diff --git a/terraform/070-id-sync/main.tf b/terraform/070-id-sync/main.tf
index ba68a1e..78b2aaf 100644
--- a/terraform/070-id-sync/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/070-id-sync/main.tf
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "cron_td" {
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "event_rule" {
   name        = "${var.idp_name}-${var.app_name}-${var.app_env}"
   description = "Start ID Sync scheduled tasks"
+  is_enabled  = var.enable_sync
 
   schedule_expression = var.event_schedule
 
diff --git a/terraform/070-id-sync/vars.tf b/terraform/070-id-sync/vars.tf
index c6d415c..27c3b25 100644
--- a/terraform/070-id-sync/vars.tf
+++ b/terraform/070-id-sync/vars.tf
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ variable "enable_new_user_notification" {
   default = "false"
 }
 
+variable "enable_sync" {
+  description = "Set the AWS CloudWatch Event Rule is-enabled flag"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
 variable "event_schedule" {
   description = "AWS Cloudwatch schedule for the sync task"
   type        = string
diff --git a/test/070-id-sync.tf b/test/070-id-sync.tf
index 88a6f51..f6c93fd 100644
--- a/test/070-id-sync.tf
+++ b/test/070-id-sync.tf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module "sync" {
   email_service_baseUrl        = ""
   email_service_validIpRanges  = [""]
   enable_new_user_notification = ""
-  enable_sync                  = ""
+  enable_sync                  = true
   event_schedule               = ""
   id_broker_access_token       = ""
   id_broker_adapter            = ""