diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 858952cbe7eb058438327f6587d2d875411a3af5..83aa046b547b581ba3479dcea96f32d5c433de22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ These options can be set via the environment variable -e flag:
 - **STATISTICS_CUMULATIVE**: enable cumulative statistics, without clearing them after printing. (Default: "no", Possible Values: "yes, no")
 - **EXTENDED_STATISTICS**: enable extended statistics (query types, answer codes, status) printed from unbound-control. (Default: "no", Possible Values: "yes, no")
 - **INTERFACE**: Sets the interface to listen on useful when using --net=host (Default 0.0.0.0, Possible Values: "<ipaddress>", "<ipaddress>@<port>")
+- **REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLE**: Enable the remote control feature (Default "yes", Possible Values: "yes, no")
diff --git a/assets/unbound.conf b/assets/unbound.conf
index eb96ddf3ba7d55cb73b764877c710b0853d873a3..845264b3ea728390a4e683580458ceb7d773d899 100644
--- a/assets/unbound.conf
+++ b/assets/unbound.conf
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ python:
 remote-control:
 	# Enable remote control with unbound-control(8) here.
 	# set up the keys and certificates with unbound-control-setup.
-	control-enable: yes
+	control-enable: {{REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLE}}
 
 	# Set to no and use an absolute path as control-interface to use
 	# a unix local named pipe for unbound-control.
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 85638162692251739ab7814cc1df5c6b8ea99861..6ae86a9a412f34a23d1a0a72673adadd4973be03 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ STATISTICS_INTERVAL=${STATISTICS_INTERVAL:-0}
 STATISTICS_CUMULATIVE=${STATISTICS_CUMULATIVE:-no}
 EXTENDED_STATISTICS=${EXTENDED_STATISTICS:-no}
 INTERFACE=${INTERFACE:-0.0.0.0}
+REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLE=${REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLE:-yes}
 
 
 sed 's/{{DO_IPV6}}/'"${DO_IPV6}"'/' -i /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf
@@ -46,5 +47,6 @@ sed 's/{{STATISTICS_INTERVAL}}/'"${STATISTICS_INTERVAL}"'/' -i /usr/local/etc/un
 sed 's/{{STATISTICS_CUMULATIVE}}/'"${STATISTICS_CUMULATIVE}"'/' -i /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf
 sed 's/{{EXTENDED_STATISTICS}}/'"${EXTENDED_STATISTICS}"'/' -i /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf
 sed 's/{{INTERFACE}}/'"${INTERFACE}"'/' -i /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf
+sed 's/{{REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLE}}/'"${REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLE}"'/' -i /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf
 
 exec /usr/local/sbin/unbound -c /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf -d -v