diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4e86b8d9c54a..e2193cc4ad2d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 ## New Features:
 
-* Make `Blocks.load` behave like other event listeners (allows chaining `then` off of it) [@anentropic](https://github.com/anentropic/) in [PR 4304](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4304)
 
 ## Bug Fixes:
 
+- Make `Blocks.load` behave like other event listeners (allows chaining `then` off of it) [@anentropic](https://github.com/anentropic/) in [PR 4304](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4304)
+- Respect `interactive=True` in output components of a `gr.Interface` by [@abidlabs](https://github.com/abidlabs) in [PR 4356](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4356). 
 - Remove unused frontend code by [@akx](https://github.com/akx) in [PR 4275](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4275)
 
 ## Other Changes:
diff --git a/gradio/interface.py b/gradio/interface.py
index fd14bbf368835..fa47addc1eced 100644
--- a/gradio/interface.py
+++ b/gradio/interface.py
@@ -264,8 +264,10 @@ def __init__(
         ]:
             for o in self.output_components:
                 assert isinstance(o, IOComponent)
-                o.interactive = False  # Force output components to be non-interactive
-
+                if o.interactive is None:
+                    # Unless explicitly otherwise specified, force output components to
+                    # be non-interactive
+                    o.interactive = False
         if (
             interpretation is None
             or isinstance(interpretation, list)
diff --git a/test/test_interfaces.py b/test/test_interfaces.py
index ade45d9dcf21e..40ae287c88c08 100644
--- a/test/test_interfaces.py
+++ b/test/test_interfaces.py
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ def test_inline_display(self, mock_display):
         assert mock_display.call_count == 2
         interface.close()
 
+    def test_setting_interactive_false(self):
+        output_textbox = Textbox()
+        Interface(lambda x: x, "textbox", output_textbox)
+        assert not output_textbox.get_config()["interactive"]
+        output_textbox = Textbox(interactive=True)
+        Interface(lambda x: x, "textbox", output_textbox)
+        assert output_textbox.get_config()["interactive"]
+
 
 class TestTabbedInterface:
     def test_tabbed_interface_config_matches_manual_tab(self):