diff --git a/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c b/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
index 92e5af7fc..a46c2bcf8 100644
--- a/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
+++ b/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ struct client {
 	unsigned int allow_mlock:1;
 	unsigned int warn_mlock:1;
 	unsigned int timeowner_conditional:1;
+	unsigned int show_monitor:1;
 	unsigned int merge_monitor:1;
 	unsigned int short_name:1;
 	unsigned int filter_name:1;
@@ -2684,6 +2685,8 @@ static void registry_event_global(void *data, uint32_t id,
 				is_monitor = pw_properties_parse_bool(item->value);
 			}
 		}
+		if (is_monitor && !c->show_monitor)
+			goto exit;
 
 		o = NULL;
 		if (node_id == c->node_id) {
@@ -3044,6 +3047,7 @@ jack_client_t * jack_client_open (const char *client_name,
 				execute_match, client);
 	}
 
+	client->show_monitor = pw_properties_get_bool(client->props, "jack.show-monitor", true);
 	client->merge_monitor = pw_properties_get_bool(client->props, "jack.merge-monitor", false);
 	client->short_name = pw_properties_get_bool(client->props, "jack.short-name", false);
 	client->filter_name = pw_properties_get_bool(client->props, "jack.filter-name", false);
diff --git a/src/daemon/jack.conf.in b/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
index 72925eccb..efd5ff511 100644
--- a/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ context.modules = [
 jack.properties = {
      #node.latency       = 1024/48000
      #node.lock-quantum  = false
+     #jack.show-monitor  = true
      #jack.merge-monitor = false
      #jack.short-name    = false
      #jack.filter-name   = false