diff --git a/include/simpleplugin/class_simpleService.inc b/include/simpleplugin/class_simpleService.inc
index 47fc2ff3d94a4bc184bc68046b9a6f4c191a0ae9..889ea71a82eb41514fa7b76fedebc118091aad93 100644
--- a/include/simpleplugin/class_simpleService.inc
+++ b/include/simpleplugin/class_simpleService.inc
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class simpleService extends simplePlugin
   {
     /* $parent is the instance of servicesManagement in this case, we set it as parent */
     parent::__construct($dn, $parent, $parent, FALSE, $attributesInfo);
+
+    /* Services do not have the activation header, but can still be disabled */
+    $this->ignore_account = FALSE;
+
     $plInfos = pluglist::pluginInfos(get_class($this));
     $this->DisplayName  = $plInfos['plShortName'];
   }