVersionContentUrl(nodeId: string, versionId: string, attachment?: boolean) {
+        const nodeDownloadUrl = this.alfrescoApi.contentApi.getContentUrl(nodeId, attachment);
+        return nodeDownloadUrl.replace('/content', '/versions/' + versionId + '/content');
+    }
+
+    downloadContent(url: string) {
+        if (url) {
+            const link = document.createElement('a');
+
+            link.style.display = 'none';
+            link.href = url;
+
+            document.body.appendChild(link);
+            link.click();
+            document.body.removeChild(link);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.html b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.html
index db98c4c494..1f77779f7c 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.html
+++ b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.html
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
     <adf-version-upload [node]="node" (success)="onUploadSuccess($event)" (error)="onUploadError($event)"></adf-version-upload>
 </div>
 <div class="adf-version-list-container">
-    <adf-version-list #versionList [id]="node.id" [showComments]="showComments"></adf-version-list>
+    <adf-version-list
+        #versionList [id]="node.id"
+        [enableDownload]="enableDownload"
+        [showComments]="showComments">
+    </adf-version-list>
 </div>
diff --git a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.ts b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.ts
index 881a21635c..b276faecd8 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/version-manager/version-manager.component.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ export class VersionManagerComponent {
     @Input()
     showComments: boolean = true;
 
+    @Input()
+    enableDownload: boolean = true;
+
     @Output()
     uploadSuccess: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();