diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 47bbe796..6ad6e136 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ def test_get_settings():
 
 
 def test_is_rule_enabled():
-    assert main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=None), Path('bash.py'))
-    assert main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=['bash']), Path('bash.py'))
-    assert not main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=['bash']), Path('lisp.py'))
+    assert main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=None),
+                                main.Rule('bash', None, None, True))
+    assert not main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=None),
+                                    main.Rule('bash', None, None, False))
+    assert main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=['bash']),
+                                main.Rule('bash', None, None, True))
+    assert not main.is_rule_enabled(Mock(rules=['bash']),
+                                    main.Rule('lisp', None, None, True))
 
 
 def test_load_rule():
@@ -23,26 +28,29 @@ def test_load_rule():
     with patch('thefuck.main.load_source',
                return_value=Mock(
                    match=match,
-                   get_new_command=get_new_command)) as load_source:
-        assert main.load_rule(Path('/rules/bash.py')) == main.Rule('bash', match, get_new_command)
+                   get_new_command=get_new_command,
+                   enabled_by_default=True)) as load_source:
+        assert main.load_rule(Path('/rules/bash.py')) \
+               == main.Rule('bash', match, get_new_command, True)
         load_source.assert_called_once_with('bash', '/rules/bash.py')
 
 
 def test_get_rules():
     with patch('thefuck.main.Path.glob') as glob, \
             patch('thefuck.main.load_source',
-                  lambda x, _: Mock(match=x, get_new_command=x)):
+                  lambda x, _: Mock(match=x, get_new_command=x,
+                                    enabled_by_default=True)):
         glob.return_value = [PosixPath('bash.py'), PosixPath('lisp.py')]
-        assert main.get_rules(
+        assert list(main.get_rules(
             Path('~'),
-            Mock(rules=None)) == [main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash'),
-                                  main.Rule('lisp', 'lisp', 'lisp'),
-                                  main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash'),
-                                  main.Rule('lisp', 'lisp', 'lisp')]
-        assert main.get_rules(
+            Mock(rules=None))) == [main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash', True),
+                                   main.Rule('lisp', 'lisp', 'lisp', True),
+                                   main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash', True),
+                                   main.Rule('lisp', 'lisp', 'lisp', True)]
+        assert list(main.get_rules(
             Path('~'),
-            Mock(rules=['bash'])) == [main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash'),
-                                      main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash')]
+            Mock(rules=['bash']))) == [main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash', True),
+                                       main.Rule('bash', 'bash', 'bash', True)]
 
 
 def test_get_command():
@@ -65,24 +73,24 @@ def test_get_command():
 
 
 def test_get_matched_rule(capsys):
-    rules = [main.Rule('', lambda x, _: x.script == 'cd ..', None),
-             main.Rule('', lambda *_: False, None),
-             main.Rule('rule', Mock(side_effect=OSError('Denied')), None)]
+    rules = [main.Rule('', lambda x, _: x.script == 'cd ..', None, True),
+             main.Rule('', lambda *_: False, None, True),
+             main.Rule('rule', Mock(side_effect=OSError('Denied')), None, True)]
     assert main.get_matched_rule(main.Command('ls', '', ''),
                                  rules, Mock(no_colors=True)) is None
     assert main.get_matched_rule(main.Command('cd ..', '', ''),
                                  rules, Mock(no_colors=True)) == rules[0]
-    assert capsys.readouterr()[1].split('\n')[0]\
+    assert capsys.readouterr()[1].split('\n')[0] \
            == '[WARN] Rule rule:'
 
 
 def test_run_rule(capsys):
     with patch('thefuck.main.confirm', return_value=True):
-        main.run_rule(main.Rule('', None, lambda *_: 'new-command'),
+        main.run_rule(main.Rule('', None, lambda *_: 'new-command', True),
                       None, None)
         assert capsys.readouterr() == ('new-command\n', '')
     with patch('thefuck.main.confirm', return_value=False):
-        main.run_rule(main.Rule('', None, lambda *_: 'new-command'),
+        main.run_rule(main.Rule('', None, lambda *_: 'new-command', True),
                       None, None)
         assert capsys.readouterr() == ('', '')
 
diff --git a/thefuck/main.py b/thefuck/main.py
index 4975e7b5..a6c24ee5 100644
--- a/thefuck/main.py
+++ b/thefuck/main.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ from thefuck import logs
 
 
 Command = namedtuple('Command', ('script', 'stdout', 'stderr'))
-Rule = namedtuple('Rule', ('name', 'match', 'get_new_command'))
+Rule = namedtuple('Rule', ('name', 'match', 'get_new_command',
+                           'enabled_by_default'))
 
 
 def setup_user_dir():
@@ -40,14 +41,20 @@ def is_rule_enabled(settings, rule):
     isn't defined.
 
     """
-    return settings.rules is None or rule.name[:-3] in settings.rules
+    if settings.rules is None and rule.enabled_by_default:
+        return True
+    elif settings.rules and rule.name in settings.rules:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
 
 
 def load_rule(rule):
     """Imports rule module and returns it."""
     rule_module = load_source(rule.name[:-3], str(rule))
     return Rule(rule.name[:-3], rule_module.match,
-                rule_module.get_new_command)
+                rule_module.get_new_command,
+                getattr(rule_module, 'enabled_by_default', True))
 
 
 def get_rules(user_dir, settings):
@@ -56,8 +63,11 @@ def get_rules(user_dir, settings):
                             .joinpath('rules')\
                             .glob('*.py')
     user = user_dir.joinpath('rules').glob('*.py')
-    return [load_rule(rule) for rule in sorted(list(bundled)) + list(user)
-            if rule.name != '__init__.py' and is_rule_enabled(settings, rule)]
+    for rule in sorted(list(bundled)) + list(user):
+        if rule.name != '__init__.py':
+            loaded_rule = load_rule(rule)
+            if is_rule_enabled(settings, loaded_rule):
+                yield loaded_rule
 
 
 def wait_output(settings, popen):