diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
index 8d451fc5..ced8aeb0 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class JenkinsApi {
             post('job/' + missingJob.jobName + '/enable')
         }
     }
+	
+	void enableJob(ConcreteJob job) {
+		post('job/' + job.jobName + '/enable')
+	}
 
     void startJob(ConcreteJob job) {
         println "Starting job ${job.jobName}."
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
index aaa2d9dd..9c632301 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class JenkinsJobManager {
     Boolean noViews = false
     Boolean noDelete = false
     Boolean startOnCreate = false
+	Boolean enableJob = false
 
     JenkinsApi jenkinsApi
     GitApi gitApi
@@ -63,7 +64,10 @@ class JenkinsJobManager {
         for(ConcreteJob missingJob in missingJobs) {
             println "Creating missing job: ${missingJob.jobName} from ${missingJob.templateJob.jobName}"
             jenkinsApi.cloneJobForBranch(missingJob, templateJobs)
-            if (startOnCreate) {
+			if(enableJob) {
+				jenkinsApi.enableJob(missingJob)
+			}
+			if (startOnCreate) {
                 jenkinsApi.startJob(missingJob)
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
index 50a99a4f..6b6b1164 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class Main {
             r: [longOpt: 'view-regex', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'viewRegex', description: "Supply a custom regex to be applied to any generated views, overriding the default template regex - gradle flag: -DviewRegex=<regex>"],
             k: [longOpt: 'no-delete', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'noDelete', description: "Do not delete (keep) branches and views - gradle flag -DnoDelete=true"],
             f: [longOpt: 'filter-branch-names', required: false, args:  1, argName:  'branchNameRegex', description: "Only branches matching the regex will be accepted - gradle flag: -DbranchNameRegex=<regex>"],
-            usr: [longOpt: 'jenkins-user',  required: false, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsUser', description: "Jenkins username - gradle flag -DjenkinsUser=<jenkinsUser>"],
+			e: [longOpt: 'enable-job', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'enableJob', description: "When creating a new job, enable it even if template job was disabled - gradle flag: -DenableJob=true"],
+			usr: [longOpt: 'jenkins-user',  required: false, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsUser', description: "Jenkins username - gradle flag -DjenkinsUser=<jenkinsUser>"],
             pwd: [longOpt: 'jenkins-password',  required: false, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsPassword', description: "Jenkins password - gradle flag -DjenkinsPassword=<jenkinsPassword>"]
     ]