diff --git a/lib/app/private/loadHooks.js b/lib/app/private/loadHooks.js
index 6013a7f67..d73cdcfb6 100644
--- a/lib/app/private/loadHooks.js
+++ b/lib/app/private/loadHooks.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
       var hookPrototype = hooks[id];
 
       // Allow disabling of hooks by setting them to "false"
-      if (hookPrototype === false || hooks[id.split('.')[0]] === false) {
+      if (hookPrototype === false || hookPrototype === 'false' || hooks[id.split('.')[0]] === false) {
         delete hooks[id];
         return;
       }
diff --git a/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js b/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js
index aac59be09..289027826 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/moduleloader/index.js
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
                 hookName = identity.replace(/^(@.+?\/)?(sails-hook-)?/, '');
               }
 
-              if (sails.config.hooks[hookName] === false) {
+              if (sails.config.hooks[hookName] === false || sails.config.hooks[hookName] === 'false') {
                 return memo;
               }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/hook.3rdparty.test.js b/test/integration/hook.3rdparty.test.js
index 5304bbc14..b0352a77e 100644
--- a/test/integration/hook.3rdparty.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/hook.3rdparty.test.js
@@ -76,6 +76,55 @@ describe('hooks :: ', function() {
 
       });
 
+      describe('with hooks.shout set to boolean false', function() {
+
+        var sails;
+
+        before(function(done) {
+          appHelper.liftQuiet({hooks: {shout: false}}, function(err, _sails) {
+            if (err) {return done(err);}
+            sails = _sails;
+            return done();
+          });
+        });
+
+        after(function(done) {
+          sails.lower(function(){setTimeout(done, 100);});
+        });
+
+        it('should not install a hook into `sails.hooks.shout`', function() {
+
+          assert(_.isUndefined(sails.hooks.shout));
+
+        });
+
+      });
+
+
+      describe('with hooks.shout set to the string "false"', function() {
+
+        var sails;
+
+        before(function(done) {
+          appHelper.liftQuiet({hooks: {shout: "false"}}, function(err, _sails) {
+            if (err) {return done(err);}
+            sails = _sails;
+            return done();
+          });
+        });
+
+        after(function(done) {
+          sails.lower(function(){setTimeout(done, 100);});
+        });
+
+        it('should not install a hook into `sails.hooks.shout`', function() {
+
+          assert(_.isUndefined(sails.hooks.shout));
+
+        });
+
+      });
+
       describe('with hook-level config options', function() {
 
         var sails;
diff --git a/test/unit/app.initializeHooks.test.js b/test/unit/app.initializeHooks.test.js
index 52bf0494b..30276178d 100644
--- a/test/unit/app.initializeHooks.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/app.initializeHooks.test.js
@@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ describe('app.initializeHooks()', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('with the grunt hook set to boolen false', function() {
+    var sails = $Sails.load({hooks: {grunt: false}});
+    it('should expose hooks on the `sails` global', function() {
+      sails.hooks.should.be.an.Object;
+    });
+    it('should expose all the core hooks except for Grunt', function() {
+      var intersection = _.intersection(_.keys(sails.hooks), _.keys(constants.EXPECTED_DEFAULT_HOOKS));
+      assert.deepEqual(intersection, _.without(_.keys(constants.EXPECTED_DEFAULT_HOOKS), 'grunt'),  'Missing expected default hooks');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('with the grunt hook set to the string "false"', function() {
+    var sails = $Sails.load({hooks: {grunt: "false"}});
+    it('should expose hooks on the `sails` global', function() {
+      sails.hooks.should.be.an.Object;
+    });
+    it('should expose all the core hooks except for Grunt', function() {
+      var intersection = _.intersection(_.keys(sails.hooks), _.keys(constants.EXPECTED_DEFAULT_HOOKS));
+      assert.deepEqual(intersection, _.without(_.keys(constants.EXPECTED_DEFAULT_HOOKS), 'grunt'),  'Missing expected default hooks');
+    });
+  });
+
+
 
 
   describe('configured with a custom hook called `noop`', function() {