diff --git a/docker_entrypoint.sh b/docker_entrypoint.sh
index cf42899..d0c2f11 100755
--- a/docker_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker_entrypoint.sh
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ export MINDIFF=$(q '.mindiff // 1000')
 export MAXDIFF=$(q '.maxdiff // 0')
 export DROPIDLE=$(q '.dropidle // 0')
 LOG_LEVEL=$(q '.log-level // "info"')
+ZMQ_ENABLED=$(q '.zmq-enabled // true')
 
 export LOGDIR=/var/log/ckpool
 export SOCKET_DIR=/run/ckpool
 export BITCOIN_NOTIFY=true
+# ckpool itself doesn't use ZMQ in this build — zmqblock is stripped
+# from the rendered conf below. kamado-api subscribes separately.
 export ZMQ_BLOCK=""
 export BLOCKPOLL_MS=100
 export UPDATE_INTERVAL_S=30
@@ -86,6 +89,11 @@ export CKPOOL_LOGFILE="${LOGDIR}/ckpool.log"
 export BITCOIN_RPC_URL="http://${BITCOIN_RPC_HOST}:${BITCOIN_RPC_PORT}"
 export POLL_INTERVAL=5s
 export KAMADO_LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL}"
+if [[ "${ZMQ_ENABLED}" == "true" ]]; then
+    export BITCOIN_ZMQ_BLOCK="tcp://${BITCOIN_RPC_HOST}:28332"
+else
+    export BITCOIN_ZMQ_BLOCK=""
+fi
 
 echo "kamado-entrypoint: starting kamado-api"
 /usr/local/bin/kamado-api &
diff --git a/scripts/procedures/getConfig.ts b/scripts/procedures/getConfig.ts
index 22984e4..bbc2c89 100644
--- a/scripts/procedures/getConfig.ts
+++ b/scripts/procedures/getConfig.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ export const getConfig: T.ExpectedExports.getConfig = compat.getConfig({
     "range": "[0,*)",
     "integral": true,
   },
+  "zmq-enabled": {
+    "type": "boolean",
+    "name": "Enable ZMQ Block Notifications",
+    "description":
+      "Subscribe to Bitcoin Core's hashblock ZMQ topic for sub-second chain refresh on the dashboard. Requires zmqpubhashblock to be enabled on your bitcoind — the default StartOS bitcoind package exposes it on tcp://bitcoind.embassy:28332.",
+    "default": true,
+  },
   "log-level": {
     "type": "enum",
     "name": "Log Level",