diff --git a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java
index 22e65c5c55b3f..8b31854cd1ab5 100644
--- a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java
+++ b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ public QuartzScheduler(SchedulerContext context, QuartzSupport quartzSupport, Sc
                         String cron = SchedulerUtils.lookUpPropertyValue(scheduled.cron());
                         if (!cron.isEmpty()) {
                             if (SchedulerUtils.isOff(cron)) {
+                                this.pause(identity);
                                 continue;
                             }
                             if (!CronType.QUARTZ.equals(cronType)) {
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ public QuartzScheduler(SchedulerContext context, QuartzSupport quartzSupport, Sc
                         } else if (!scheduled.every().isEmpty()) {
                             OptionalLong everyMillis = SchedulerUtils.parseEveryAsMillis(scheduled);
                             if (!everyMillis.isPresent()) {
+                                this.pause(identity);
                                 continue;
                             }
                             SimpleScheduleBuilder simpleScheduleBuilder = SimpleScheduleBuilder.simpleSchedule()
diff --git a/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/DisabledMethodResource.java b/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/DisabledMethodResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e962c1723da5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/DisabledMethodResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.quartz;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+@Path("/scheduler/disabled")
+public class DisabledMethodResource {
+
+    @Inject
+    DisabledScheduledMethods disabledScheduledMethods;
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("cron")
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    public String getCronCount() {
+        return disabledScheduledMethods.valueSetByCronScheduledMethod;
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("every")
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    public String getEveryCount() {
+        return disabledScheduledMethods.valueSetByEveryScheduledMethod;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/DisabledScheduledMethods.java b/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/DisabledScheduledMethods.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4b1b5d938925a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/DisabledScheduledMethods.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.quartz;
+
+import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+
+import io.quarkus.scheduler.Scheduled;
+
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class DisabledScheduledMethods {
+    volatile static String valueSetByCronScheduledMethod = "";
+    volatile static String valueSetByEveryScheduledMethod = "";
+
+    // This should never be called as the job is disabled
+    @Scheduled(cron = "${disabled}", identity = "disabled-cron-counter")
+    void setValueByCron() {
+        valueSetByCronScheduledMethod = "cron";
+    }
+
+    // This should never be called as the job is turned off
+    @Scheduled(every = "${off}", identity = "disabled-every-counter")
+    void setValueByEvery() {
+        valueSetByEveryScheduledMethod = "every";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/resources/application.properties b/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/resources/application.properties
index c99453a9c63bc..84cc04b240877 100644
--- a/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/quartz/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ quarkus.flyway.baseline-description=Quartz
 # Register de LoggingJobHistoryPlugin for testing
 quarkus.quartz.plugins.jobHistory.class=org.quartz.plugins.history.LoggingJobHistoryPlugin
 quarkus.quartz.plugins.jobHistory.properties.jobSuccessMessage=Job [{1}.{0}] execution complete and reports: {8}
+
+disabled=disabled
+off=off
diff --git a/integration-tests/quartz/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/QuartzTestCase.java b/integration-tests/quartz/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/QuartzTestCase.java
index b962bfc8b14ba..e5fd18363e7cf 100644
--- a/integration-tests/quartz/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/QuartzTestCase.java
+++ b/integration-tests/quartz/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/quartz/QuartzTestCase.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.it.quartz;
 
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@ public void testCount() throws InterruptedException {
         assertCounter("/scheduler/count/fix-8555");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDisabledMethodsShouldNeverBeExecuted() throws InterruptedException {
+        // Wait at least 1 second
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
+        assertEmptyValueForDisabledMethod("/scheduler/disabled/cron");
+        assertEmptyValueForDisabledMethod("/scheduler/disabled/every");
+    }
+
     private void assertCounter(String counterPath) {
         Response response = given().when().get(counterPath);
         String body = response.asString();
@@ -29,4 +38,13 @@ private void assertCounter(String counterPath) {
                 .statusCode(200);
     }
 
+    private void assertEmptyValueForDisabledMethod(String path) {
+        Response response = given().when().get(path);
+        String body = response.asString();
+        assertEquals("", body);
+        response
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200);
+    }
+
 }