diff --git a/deploy.pl b/deploy.pl
index 7b79ba3..677493a 100755
--- a/deploy.pl
+++ b/deploy.pl
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ sub render_vm_conf {
 		my $_mac = $vms{$vm_name}{'mac'} || $conf{'conf'}{'MAC_PREFIX'} . ":" . $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'};
 
 		printf $fh_vm "vm \"%s\" {\n", $_instance;
-		printf $fh_vm "\tdisable\n";
+		printf $fh_vm "\tdisable\n" if ! $vms{$vm_name}{'enable'};
 		printf $fh_vm "\towner %s\n", $_owner;
 		printf $fh_vm "\tmemory %s\n", $_memory if $_memory;
 		printf $fh_vm "\tboot device net\n" if (! -e $_disk);
diff --git a/vms/vm01.txt b/vms/vm01.txt
index 9149657..8262c96 100644
--- a/vms/vm01.txt
+++ b/vms/vm01.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ hostname="deploytest1"
 username="deploytest1"
 memory="1G"
 note=""
+enable="yes"