diff --git a/galaxy/templates/cronjob-maintenance.yaml b/galaxy/templates/cronjob-maintenance.yaml
index 0ea57a5e..d020b4f7 100644
--- a/galaxy/templates/cronjob-maintenance.yaml
+++ b/galaxy/templates/cronjob-maintenance.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "galaxy.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
+  {{- if $cronjob.enabled }}
   schedule: {{ $cronjob.schedule | quote }}
+  {{- else }}
+  # Set an impossible date so that the cronjob is still defined, but effectively disabled. 
+  #  This will allow the cronjob to be run manually if needed.
+  schedule: "0 0 30 2 *"
+  {{- end }}
   jobTemplate:
     spec:
       template:
diff --git a/galaxy/values.yaml b/galaxy/values.yaml
index ba5e6f54..41700f5b 100644
--- a/galaxy/values.yaml
+++ b/galaxy/values.yaml
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ cronJobs:
   #- Runs the maintenance.sh script to purge items in the Galaxy database that
   #- have been flagged as deleted.
   maintenance:
+    enabled: true
     schedule: "5 2 * * *"
     extraSettings:
       #- Purge items older than this.
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ cronJobs:
       - "{{ tpl .Values.cronJobs.maintenance.extraSettings.days $ }}"
   #- Remove files from the tmp directory that are older than the allowable wall time for a job
   tmpdir:
+    enabled: true
     schedule: "15 2 * * *"
     extraSettings:
       lastModified: '{{ index .Values "configs" "job_conf.yml" "runners" "k8s" "k8s_walltime_limit" | default 604800 }}'