diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 96cbe269..62b47829 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ task syncWithRepo(dependsOn: 'classes', type: JavaExec) {
     main = 'com.entagen.jenkins.Main'
     classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
     // pass through specified system properties to the call to main
-    ['help', 'jenkinsUrl', 'jenkinsUser', 'jenkinsPassword', 'gitUrl', 'templateJobPrefix', 'templateBranchName', 'branchNameRegex', 'nestedView', 'viewRegex', 'printConfig', 'dryRun', 'startOnCreate', 'noViews', 'noDelete', 'allowSelfsignedSslCerts'].each {
+    ['help', 'jenkinsUrl', 'jenkinsUser', 'jenkinsPassword', 'gitUrl', 'templateJobPrefix', 'templateBranchName', 'branchNameRegex', 'nestedView', 'viewRegex', 'printConfig', 'dryRun', 'startOnCreate', 'noViews', 'noDelete', 'allowSelfsignedSslCerts', 'enableJobRegex', 'disableJobRegex'].each {
         if (System.getProperty(it)) systemProperty it, System.getProperty(it)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
index c61fa8c8..b7497e3a 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class JenkinsApi {
                 headers: [Accept: 'application/xml'])
         response.data.text
     }
-    void cloneJobForBranch(ConcreteJob missingJob, List<TemplateJob> templateJobs) {
+
+    boolean cloneJobForBranch(ConcreteJob missingJob, List<TemplateJob> templateJobs, String enableJobRegex, String disableJobRegex) {
         String missingJobConfig = configForMissingJob(missingJob, templateJobs)
         TemplateJob templateJob = missingJob.templateJob
 
@@ -72,8 +73,20 @@ class JenkinsApi {
         //Forced disable enable to work around Jenkins' automatic disabling of clones jobs
         //But only if the original job was enabled
         post('job/' + missingJob.jobName + '/disable')
+
+        if (missingJob.jobName =~ disableJobRegex) {
+            println "Disabling ${missingJob.jobName} as it matches disableJobRegex (${disableJobRegex})"
+            return false
+        }
+        if (missingJob.jobName =~ enableJobRegex) {
+            println "Enabling ${missingJob.jobName} as it matches enableJobRegex (${enableJobRegex})"
+            post('job/' + missingJob.jobName + '/enable')
+            return true
+        }
         if (!missingJobConfig.contains("<disabled>true</disabled>")) {
+            println "Enabling ${missingJob.jobName} as the template job is enabled"
             post('job/' + missingJob.jobName + '/enable')
+            return true
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
index 8e3e7da1..b051813e 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class JenkinsJobManager {
     String viewRegex
     String jenkinsUser
     String jenkinsPassword
+    String enableJobRegex
+    String disableJobRegex
     String startOnCreate
     Boolean allowSelfsignedSslCerts = false
 
@@ -61,8 +63,8 @@ class JenkinsJobManager {
 
         for(ConcreteJob missingJob in missingJobs) {
             println "Creating missing job: ${missingJob.jobName} from ${missingJob.templateJob.jobName}"
-            jenkinsApi.cloneJobForBranch(missingJob, templateJobs)
-            if (startOnCreate) {
+            boolean enabled = jenkinsApi.cloneJobForBranch(missingJob, templateJobs, enableJobRegex, disableJobRegex)
+            if (enabled && startOnCreate) {
                 jenkinsApi.startJob(missingJob, startOnCreate)
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
index e850bc2f..c74f16ff 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class Main {
             r: [longOpt: 'view-regex', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'viewRegex', description: "Supply a custom regex to be applied to any generated views, overriding the default template regex - gradle flag: -DviewRegex=<regex>"],
             k: [longOpt: 'no-delete', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'noDelete', description: "Do not delete (keep) branches and views - gradle flag -DnoDelete=true"],
             f: [longOpt: 'filter-branch-names', required: false, args:  1, argName:  'branchNameRegex', description: "Only branches matching the regex will be accepted - gradle flag: -DbranchNameRegex=<regex>"],
+            en: [longOpt: 'enable-job-regex', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'enableJobRegex', description: "If job matches regex, enable job no matter status of template job"],
+            dis: [longOpt: 'disable-job-regex', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'disableJobRegex', description: "If job matches regex, disable job no matter status of template job"],
             usr: [longOpt: 'jenkins-user',  required: false, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsUser', description: "Jenkins username - gradle flag -DjenkinsUser=<jenkinsUser>"],
             pwd: [longOpt: 'jenkins-password',  required: false, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsPassword', description: "Jenkins password - gradle flag -DjenkinsPassword=<jenkinsPassword>"],
             selfsigned: [longOpt: 'allow-selfsigned-ssl-certs', required:false, args: 0, argName:'allowSelfsignedSslCerts', description: "Allow self signed ssl certificats for Jenkins API calls"]