diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 7119e52..f68b4b7 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@
 default['supervisor']['loglevel'] = 'info'
 default['supervisor']['minfds'] = 1024
 default['supervisor']['minprocs'] = 200
+
+default['supervisor']['initial_service_actions'] = [:enable, :start]
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 57ce518..cede7c2 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   end
 
   service "supervisor" do
-    action [:enable, :start]
+    action node['supervisor']['initial_service_actions']
   end
 when "smartos"
   directory "/opt/local/share/smf/supervisord" do