diff --git a/span-processing-config-service-api/src/main/proto/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/v1/span_processing_config_service.proto b/span-processing-config-service-api/src/main/proto/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/v1/span_processing_config_service.proto
index b27060dd..e11132e1 100644
--- a/span-processing-config-service-api/src/main/proto/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/v1/span_processing_config_service.proto
+++ b/span-processing-config-service-api/src/main/proto/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/v1/span_processing_config_service.proto
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ message ExcludeSpanRuleDetails {
 message ExcludeSpanRuleInfo {
   string name = 1;
   SpanFilter filter = 2;
+  bool disabled = 3;
 }
 
 message ExcludeSpanRuleMetadata {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ message UpdateExcludeSpanRule {
   string id = 1;
   string name = 2;
   SpanFilter filter = 3;
+  bool disabled = 4;
 }
 
 message SpanFilter {
diff --git a/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImpl.java b/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImpl.java
index f8e99e7d..e310c414 100644
--- a/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImpl.java
+++ b/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImpl.java
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ private ExcludeSpanRule buildUpdatedRule(
             ExcludeSpanRuleInfo.newBuilder()
                 .setName(updateExcludeSpanRule.getName())
                 .setFilter(updateExcludeSpanRule.getFilter())
+                .setDisabled(updateExcludeSpanRule.getDisabled())
                 .build())
         .build();
   }
diff --git a/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImplTest.java b/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImplTest.java
index a97617db..aa18bf9f 100644
--- a/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/SpanProcessingConfigServiceImplTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.hypertrace.span.processing.config.service;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ void testCrud() {
                     .setRuleInfo(
                         ExcludeSpanRuleInfo.newBuilder()
                             .setName("ruleName1")
+                            .setDisabled(true)
                             .setFilter(
                                 SpanFilter.newBuilder()
                                     .setRelationalSpanFilter(
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ void testCrud() {
                     .setRuleInfo(
                         ExcludeSpanRuleInfo.newBuilder()
                             .setName("ruleName2")
+                            .setDisabled(true)
                             .setFilter(
                                 SpanFilter.newBuilder()
                                     .setRelationalSpanFilter(
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ void testCrud() {
                         UpdateExcludeSpanRule.newBuilder()
                             .setId(firstCreatedExcludeSpanRule.getId())
                             .setName("updatedRuleName1")
+                            .setDisabled(false)
                             .setFilter(
                                 SpanFilter.newBuilder()
                                     .setRelationalSpanFilter(
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ void testCrud() {
             .getRuleDetails()
             .getRule();
     assertEquals("updatedRuleName1", updatedFirstExcludeSpanRule.getRuleInfo().getName());
+    assertFalse(updatedFirstExcludeSpanRule.getRuleInfo().getDisabled());
 
     excludeSpanRules =
         this.spanProcessingConfigServiceStub
diff --git a/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/validation/SpanProcessingRequestValidatorTest.java b/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/validation/SpanProcessingRequestValidatorTest.java
index 1343b4dd..03f572f5 100644
--- a/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/validation/SpanProcessingRequestValidatorTest.java
+++ b/span-processing-config-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/span/processing/config/service/validation/SpanProcessingRequestValidatorTest.java
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@ void validatesCreateRequest() {
                 mockRequestContext, CreateExcludeSpanRuleRequest.newBuilder().build()));
     when(mockRequestContext.getTenantId()).thenReturn(Optional.of(TEST_TENANT_ID));
 
-    assertInvalidArgStatusContaining(
-        "ExcludeSpanRuleInfo",
-        () ->
-            validator.validateOrThrow(
-                mockRequestContext,
-                CreateExcludeSpanRuleRequest.newBuilder()
-                    .setRuleInfo(ExcludeSpanRuleInfo.newBuilder().build())
-                    .build()));
-
     assertInvalidArgStatusContaining(
         "ExcludeSpanRuleInfo.name",
         () ->
@@ -108,6 +99,7 @@ void validatesCreateRequest() {
                     .setRuleInfo(
                         ExcludeSpanRuleInfo.newBuilder()
                             .setName("name")
+                            .setDisabled(true)
                             .setFilter(
                                 SpanFilter.newBuilder()
                                     .setRelationalSpanFilter(