diff --git a/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/checkbox.ts b/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/checkbox.ts
index 7e1d9d8e..86588091 100644
--- a/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/checkbox.ts
+++ b/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/checkbox.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
+import type Core from 'markdown-it/lib/parser_core';
 import type StateCore from 'markdown-it/lib/rules_core/state_core';
 import type Token from 'markdown-it/lib/token';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
-const pattern = /^\[(X|\s|\_|\-)\]\s(.*)/i;
+export const pattern = /^\[(X|\s|\_|\-)\]\s(.*)/i;
+export const CheckboxTokenType = {
+    Checkbox: 'checkbox',
+    CheckboxOpen: 'checkbox_open',
+    CheckboxClose: 'checkbox_close',
+    CheckboxInput: 'checkbox_input',
+    CheckboxLabel: 'checkbox_label',
+    CheckboxLabelOpen: 'checkbox_label_open',
+    CheckboxLabelClose: 'checkbox_label_close',
+} as const;
 
 function matchOpenToken(tokens: Token[], i: number) {
     return (
@@ -16,13 +26,16 @@ function matchOpenToken(tokens: Token[], i: number) {
 export type CheckboxOptions = {
     idPrefix?: string;
     divClass?: string;
+    /** @default true */
+    disabled?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const checkboxReplace = function (_md: MarkdownIt, opts: CheckboxOptions) {
+export const checkboxReplace = function (_md: MarkdownIt, opts?: CheckboxOptions): Core.RuleCore {
     let lastId = 0;
-    const defaults = {
+    const defaults: Required<CheckboxOptions> = {
         divClass: 'checkbox',
         idPrefix: 'checkbox',
+        disabled: true,
     };
     const options = Object.assign(defaults, opts);
 
@@ -33,7 +46,7 @@ export const checkboxReplace = function (_md: MarkdownIt, opts: CheckboxOptions)
         /**
          * <div class="checkbox">
          */
-        token = new state.Token('checkbox_open', 'div', 1);
+        token = new state.Token(CheckboxTokenType.CheckboxOpen, 'div', 1);
         token.block = true;
         token.map = state.tokens[i].map;
         token.attrs = [['class', options.divClass]];
@@ -44,23 +57,25 @@ export const checkboxReplace = function (_md: MarkdownIt, opts: CheckboxOptions)
          */
         const id = options.idPrefix + lastId;
         lastId += 1;
-        token = new state.Token('checkbox_input', 'input', 0);
+        token = new state.Token(CheckboxTokenType.CheckboxInput, 'input', 0);
         token.block = true;
         token.map = state.tokens[i].map;
         token.attrs = [
             ['type', 'checkbox'],
             ['id', id],
-            ['disabled', ''],
         ];
+        if (options.disabled) {
+            token.attrSet('disabled', '');
+        }
         if (checked === true) {
-            token.attrs.push(['checked', 'true']);
+            token.attrSet('checked', 'true');
         }
         nodes.push(token);
 
         /**
          * <label for="checkbox{n}">
          */
-        token = new state.Token('checkbox_label_open', 'label', 1);
+        token = new state.Token(CheckboxTokenType.CheckboxLabelOpen, 'label', 1);
         token.attrs = [['for', id]];
         nodes.push(token);
 
@@ -73,11 +88,11 @@ export const checkboxReplace = function (_md: MarkdownIt, opts: CheckboxOptions)
         /**
          * closing tags
          */
-        token = new state.Token('checkbox_label_close', 'label', -1);
+        token = new state.Token(CheckboxTokenType.CheckboxLabelClose, 'label', -1);
         token.block = true;
         token.map = state.tokens[i].map;
         nodes.push(token);
-        token = new state.Token('checkbox_close', 'div', -1);
+        token = new state.Token(CheckboxTokenType.CheckboxClose, 'div', -1);
         token.block = true;
         token.map = state.tokens[i].map;
         nodes.push(token);
@@ -93,7 +108,7 @@ export const checkboxReplace = function (_md: MarkdownIt, opts: CheckboxOptions)
         }
         return createTokens(state, checked, label, i);
     };
-    return function (state: StateCore) {
+    return function (state) {
         const blockTokens = state.tokens;
         for (let i = 0; i < blockTokens.length; i++) {
             const match = matchOpenToken(blockTokens, i);
diff --git a/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/index.ts b/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/index.ts
index 13dddd31..06f57c72 100644
--- a/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/index.ts
+++ b/src/transform/plugins/checkbox/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
+import type {PluginWithOptions} from 'markdown-it';
 import {CheckboxOptions, checkboxReplace} from './checkbox';
 
