diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26db4dd..0d2d606 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Install and configure docker service
 
 * `docker_repo_distribution` - set the distribution for docker repository (default: `ansible_distribution_release`)
 * `docker_compose_version` - set the docker-compose version to install (default: `1.23.2`)
+* `docker_service_enabled` - enable systemd service (default: `yes`)
 * `docker_networks` - array with the docker networks
 
 ```
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index f0f865e..3a79bc6 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+docker_service_enabled: yes
 docker_repo_distribution: '{{ ansible_distribution_release }}'
 docker_compose_version: 1.23.2
 docker_compose_url: "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/\
diff --git a/tasks/service.yml b/tasks/service.yml
index eae41b3..208ca1a 100644
--- a/tasks/service.yml
+++ b/tasks/service.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
   systemd:
     name: 'docker-compose@{{ item }}'
     state: started
-    enabled: yes
+    enabled: '{{ docker_service_enabled }}'
   loop: '{{ docker_services|list }}'
   tags: docker