diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index 2a18fbe2..87aac7df 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 	char *id = NULL, *env = NULL, *cgroup = NULL;
 	char *pre_script = NULL, *post_script = NULL;
 	char *ready_script = NULL, *conflict = NULL;
-	char *ifdef = NULL, *ifident = NULL;
+	char *ifdef = NULL, *ifstmt = NULL;
 	char *notify = NULL;
 	struct tty tty = { 0 };
 	char *dev = NULL;
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "conflict:", arg))
 			conflict = arg;
 		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "if:", arg))
-			ifident = arg;
+			ifstmt = arg;
 		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "ifdef:", arg))
 			ifdef = arg;
 		else
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 	if (!id)
 		id = "";
 
-	if (ifident) {
+	if (ifstmt) {
 		char ident[MAX_IDENT_LEN];
 
 		if (id[0]) {
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 		} else
 			strlcpy(ident, name, sizeof(ident));
 
-		if (!svc_ifthen(ident, ifident))
+		if (!svc_ifthen(ident, ifstmt))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/svc.c b/src/svc.c
index 3e83fb2b..eb76765d 100644
--- a/src/svc.c
+++ b/src/svc.c
@@ -694,6 +694,32 @@ int svc_ifthen(const char *ident, const char *stmt)
 	if (!stmt || !stmt[0])
 		return 1;
 
+	if (stmt[0] == '<') {
+		enum cond_state cond;
+		char *ptr = ++stmt;
+		int i = 0;
+
+		if (stmt[0] == '!') {
+			stmt++;
+			not++;
+		}
+
+		while (ptr[i] != '>' && ptr[i] != 0)
+			i++;
+		ptr[i] = 0;
+
+		cond = cond_get(stmt);
+		if (not && cond == COND_ON) {
+			dbg("skipping %s, cond %s is on", ident, stmt);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (!not && cond == COND_OFF) {
+			dbg("skipping %s, cond %s is off", ident, stmt);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	if (stmt[0] == '!') {
 		stmt++;
 		not++;