diff --git a/package/network/services/relayd/files/relay.init b/package/network/services/relayd/files/relay.init
index 3635e9c4bdf..c6288637d19 100644
--- a/package/network/services/relayd/files/relay.init
+++ b/package/network/services/relayd/files/relay.init
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ start_relay() {
 	config_get proto "$cfg" proto
 	[ "$proto" = "relay" ] || return 0
 
+	config_get_bool disabled "$cfg" disabled 0
+	[ "$disabled" -gt 0 ] && return 0
+
 	SERVICE_DAEMONIZE=1
 	SERVICE_WRITE_PID=1
 	SERVICE_PID_FILE="/var/run/relay-$cfg.pid"