diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index 904907b2..9671eca3 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package config
 // NodeConfig defines all configuration values needed to run a signle yggdrasil node
 type NodeConfig struct {
 	Listen                      string              `comment:"Listen address for peer connections. Default is to listen for all\nTCP connections over IPv4 and IPv6 with a random port."`
-	AdminListen                 string              `comment:"Listen address for admin connections Default is to listen for local\nconnections either on TCP/9001 or a UNIX socket depending on your\nplatform. Use this value for yggdrasilctl -endpoint=X."`
+	AdminListen                 string              `comment:"Listen address for admin connections. Default is to listen for local\nconnections either on TCP/9001 or a UNIX socket depending on your\nplatform. Use this value for yggdrasilctl -endpoint=X. To disable\nthe admin socket, use the value \"none\" instead."`
 	Peers                       []string            `comment:"List of connection strings for static peers in URI format, e.g.\ntcp://a.b.c.d:e or socks://a.b.c.d:e/f.g.h.i:j."`
 	InterfacePeers              map[string][]string `comment:"List of connection strings for static peers in URI format, arranged\nby source interface, e.g. { \"eth0\": [ tcp://a.b.c.d:e ] }. Note that\nSOCKS peerings will NOT be affected by this option and should go in\nthe \"Peers\" section instead."`
 	ReadTimeout                 int32               `comment:"Read timeout for connections, specified in milliseconds. If less\nthan 6000 and not negative, 6000 (the default) is used. If negative,\nreads won't time out."`
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
index 2c65b6a8..19c8d0ad 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ func (a *admin) init(c *Core, listenaddr string) {
 
 // start runs the admin API socket to listen for / respond to admin API calls.
 func (a *admin) start() error {
-	go a.listen()
+	if a.listenaddr != "none" {
+		go a.listen()
+	}
 	return nil
 }