diff --git a/channelmonitor/channelmonitor.go b/channelmonitor/channelmonitor.go
index 25d6a0ab..e14ee683 100644
--- a/channelmonitor/channelmonitor.go
+++ b/channelmonitor/channelmonitor.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ type Monitor struct {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
+	// Indicates whether push channel monitoring is enabled
+	MonitorPushChannels bool
+	// Indicates whether pull channel monitoring is enabled
+	MonitorPullChannels bool
 	// Max time to wait for other side to accept open channel request before attempting restart
 	AcceptTimeout time.Duration
 	// Interval between checks of transfer rate
@@ -111,6 +115,12 @@ func (m *Monitor) addChannel(chid datatransfer.ChannelID, isPush bool) monitored
 	if !m.enabled() {
 		return nil
 	}
+	if isPush && !m.cfg.MonitorPushChannels {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !isPush && !m.cfg.MonitorPullChannels {
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	m.lk.Lock()
 	defer m.lk.Unlock()
diff --git a/channelmonitor/channelmonitor_test.go b/channelmonitor/channelmonitor_test.go
index 86105637..410bcf0a 100644
--- a/channelmonitor/channelmonitor_test.go
+++ b/channelmonitor/channelmonitor_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func TestPushChannelMonitorAutoRestart(t *testing.T) {
 			mockAPI := newMockMonitorAPI(ch, tc.errOnRestart)
 
 			m := NewMonitor(mockAPI, &Config{
+				MonitorPushChannels:    true,
 				AcceptTimeout:          time.Hour,
 				Interval:               10 * time.Millisecond,
 				ChecksPerInterval:      10,
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ func TestPullChannelMonitorAutoRestart(t *testing.T) {
 			mockAPI := newMockMonitorAPI(ch, tc.errOnRestart)
 
 			m := NewMonitor(mockAPI, &Config{
+				MonitorPullChannels:    true,
 				AcceptTimeout:          time.Hour,
 				Interval:               10 * time.Millisecond,
 				ChecksPerInterval:      10,
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ func TestPushChannelMonitorDataRate(t *testing.T) {
 
 			checksPerInterval := uint32(1)
 			m := NewMonitor(mockAPI, &Config{
+				MonitorPushChannels:    true,
 				AcceptTimeout:          time.Hour,
 				Interval:               time.Hour,
 				ChecksPerInterval:      checksPerInterval,
@@ -374,6 +377,7 @@ func TestPullChannelMonitorDataRate(t *testing.T) {
 
 			checksPerInterval := uint32(1)
 			m := NewMonitor(mockAPI, &Config{
+				MonitorPullChannels:    true,
 				AcceptTimeout:          time.Hour,
 				Interval:               time.Hour,
 				ChecksPerInterval:      checksPerInterval,
@@ -418,6 +422,8 @@ func TestChannelMonitorMaxConsecutiveRestarts(t *testing.T) {
 
 			maxConsecutiveRestarts := 3
 			m := NewMonitor(mockAPI, &Config{
+				MonitorPushChannels:    isPush,
+				MonitorPullChannels:    !isPush,
 				AcceptTimeout:          time.Hour,
 				Interval:               time.Hour,
 				ChecksPerInterval:      1,
@@ -536,6 +542,8 @@ func TestChannelMonitorTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 				acceptTimeout := 10 * time.Millisecond
 				completeTimeout := 10 * time.Millisecond
 				m := NewMonitor(mockAPI, &Config{
+					MonitorPushChannels:    isPush,
+					MonitorPullChannels:    !isPush,
 					AcceptTimeout:          acceptTimeout,
 					Interval:               time.Hour,
 					ChecksPerInterval:      1,
@@ -550,7 +558,7 @@ func TestChannelMonitorTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 					mch := m.AddPushChannel(ch1).(*monitoredPushChannel)
 					chCtx = mch.ctx
 				} else {
-					mch := m.AddPushChannel(ch1).(*monitoredPushChannel)
+					mch := m.AddPullChannel(ch1).(*monitoredPullChannel)
 					chCtx = mch.ctx
 				}
 
diff --git a/impl/integration_test.go b/impl/integration_test.go
index 4abaad22..c9b00d88 100644
--- a/impl/integration_test.go
+++ b/impl/integration_test.go
@@ -659,6 +659,8 @@ func TestAutoRestart(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Set up
 			restartConf := ChannelRestartConfig(channelmonitor.Config{
+				MonitorPushChannels:    true,
+				MonitorPullChannels:    true,
 				AcceptTimeout:          100 * time.Millisecond,
 				Interval:               100 * time.Millisecond,
 				MinBytesTransferred:    1,