diff --git a/repo-scripts/make-reference b/repo-scripts/make-reference
index 5a52af2badefcb2578a4108f625f9f9e01eab8e7_cmVwby1zY3JpcHRzL21ha2UtcmVmZXJlbmNl..4a55c1205a09326a13b6967c36fb06397a790ca7_cmVwby1zY3JpcHRzL21ha2UtcmVmZXJlbmNl 100755
--- a/repo-scripts/make-reference
+++ b/repo-scripts/make-reference
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 echo 'reference-repo:' > "${repo_details}"
 echo '  id:' "${repo_id}" >> "${repo_details}"
+echo '  enabled: Yes' >> "${repo_details}"
 echo '  source:' "${repo_source}" >> "${repo_details}"
 echo '  hg-version:' "${hgversion}" >> "${repo_details}"
 echo '  number-revisions:' >> "${repo_details}"
diff --git a/tests/test-make-reference.t b/tests/test-make-reference.t
index 5a52af2badefcb2578a4108f625f9f9e01eab8e7_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1tYWtlLXJlZmVyZW5jZS50..4a55c1205a09326a13b6967c36fb06397a790ca7_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1tYWtlLXJlZmVyZW5jZS50 100644
--- a/tests/test-make-reference.t
+++ b/tests/test-make-reference.t
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   $ cat my-reference.yaml
   reference-repo:
     id: my-reference
+    enabled: Yes
     source: some-dir/my-source-repo
     hg-version: ?.* (glob)
     number-revisions:
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
   $ cat my-reference.yaml
   reference-repo:
     id: my-reference
+    enabled: Yes
     source: some-dir/my-source-repo
     hg-version: ?.* (glob)
     number-revisions: