diff --git a/model/alerting/destination.go b/model/alerting/destination.go
index dee045ce..7b4a9f74 100644
--- a/model/alerting/destination.go
+++ b/model/alerting/destination.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Channel struct {
 	SearchText string `json:"-" elastic_mapping:"search_text:{type:text,index_prefixes:{},index_phrases:true, analyzer:suggest_text_search }"`
 	SubType string `json:"sub_type" elastic_mapping:"sub_type:{type:keyword,copy_to:search_text}"`
 	Email *Email `json:"email,omitempty" elastic_mapping:"email:{type:object}"`
+	Enabled bool `json:"enabled" elastic_mapping:"enabled:{type:boolean}"`
 }
 
 
diff --git a/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go b/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go
index 13585831..0bf1b0b4 100644
--- a/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go
+++ b/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go
@@ -959,6 +959,9 @@ func performChannels(channels []alerting.Channel, ctx map[string]interface{}) ([
 	var errCount int
 	var actionResults []alerting.ActionExecutionResult
 	for _, channel := range channels {
+		if !channel.Enabled {
+			continue
+		}
 		resBytes, err, messageBytes := common.PerformChannel(&channel, ctx)
 		var errStr string
 		if err != nil {