diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/BootableRemoteActorService.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/BootableRemoteActorService.scala
index 61c920c0af..e200db9619 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/BootableRemoteActorService.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/BootableRemoteActorService.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ trait BootableRemoteActorService extends Bootable with Logging {
   abstract override def onLoad   = {
     if(config.getBool("akka.remote.server.service", true)){
       super.onLoad //Initialize BootableActorLoaderService before remote service
-      Cluster.start(self.applicationLoader)
+      
+      if(config.getBool("akka.remote.cluster.service", true))
+        Cluster.start(self.applicationLoader)
+     
       log.info("Initializing Remote Actors Service...")
       startRemoteService
       log.info("Remote Actors Service initialized!")
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 14933a3cac..66afda9d30 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     zlib-compression-level = 6  # Options: 0-9 (1 being fastest and 9 being the most compressed), default is 6
 
     <cluster>
-      service = on # FIXME add 'service = on' for <cluster>
+      service = on
       name = "default"                                                       # The name of the cluster
       actor = "se.scalablesolutions.akka.remote.JGroupsClusterActor"         # FQN of an implementation of ClusterActor
       serializer = "se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization.Serializer$Java" # FQN of the serializer class