 /**
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {CheckboxOptions, checkboxReplace} from './checkbox';
  * Forked from https://github.com/mcecot/markdown-it-checkbox
  */
 
-const checkbox = (md: MarkdownIt, options: CheckboxOptions) => {
+const checkbox: PluginWithOptions<CheckboxOptions> = (md, options) => {
     md.core.ruler.push('checkbox', checkboxReplace(md, options));
 
     return md;
diff --git a/test/checkbox.test.ts b/test/checkbox.test.ts
index fc4c352a..e97727f5 100644
--- a/test/checkbox.test.ts
+++ b/test/checkbox.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import transform from '../src/transform';
 import plugin from '../src/transform/plugins/checkbox';
+import type {CheckboxOptions} from '../src/transform/plugins/checkbox/checkbox';
 import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
 
 const generate = require('markdown-it-testgen');
@@ -17,25 +18,23 @@ const transformYfm = (text: string) => {
     return html;
 };
 
-describe('markdown-it-checkbox', function () {
-    describe('markdown-it-checkbox()', function () {
+describe('markdown-it-checkbox', () => {
+    describe('markdown-it-checkbox()', () => {
         const md = new MarkdownIt({});
 
         md.use(plugin, {
             divWrap: false,
         });
         generate(path.join(__dirname, 'data/checkbox/checkbox.txt'), md);
-        return it('should pass irrelevant markdown', function () {
+        return it('should pass irrelevant markdown', () => {
             const res = md.render('# test');
             assert.equal(res, '<h1>test</h1>\n');
         });
     });
 
-    describe('markdown-it-checkbox(options)', function () {
-        it('should optionally wrap arround a div layer', function () {
-            const md = new MarkdownIt({});
-
-            md.use(plugin);
+    describe('markdown-it-checkbox(options)', () => {
+        it('should optionally wrap arround a div layer', () => {
+            const md = new MarkdownIt({}).use(plugin);
             const res = md.render('[X] test written');
             assert.equal(
                 res,
@@ -46,12 +45,8 @@ describe('markdown-it-checkbox', function () {
             );
         });
 
-        it('should optionally change class of div layer', function () {
-            const md = new MarkdownIt({});
-
-            md.use(plugin, {
-                divClass: 'cb',
-            });
+        it('should optionally change class of div layer', () => {
+            const md = new MarkdownIt({}).use<CheckboxOptions>(plugin, {divClass: 'cb'});
             const res = md.render('[X] test written');
             assert.equal(
                 res,
@@ -62,12 +57,8 @@ describe('markdown-it-checkbox', function () {
             );
         });
 
-        it('should optionally change the id', function () {
-            const md = new MarkdownIt({});
-
-            md.use(plugin, {
-                idPrefix: 'cb',
-            });
+        it('should optionally change the id', () => {
+            const md = new MarkdownIt({}).use<CheckboxOptions>(plugin, {idPrefix: 'cb'});
             const res = md.render('[X] test written');
             assert.equal(
                 res,
@@ -77,6 +68,18 @@ describe('markdown-it-checkbox', function () {
                     '</div>\n',
             );
         });
+
+        it('should not set disable attr to checkbox', () => {
+            const md = new MarkdownIt({}).use<CheckboxOptions>(plugin, {disabled: false});
+            const res = md.render('[X] check');
+            assert.equal(
+                res,
+                '<div class="checkbox">\n' +
+                    '<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox0" checked="true">\n' +
+                    '<label for="checkbox0">check</label>\n' +
+                    '</div>\n',
+            );
+        });
     });
 
     it('should parse inline markup in label', () => {