diff --git a/tools/hwsim.c b/tools/hwsim.c
index fcb83248..c7b41750 100644
--- a/tools/hwsim.c
+++ b/tools/hwsim.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct hwsim_rule {
 	bool destination_any : 1;
 	bool bidirectional : 1;
 	bool drop : 1;
+	bool enabled : 1;
 	uint32_t frequency;
 	int priority;
 	int signal;
@@ -1177,6 +1178,9 @@ static void process_rules(const struct radio_info_rec *src_radio,
 			rule_entry = rule_entry->next) {
 		struct hwsim_rule *rule = rule_entry->data;
 
+		if (!rule->enabled)
+			return;
+
 		if (!rule->source_any &&
 				!radio_match_addr(src_radio, rule->source) &&
 				(!rule->bidirectional ||
@@ -1996,6 +2000,7 @@ static struct l_dbus_message *rule_add(struct l_dbus *dbus,
 	rule->source_any = true;
 	rule->destination_any = true;
 	rule->delay = HWSIM_DELAY_MIN_MS;
+	rule->enabled = false;
 
 	if (!rules)
 		rules = l_queue_new();
@@ -2369,6 +2374,37 @@ invalid_args:
 	return dbus_error_invalid_args(message);
 }
 
+static bool rule_property_get_enabled(struct l_dbus *dbus,
+					struct l_dbus_message *message,
+					struct l_dbus_message_builder *builder,
+					void *user_data)
+{
+	struct hwsim_rule *rule = user_data;
+	bool bval = rule->enabled;
+
+	l_dbus_message_builder_append_basic(builder, 'b', &bval);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static struct l_dbus_message *rule_property_set_enabled(
+					struct l_dbus *dbus,
+					struct l_dbus_message *message,
+					struct l_dbus_message_iter *new_value,
+					l_dbus_property_complete_cb_t complete,
+					void *user_data)
+{
+	struct hwsim_rule *rule = user_data;
+	bool bval;
+
+	if (!l_dbus_message_iter_get_variant(new_value, "b", &bval))
+		return dbus_error_invalid_args(message);
+
+	rule->enabled = bval;
+
+	return l_dbus_message_new_method_return(message);
+}
+
 static void setup_rule_interface(struct l_dbus_interface *interface)
 {
 	l_dbus_interface_method(interface, "Remove", 0, rule_remove, "", "");
@@ -2409,6 +2445,10 @@ static void setup_rule_interface(struct l_dbus_interface *interface)
 					L_DBUS_PROPERTY_FLAG_AUTO_EMIT, "ay",
 					rule_property_get_prefix,
 					rule_property_set_prefix);
+	l_dbus_interface_property(interface, "Enabled",
+					L_DBUS_PROPERTY_FLAG_AUTO_EMIT, "b",
+					rule_property_get_enabled,
+					rule_property_set_enabled);
 }
 
 static void request_name_callback(struct l_dbus *dbus, bool success,