diff --git a/package/gluon-autoupdater/Config.in b/package/gluon-autoupdater/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..554314c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-autoupdater/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+if PACKAGE_gluon-autoupdater
+
+config GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_BRANCH
+	string "Autoupdater branch"
+	default ""
+
+config GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_ENABLED
+	bool "Enable autoupdater by default"
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/gluon-autoupdater/Makefile b/package/gluon-autoupdater/Makefile
index d6e87499..368dce1b 100644
--- a/package/gluon-autoupdater/Makefile
+++ b/package/gluon-autoupdater/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=gluon-autoupdater
 PKG_VERSION:=4
 
-PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := CONFIG_GLUON_BRANCH
+PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := CONFIG_GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_BRANCH CONFIG_GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_ENABLED
 
 include ../gluon.mk
 
@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ define Package/gluon-autoupdater
 endef
 
 define Package/gluon-autoupdater/config
-config GLUON_BRANCH
-	string "Gluon autoupdater branch"
-	depends on PACKAGE_gluon-autoupdater
-	default ""
+	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
 endef
 
 define Package/gluon-autoupdater/install
 	$(Gluon/Build/Install)
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_GLUON_BRANCH),"")
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/gluon/autoupdater
-	echo '$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_GLUON_BRANCH))' > $(1)/lib/gluon/autoupdater/default_branch
-endif
+  ifneq ($(CONFIG_GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_BRANCH),"")
+	echo '$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_BRANCH))' > $(1)/lib/gluon/autoupdater/default_branch
+  endif
+  ifneq ($(CONFIG_GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_ENABLED),)
+	touch $(1)/lib/gluon/autoupdater/default_enabled
+  endif
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackageGluon,gluon-autoupdater))
diff --git a/package/gluon-autoupdater/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-autoupdater b/package/gluon-autoupdater/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-autoupdater
index 88214a86..2835d088 100755
--- a/package/gluon-autoupdater/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-autoupdater
+++ b/package/gluon-autoupdater/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-autoupdater
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 local site = require 'gluon.site'
 local uci = require('simple-uci').cursor()
+local unistd = require 'posix.unistd'
 
 
 for name, config in pairs(site.autoupdater.branches()) do
@@ -15,12 +16,11 @@ for name, config in pairs(site.autoupdater.branches()) do
 end
 
 if not uci:get('autoupdater', 'settings') then
-	local enabled = false
-	local branch = site.autoupdater.branch()
+	local enabled = unistd.access('/lib/gluon/autoupdater/default_enabled') ~= nil
 
+	local branch = site.autoupdater.branch()
 	local f = io.open('/lib/gluon/autoupdater/default_branch')
 	if f then
-		enabled = true
 		branch = f:read('*line')
 		f:close()
 	end
diff --git a/targets/generic b/targets/generic
index 89aba6f2..e9328922 100644
--- a/targets/generic
+++ b/targets/generic
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ assert(env.GLUON_LANGS)
 
 config('GLUON_SITEDIR', env.GLUON_SITEDIR)
 config('GLUON_RELEASE', env.GLUON_RELEASE)
-try_config('GLUON_BRANCH', env.GLUON_BRANCH or '')
+
+try_config('GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_BRANCH', env.GLUON_BRANCH)
+try_config('GLUON_AUTOUPDATER_ENABLED', env.GLUON_BRANCH ~= '')
 
 for lang in string.gmatch(env.GLUON_LANGS, '%S+') do
 	try_config('GLUON_WEB_LANG_' .. lang, true)