diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md
index 38915031f4346..8289145b4fb04 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ const ecsScheduledTask = new ScheduledEc2Task(stack, 'ScheduledTask', {
     environment: { name: 'TRIGGER', value: 'CloudWatch Events' },
   },
   schedule: events.Schedule.expression('rate(1 minute)'),
+  enabled: true,
   ruleName: 'sample-scheduled-task-rule'
 });
 ```
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/scheduled-task-base.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/scheduled-task-base.ts
index 38ac4e30a79af..7dc6492f42919 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/scheduled-task-base.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/scheduled-task-base.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ export interface ScheduledTaskBaseProps {
    */
   readonly schedule: Schedule;
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the rule is enabled.
+   *
+   * @default true
+   */
+  readonly enabled?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * A name for the rule.
    *
@@ -148,6 +155,7 @@ export abstract class ScheduledTaskBase extends CoreConstruct {
     this.eventRule = new Rule(this, 'ScheduledEventRule', {
       schedule: props.schedule,
       ruleName: props.ruleName,
+      enabled: props.enabled,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/test.scheduled-ecs-task.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/test.scheduled-ecs-task.ts
index d96c8cd2edc7d..af262cd5de5ef 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/test.scheduled-ecs-task.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/test.scheduled-ecs-task.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export = {
 
     // THEN
     expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
+      State: 'ENABLED',
       Targets: [
         {
           Arn: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['EcsCluster97242B84', 'Arn'] },
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export = {
 
     new ScheduledEc2Task(stack, 'ScheduledEc2Task', {
       cluster,
+      enabled: false,
       scheduledEc2TaskImageOptions: {
         image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromRegistry('henk'),
         memoryLimitMiB: 512,
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export = {
     // THEN
     expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
       Name: 'sample-scheduled-task-rule',
+      State: 'DISABLED',
       Targets: [
         {
           Arn: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['EcsCluster97242B84', 'Arn'] },
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.scheduled-fargate-task.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.scheduled-fargate-task.ts
index fa62f079862f1..9496288f3b235 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.scheduled-fargate-task.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.scheduled-fargate-task.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export = {
 
     // THEN
     expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
+      State: 'ENABLED',
       Targets: [
         {
           Arn: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['EcsCluster97242B84', 'Arn'] },
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export = {
 
     new ScheduledFargateTask(stack, 'ScheduledFargateTask', {
       cluster,
+      enabled: false,
       scheduledFargateTaskImageOptions: {
         image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromRegistry('henk'),
         memoryLimitMiB: 512,
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ export = {
     // THEN
     expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
       Name: 'sample-scheduled-task-rule',
+      State: 'DISABLED',
       Targets: [
         {
           Arn: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['EcsCluster97242B84', 'Arn'] },