diff --git a/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js b/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js
index 16696367c8..e1138d5f16 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
                 hookName = identity.match(/^sails-hook-/) ? identity.replace(/^sails-hook-/,'') : identity;
               }
 
+              if (sails.config.hooks[hookName] === false) {
+                return memo;
+              }
               // Allow overriding core hooks
               if (sails.hooks[hookName]) {
                 sails.log.verbose('Found hook: `'+hookName+'` in `node_modules/`.  Overriding core hook w/ the same identity...');