diff --git a/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt b/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
index cdc81e6..952a0de 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
+++ b/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-$Id: Changelog.txt,v 1.290 2012/06/23 23:34:41 nanard Exp $
+$Id: Changelog.txt,v 1.292 2012/06/29 19:26:07 nanard Exp $
+
+2012/06/29:
+  added DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE in options.h to disable miniupnpd.conf parsing
 
 2012/06/28:
   Only activate -L option for PF and IPF
diff --git a/miniupnpd/genconfig.sh b/miniupnpd/genconfig.sh
index 5c018d2..e0d4ee2 100755
--- a/miniupnpd/genconfig.sh
+++ b/miniupnpd/genconfig.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# $Id: genconfig.sh,v 1.56 2012/05/31 09:32:39 nanard Exp $
+# $Id: genconfig.sh,v 1.58 2012/06/29 19:29:55 nanard Exp $
 # miniupnp daemon
 # http://miniupnp.free.fr or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
 # (c) 2006-2012 Thomas Bernard
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ else
 fi
 echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 
+echo "/* disable reading and parsing of config file (miniupnpd.conf) */" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+echo "/*#define DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE*/" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+
 echo "#endif" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
index a005d7a..f41477b 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: miniupnpd.c,v 1.161 2012/05/21 15:50:03 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: miniupnpd.c,v 1.164 2012/06/29 19:33:37 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
  * (c) 2006-2012 Thomas Bernard
@@ -651,12 +651,14 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv, struct runtime_vars * v)
 	int i;
 	int pid;
 	int debug_flag = 0;
-	int options_flag = 0;
 	int openlog_option;
 	struct sigaction sa;
 	/*const char * logfilename = 0;*/
 	const char * presurl = 0;
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
+	int options_flag = 0;
 	const char * optionsfile = DEFAULT_CONFIG;
+#endif /* DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE */
 	struct lan_addr_s * lan_addr;
 	struct lan_addr_s * lan_addr2;
 
@@ -666,6 +668,7 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv, struct runtime_vars * v)
 		if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-h"))
 			goto print_usage;
 	}
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
 	/* first check if "-f" option is used */
 	for(i=2; i<argc; i++)
 	{
@@ -676,16 +679,17 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv, struct runtime_vars * v)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+#endif /* DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE */
 
 	/* set initial values */
-	SETFLAG(ENABLEUPNPMASK);
+	SETFLAG(ENABLEUPNPMASK);	/* UPnP is enabled by default */
 
 	LIST_INIT(&lan_addrs);
 	v->port = -1;
 	v->notify_interval = 30;	/* seconds between SSDP announces */
 	v->clean_ruleset_threshold = 20;
 	v->clean_ruleset_interval = 0;	/* interval between ruleset check. 0=disabled */
-
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
 	/* read options file first since
 	 * command line arguments have final say */
 	if(readoptionsfile(optionsfile) < 0)
@@ -825,6 +829,7 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv, struct runtime_vars * v)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+#endif /* DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE */
 
 	/* command line arguments processing */
 	for(i=1; i<argc; i++)
@@ -1142,7 +1147,11 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv, struct runtime_vars * v)
 	return 0;
 print_usage:
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage:\n\t"
-	        "%s [-f config_file] [-i ext_ifname] [-o ext_ip]\n"
+	        "%s "
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
+			"[-f config_file] "
+#endif
+			"[-i ext_ifname] [-o ext_ip]\n"
 #ifndef MULTIPLE_EXTERNAL_IP
 			"\t\t[-a listening_ip]"
 #else
@@ -1858,7 +1867,9 @@ shutdown:
 #endif
 	free(snotify);
 	closelog();
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
 	freeoptions();
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/miniupnpd/options.c b/miniupnpd/options.c
index b7e0a40..dc886a5 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/options.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/options.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: options.c,v 1.25 2012/04/30 13:38:21 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: options.c,v 1.26 2012/06/29 19:26:09 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
  * author: Ryan Wagoner
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include "config.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "upnppermissions.h"
 #include "upnpglobalvars.h"
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
 struct option * ary_options = NULL;
 static char * string_repo = NULL;
 unsigned int num_options = 0;
@@ -248,3 +250,5 @@ freeoptions(void)
 	}
 }
 
+#endif /* DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE */
+
diff --git a/miniupnpd/options.h b/miniupnpd/options.h
index 016f7d0..528efb1 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/options.h
+++ b/miniupnpd/options.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: options.h,v 1.20 2012/04/30 13:38:21 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: options.h,v 1.21 2012/06/29 19:26:09 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
  * author: Ryan Wagoner
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE
 /* enum of option available in the miniupnpd.conf */
 enum upnpconfigoptions {
 	UPNP_INVALID = 0,
@@ -71,5 +72,7 @@ struct option
 extern struct option * ary_options;
 extern unsigned int num_options;
 
-#endif
+#endif /* DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE */
+
+#endif /* __OPTIONS_H__ */